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I remember reading about Brazil resorting to head measurements to see if one were one's claimed race and were not cheating to get an advantage. Just a cursory s
by carrionpigeon 5y ago
I remember reading about Brazil resorting to head measurements to see if one were one's claimed race and were not cheating to get an advantage. Just a cursory search seems to show the practice is ongoing.
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/09/29/495665329/for-affirmative-action-brazil-sets-up-controversial-boards-to-determine-race https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/09/29/495665329/...
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/05/brazils-new-problem-with-blackness-affirmative-action/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/05/brazils-new-problem-wit...