![]() ![]() That is why the very notion of mestizaje-the mixing of races and cultures-can become a dangerous ideology by designating all individuals as mestizos, erasing differences and masking racial prejudice. ![]() ![]() But instead of being an example of a harmonious nation, Brazil is also a country of huge social gaps and shows persistent patterns of social exclusion: in the workplace, in education, in justice, in births and deaths. The fact that the various groups of Brazilian society (Amerindians, Africans and Europeans) have been able to live together without open conflicts has given rise to a false notion of harmony, of racial democracy: a melting pot. The notion of mestizaje is an essential part of Brazil’s national narrative. Histórias mestiças (Mestizo Histories) is not so much a history of mestizaje as it is a mestizaje of many histories. Faria Lima 201 (entrance at Rua Coropés)Ĭomunicacao Ĭurated by Adriano Pedrosa and Lilia Moritz Schwarcz ![]()
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