Racism in a racial democracy : the maintenance of white supremacy in Brazil 1.Introduction 2.Vasalia: The Research Site 3.Mapping the Ideological Terrain of Racism: The Social Sexual Socioeconomic and Semiotic Contours 4.Discourses in Defense of the Racial Democracy 5.Embranquecimento: Aesthetic Ideals and Resistance to Mesticagem 6.Memory: White Inflation and Willful Forgetting 7.Strategic Responses to Racism: Preserving White Supremacy Appendix A.Interview Schedule Appendix B.Biographical Data on Interviewees.