Racism in a Racial Democracy
Subtitle: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: December 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780813523651
Subjects: Anthropology; Racism & racial discrimination; Latin America - South America; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; History; Sociology; Brazil; Race relations; Discrimination & Racism; Latin America - General; History / Latin America; Social Science-Discrimination & Racism; Social Science-Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Blacks; Racism; Social conditions
First sentence: On 13 May 1996, the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Brazil, six black students at Brazil's most prestigious public university planted an eight-foot wooden cross on the main lawn of the University of Sao Paulo.