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Brazilian race relations is to discuss them in t
for reexamining
inal reason in Brazilian race thinking. This new phaso: t of
and dramatic changes
the sudden
of racism and government attemnte t o
ted
acknowledgement
mostly in the new
center of the social-policy a g e n d
has moved to the
The issue of race in Brazil a
history, nol.
the i r s t time in Brazilian
blicies social
public interest in race has skyrocketedkor
result, of blacks and mulattos. Such policies d
have begun to explicithy
promote social integration
but also strive to eliminate or redhuos
eliminate or
material
alleviate poverty class,
merely seek to citizens from access to social justice.
discriminations that bar his
racial, gender, and other population or the poor population
that encompass the entire as
includesboth universal policies
that combat discrimination and promote categories of people that
well as particularistic policies race. The designs of these
basis of particular characteristics, including
have beenexcluded.on the
seek to address a broad range of social exclusions that are
policies vary widely, but together they
and culturally. This change is a milestone in
manifested economically, psychologically, politically,
transition from white supremacy to
Brazilian racial thought, much like Brazil's earlier ideological
racial democracy.
for blacks and mulattos
Indeed, the idea of affimative action or policies specifically designed
sounds quite odd and out of place in the
Brazilian context. In fact, the whole idea sounded
Brazil had been one of the first multiracial
preposterous and highly unlikely just a few years ago.
states to go beyond race, but it had become apparent that
its racial democracy continued to
most of its history of white
privilege whites at the expense of non-whites, just as it did during
Brazilian policymakers are
supremacy. Now that these policies are actually beingimplemented,
accused of imposing U.S. policies. Why would Brazil want such policies? Opponents claim
that

the Brazilian context is different from the United States and such policies would be of limited
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effectiveness. But does Brazil have an alternative to race-conscious
U.S.-style
Brazilian state begins to use race explicitly to promote blacks for the first time in its history, what
policies? tne
consequences can be expected?

TELLES, Edward Enc Race in Another Amenica The Signitcance of Skin Color in Brazil New Jersey Princeton University Press, 2004p o