Whats it like for Black people in Brazil?
My family is from a black majority city in Brazil and even though Brazil preaches to be a racial harmony it’s far from that. Blacks have always been at a disadvantage in education and work opportunities. There are many stereotypes associated with blacks being lazy and thus a white person is more likely to obtain a job, than a black person. The basic food basket for a black person demands 76 hours of work compared to the average 54 hours for a white person. This is due to many of the blacks in Brazil living in areas with large amount of poverty, thus having an increasing birth rate and more mouths to feed. Also due to poverty and lack of education, lliteracy among blacks runs as high as 20%, but only 6% for whites. Similarly, access to tertiary education for blacks is far more up road, since most of them are condemned to work to subsist, while white families can afford to pay for their children’s education. Lula’s (the president) administration is credited with having invested heavily i
