"Brazil is a racist country and a racist society…But the funny thing is that nobody will admit to being a racist, and that's the problem. Blacks in Brazil are always in an inferior, subaltern position, but you can't find a white person who is a racist."
— Paulo Lins

January 1, 1970

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Novelists from BrazilPeople from Rio de Janeiro
Original Language: English

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On racism in Brazil in in “THE SATURDAY PROFILE; Out of the Slums of Rio, an Author Finds Fame” in The New York Times (2003 Apr 26)