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As a Brazilian, this is not surprising, as being white in Brazil is socially advantageous. However, as a white person, I must correct with facts the erroneous
by drukenemo 9y ago
As a Brazilian, this is not surprising, as being white in Brazil is socially advantageous.
However, as a white person, I must correct with facts the erroneous idea that there are few whites in Brazil. That sentence in the article is mostly based on the old prejudice that south of the border everyone is the same.
Especially in the southern area (Sao Paolo included), brazilians are mostly white, with the majority descending from Italians, Portuguese and Germans. Really, this prejudice is old and should stop in the information era we live in. Whites make 48% of the Brazilian population.
But of course, many white Americans have Irish, English and German background which have the lighter of the tones of the white race. I’m not contesting that these women are after such appearance and that it’s easier to find it from donors in the US than in Brazil.
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- cdnh22 9y agoAs a Brazilian from Sao Paulo, I used to consider myself white. But now I live in North America, and I don't think that anymore. If you think about, many very white people in Brazil get nicknamed "Alemão" (German), independently of their origins. That's a sign that we are not so white after all.
- touringcomplete 9y agoMy grandmother was olive-skinned French but still considered white. My dad was semi-olive skinned. I’m completely pale af French-Irish with a tiny bit of West African and Asian. PS: I guess I should monetize my genes: 6’5, gifted, blond to brown w age, blue to hazel. Fuck, I should just visit Brazil and bang some rich ladies trying for preggers. lmao.
- John_KZ 9y agoThe white/non-white dichotomy is purely an American construct. When they say "white" they mean "anglo-saxon". In my opinion anglo-saxons are actually red, not white, but that's a differnt argument. The rest of the world uses ethnicity/descent to describe skin colour/appearance.