Racism in a Racial Democracy

The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil

• Author(s): France Winddance Twine,
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Pages: 175
• ISBN_10: 0813523656
  ISBN_13: 9780813523651
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Latin America / General , History / Social History , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Discrimination , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Hispanic American Studies , Social Science / Black Studies (Global) , Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations ,

Description:... In Racism in a Racial Democracy, France Winddance Twine asks why Brazilians, particularly Afro-Brazilians, continue to have faith in Brazil's "racial democracy" in the face of pervasive racism in all spheres of Brazilian life. Through a detailed ethnography, Twine provides a cultural analysis of the everyday discursive and material practices that sustain and naturalize white supremacy.

This is the first ethnographic study of racism in southeastern Brazil to place the practices of upwardly mobile Afro-Brazilians at the center of analysis. Based on extensive field research and more than fifty life histories with Afro- and Euro-Brazilians, this book analyzes how Brazilians conceptualize and respond to racial disparities. Twine illuminates the obstacles Brazilian activists face when attempting to generate grassroots support for an antiracist movement among the majority of working class Brazilians. Anyone interested in racism and antiracism in Latin America will find this book compelling.