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Between Brown and Black
Anti-Racist Activism in Brazil
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Englisch
Veröffentlicht/Copyright:
2022
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With new momentum, the Brazilian black movement is working to bring attention to and change the situation of structural racism in Brazil. Black consciousness advocates are challenging Afro-Brazilians to define themselves and politically organize around being black, and more Afro-Brazilians are increasingly doing so. Other segments of the Brazilian black movement are working to influence legislation and implement formal mechanisms that aim to promote racial equality, including Affirmative Action Racial Verification Committees. For advocates of these committees, one needs to be phenotypically black enough to be a more likely target of racism to qualify for Affirmative Action programs. Paradoxically, individuals are told to identify as black but only some people are considered black enough to benefit from these policies. Afro-Brazilians are presented with a whole range of identity choices, from how to classify oneself, to whether one votes for political candidates based on shared racial experiences. Between Brown and Black argues that Afro-Brazilian activists’ continued exploration of blackness confronts anti-blackness while complicating understandings of what it means to be black. Blending linguistic and ethnographic accounts, this book raises complex questions about current black struggles in Brazil and beyond, including the black movements’ political initiatives and antiracist agenda.
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ANTONIO JOSÉ BACELAR DA SILVA is an assistant professor in the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
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"Bringing scholarship on Brazil’s tangled politics of race and racism into the twenty-first century, Silva examines recent shifts in discourse and consciousness among Afro-Brazilians in the era of affirmative action. Anti-racist consciousness building, the practices associated with racial quotas, and the reception of racial messaging in electoral campaigns all come under Silva’s lens. Leaning on Bakhtin’s still trenchant insights, this book provides an accessible and engaging update on a changing nation."
— Robin Sheriff, author of Dreaming Equality: Color, Race and Racism in Urban Brazil"Silva’s pioneering analysis brings attention to the previously unexplored interstices between browns and blacks in terms of blackness and antiracist work. This much needed, timely, and long-overdue book provides a masterful, nuanced, and above all sensitive, analysis of a very complex topic critical to understanding Brazilian race relations and mixed-race peoples’ identities more broadly."
— G. Reginald Daniel, author of Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States: Converging Paths?Fachgebiete
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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1 Black into Brown, Brown into Black: Afro-Brazilians Grapple with Racial Categorization
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2 The Language of Afro-Brazilian Anti-racist Socialization
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3 Performing Ancestors, Claiming Blackness
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4 Becoming an Anti-racist, or “As Black as We Can Be”
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5 Who Can Be Black for Affirmative Action Programs in Brazil?
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6 The Complex Calculus of Race and Electoral Politics in Salvador
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Conclusion: Afro-Brazilians’ Black and Brown Anti-racism
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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References
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Index
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About the Author
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11. Oktober 2022
eBook ISBN:
9781978808560
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9781978808560
Schlagwörter für dieses Buch
Black History Month; diversity; black movement; political organizing; Afro-Brazilian; law; Slavery; discrimination; Afro-Latinx; Brazil; linguistics; Racial Categorization; racial equality; social benefits; racial composition; Caribbean culture; anti-blackness; Caribbean; Language; Antiracist; racial classification; culture; Brazilian; racial cohesion; social policy; classifying race; Afro-Caribbean; race; Black consciousness; Caribbean diaspora; defining blackness; identity; Salvador; Brazilian black movement; power; Electoral Politics; blackness; political initiatives; racism; Socialization; social science; racial legislation; structural racism; government policies; racial diversity; ethnography; policy; racial verification
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For universities and colleges of further and higher education
