This happens for a single reason, briefly explained in the article: > Unlike in the U.S., it is illegal to pay men to donate their sperm here, so domestic stoc

This happens for a single reason, briefly explained in the article: > Unlike in the U.S., it is illegal to pay men to donate their sperm here, so domestic stocks are low and information about Brazilian donors sparse. “It basically says ‘brown eyes, brown hair, likes hamburgers’ and what their zodiac sign is—that’s it,” said Alessandra Oliva, 31, of the information available on local donors. In Brazil they make very little information available about the donor - not enough to reach any conclusions about race. People who go to fertility clinics in Brazil are usually wealthy, wealthy people in Brazil are usually white, and people generally want their children to be the same race as themselves. So those couples look for the closest country where they can get "certifiably white" sperm for accessible prices, which happens to be the US. The article makes this look like black and mixed-race Brazilians are trying to whiten themselves because of racism which is completely incorrect.