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About [0], in Portuguese we have abolished the usage of the term "race" for human beings for exactly that reason. Now we exclusively use the term "ethnicity".
by naivedevops 5y ago
About [0], in Portuguese we have abolished the usage of the term "race" for human beings for exactly that reason. Now we exclusively use the term "ethnicity".
Edit: What about the downvotes? Are people going crazy?
- whimsicalism 5y agoWhich is why Brazil is such a beautiful post-racial utopia?
- zozbot234 5y agoCompared to Latin America as a whole? Yup, pretty clearly so. They're on a path to becoming more racially progressive than much of the U.S.
- throwaway894345 5y agoIn fairness the U.S. has been on a regressive trajectory for the last ~10 years, so anyone who isn't similarly regressive is "on a path to becoming more racially progressive than much of the U.S.", strictly speaking.
- whimsicalism 5y agoJust because problems are more visible does not mean they have regressed IMO.
- throwaway894345 5y agoWhen the racism is more visible because the racists feel more comfortable broadcasting their messages, and indeed when the media and academy effectively and institutionally endorse and promote those messages, that seems like textbook regression.
- whimsicalism 5y ago> They're on a path to becoming more racially progressive than much of the U.S. Having spent time in Brazil and as a luso-American, that is ridiculous. Brazil has an even bigger problem with racist police violence and extra-judicial killings than the US does!
- naivedevops 5y agoBoth Brazil and the US are really large countries. I'm not sure if comparison is so simple.
- naivedevops 5y agoUsing more precise terms in language has nothing to do with being an utopia. Really, as a native Portuguese speaker it sounds really weird to ask about the race of a human being.