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**Kghikeds** · 03-18-2012, 10:30 PM

Indeed. But Brazil is often claimed as a 2nd Nigeria, which it is not, unless you apply the one drop rule. But if you did that, the US and Mexico wouldn't be too far behind. Especially if you add in the US the crowd of Latinos (who usually have at least a drop of African ancestry), the white Americans who also have it (not that rare), not to mention African Americans, Haitians and African immigrants. According to a Yale professor, in an academic book about Brazil, the pred. culture in Brazil would be African, which is a lie. Not that there is no significant African culture, ancestry, etc. There is. But there are also European and Native American cultural and ancestral influences. Brazil is a country with multiple cultural influences.

Brazil is very diverse. Any sample could be drawn giving 100% Euro-looking people or 100% African-looking people. Heck, some samples could give you 100% Native American people (go to some of the native reservations or to the palafitas in big cities in the Amazon) or 100% East Asian looking people (in some cities, in some schools or in some parties you can find this). And all the things between are possible as well.

The only word possible to describe Brazil is diverse.

03-18-2012, 10:30 PM	#1
Kghikeds Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 486 Senior Member	Indeed. But Brazil is often claimed as a 2nd Nigeria, which it is not, unless you apply the one drop rule. But if you did that, the US and Mexico wouldn't be too far behind. Especially if you add in the US the crowd of Latinos (who usually have at least a drop of African ancestry), the white Americans who also have it (not that rare), not to mention African Americans, Haitians and African immigrants. According to a Yale professor, in an academic book about Brazil, the pred. culture in Brazil would be African, which is a lie. Not that there is no significant African culture, ancestry, etc. There is. But there are also European and Native American cultural and ancestral influences. Brazil is a country with multiple cultural influences. Brazil is very diverse. Any sample could be drawn giving 100% Euro-looking people or 100% African-looking people. Heck, some samples could give you 100% Native American people (go to some of the native reservations or to the palafitas in big cities in the Amazon) or 100% East Asian looking people (in some cities, in some schools or in some parties you can find this). And all the things between are possible as well. The only word possible to describe Brazil is diverse.
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