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two sides of the same coin
brazil and US were trying to solve their "negro problem" one by whitewashing/branqueamento (more like assimilation than integration) and the other by segregation (exclusion)
brazil and US were trying to solve their "negro problem" one by whitewashing/branqueamento (more like assimilation than integration) and the other by segregation (exclusion)
i was reading this excellent book on portugal's colonial legacy in angola esp on its so-called egalitarian form of racial assimilation called Lusotropicalism
alot of it had to do with the gender ratio between the (white) male colonists and (white) female settlers,
alot of it had to do with the gender ratio between the (white) male colonists and (white) female settlers,
basically, more (white) female settlers eliminated the need for the (white) male colonists to partner with the (non-white) female natives, reducing the mestizo popn and imposing more segregative laws on both the latter and the former
cc; Angola under the portuguese
G. J, Bender
cc; Angola under the portuguese
G. J, Bender
