I would say that Brazil is a very bad role model AFA tolerance of homosexuality goes.
While not as puritanical as Americans on superficial things (e.g. showing skin is fine), most Brazilians are very backward-minded when it comes to "family values". The majority of straight men avoid gay men like the plague.
AFA racism goes, it's a very different situation than in the US. There are no sharp boundaries between black and white people, very little race-based cliquishness, no noticeable language differences between the races... However, Brazilian are *very* class-conscious (and class-bigots, I might add), and race is a strong indicator of class. So it's hard to tease apart how much racism is "pure racism" and how much is just classism.
Like in Europe, in Brazil it's not hard to find individuals who hold openly racist views. Americans, OTOH, tend to find hints of racism extremely uncomfortable and embarassing.
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Date: 2006-06-22 02:40 am (UTC)While not as puritanical as Americans on superficial things (e.g. showing skin is fine), most Brazilians are very backward-minded when it comes to "family values". The majority of straight men avoid gay men like the plague.
AFA racism goes, it's a very different situation than in the US. There are no sharp boundaries between black and white people, very little race-based cliquishness, no noticeable language differences between the races... However, Brazilian are *very* class-conscious (and class-bigots, I might add), and race is a strong indicator of class. So it's hard to tease apart how much racism is "pure racism" and how much is just classism.
Like in Europe, in Brazil it's not hard to find individuals who hold openly racist views. Americans, OTOH, tend to find hints of racism extremely uncomfortable and embarassing.