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I disagree completely, I think that type of attitude leads to the notion of "Real" Americans. Keeping the ethnic identity is the opposite of the melting pot. I
by fortes 11y ago
I disagree completely, I think that type of attitude leads to the notion of "Real" Americans. Keeping the ethnic identity is the opposite of the melting pot.
In Brazil, you're just Brazilian, regardless of color.
- apalmer 11y agoBrazil has a pretty significant and open classism via race issue. Not sure we should hold them up as a superior melting pot...
- umanwizard 11y ago100% of the Brazilians I have met (I'm in the US) are middle class and above. Also, as if by magic, 100% of them appear white (or mostly white), despite non-whites making up a large fraction of Brazil's population. It's absurd to act like everything is great for racial minorities in Brazil.
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