ANTH 010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Racial Democracy, Aztec Mythology, Origin Myth

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Anthropology (ANTH)
• Course: ANTH 010
• Professor: gaddis

Document Summary

Effectively silenced discourses about racism; it made it difficult for people to identify and combat racism. Many classifications for color, fewer for race. Us scholars especially emphasize variety of color terms as sign of no/ less racism. Denies the existence of blacks and hides the existence of whites. People use color terms in a variety of ways (politeness, affection, hatred) Terms connotation mixture moreno & pardo create a sense of social parity. However, sheriff"s research and demographic data show race in brazil is not as fluid as color terms suggest. The fact that visibly mixed race and black brazilians consistently face more obstacles in income opportunity, healthcare, education, etc. is no coincidence. A result of slavery and institutionalized racism despite discourses of racial mixture and racial democracy. Not equivalent to us, but not a racial utopia nor a place with infinite races.