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Mixed-race Brazilian. Brazilian censuses do not use a "multiracial" category. Instead, the censuses use skin colour categories. Most Brazilians of visibly mixed racial origins self-identify as pardos. However, many White Brazilians have distant non-white ancestry, while the group known as pardos likely contains acculturated Amerindians.
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), which has conducted censuses in Brazil since 1940, racially classifies the Brazilian population in five categories: Branco (White), "Pardo" (Multiracial), Preto (Black), Amarelo/Asiático (Yellow/Asian), and Indígena (Indigenous).
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ProjectRACE, an organization leading the movement for a multiracial classification; Advocacy groups. Association of MultiEthnic Americans, Inc., US; Blended People of America, US-based nonprofit organization representing the interests of the mixed-race community; Brazilian Multiracial Movement, Brazilian mixed-race organization
Most discrimination in Brazil is subtle and includes slights, aggressions and numerous other informal practices, while consciously egregious and overt racism directed at particular individuals,...
The U.S.A. is a prime example of a bi-racial system. In the prevailing logic of the US legal and social structure, individuals have historically been either black or white. In Brazil, on the other hand, there has been a spectrum of racial distinctions. At a minimum, Brazilian social practice has recognised white, black and mulatto.
- Thomas E. Skidmore
- 1993
Identity formation in Brazil although deeply rooted in the nation's colonial past has and continues to be confronted and changed. Evidence of this is seen in the 1970s through Brazil's Black Movement, as well as the counter movement in 2001 known as Brazil's Multiracial Movement.
Pages in category "Multiracial affairs in Brazil". The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Mixed-race Brazilian.
