Black in Latin America E02, Brazil_ A Racial Paradise

Black in Latin America E02, Brazil: A Racial Paradise Please watch this film and fill out the below film sheet. This is due Sunday by Midnight. This is a required activity. https://m.facebook.com/iamfullproof/videos/black-in-latin-america-episode-3-brazil-a-racial- paradise/656874061603553/ As you watch this film please consider how the history of race in Brazil relates to the history of race in the US. Come prepared to discuss this in class. 1. __ brazil __ has the second largest black population in the world and is the last country in the western hemisphere to abolish slavery. 2. In Brazil there are over __ 100 __ categories that people use to describe what color they are. 3. Almost 500 years ago the Portuguese enslaved people from Africa in Brazil to work what became the largest ___ suger plantation ___ economy in the world. 4. Capoeira was created by those enslaved in Brazil as a form of ____ defense training as dance (martial arts) ____. 5. The famous black Brazilian actress Chica da Silva climbed the social ladder by acting like a __ white ___ woman. She had to erase her ___ african _____ heritage. 6. The difference between slavery in the United States and slavery in Brazil is that someone in Brazil can almost escape their _ blackness _____ 1. In a few sentences unpack this statement. What does “escaping blackness” mean? How does this phrase or idea demonstrate racism? How does it relate to the concept of whiteness as an unmarked category? Escaping blackness is just escaping the views their culture has on being black. By using the phrase “escaping blackness” it is bringing to light racism because they feel as though they need to change their racial identity in order to be accepted. The concept of whiteness means that they view it as normal because they don’t feel the need to bring it up. 7. Slavery in Brazil wasn’t abolished until ___ 1888 ____. 8. After the abolition of slavery, the Brazilian government (the white elite) believed in a process called ___ whitening _____. In order to complete this process, they paid to have more than 4 million __ europeans _____ migrate to Brazil. 9. Manuel Corino insisted that a ___ African American __ presence in Brazil was fundamental to its cultural and societal identity. 10. Freyre argued that Brazil’s more fluid race relations on plantations created a society largely free of the deep racial animosity found in the ____ US _____. He argued that Brazil only became Brazil when __ african __ culture became incorporated. 11. Though Brazil now recognizes itself as a racial ___ democracy ___ the true story is a lot more complicated.