Racism in a Racial Democracy
Subtitle: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: December 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780813523644
Subjects: Anthropology; Racism & racial discrimination; Racism; History Of Blacks; Race And Ethnic Relations; Sociology; History; Archaeology / Anthropology; Race relations; Brazil; Latin America - General; Discrimination & Racism; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Social conditions; Latin America - South America; Blacks
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.