Guess what they played at the stadium after Bolt won his third consecutive 100M GOLD?

[MADem]

18. Brazil is very ... weird ... in that regard.

They definitely have a stratified society, even as they affect (and in some cases, live) the multicultural POV. The color that rules is the green of the almighty dollar (or the less mighty real), I think.

I have a friend who lives down there, next door to neighbors with Portuguese first names and German last names, who goes to a dentist with Japanese heritage.

Brazil was very late out of the gate in abolishing slavery, too--that painful legacy pops up all over the world (and even today in some unenlightened corners).


This article has made the rounds here before, but I find it compelling because of the photographs that accompany it:

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/11/12/244563532/photos-reveal-harsh-detail-of-brazils-history-with-slavery


The video was taken down, but this one has many photos--it's something to be able to look right into the eyes of those imprisoned and in bondage: