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"Brazilian society is effectively a two-colour one. From the point of view of privileges, access and social status, it always was,"
This applies to many nations across the globe. Generally speaking the lighter you are, the higher up in the social ladder you are. That applies to lighter versus darker East Indians, lighter versus darker South Americans, lighter versus darker groups in Asia, lighter versus darker North Americans, etc.
I don't believe that a country has to be forced into a two-color nation but the colorism and social class thing is the real point. Not the race and social class thing. North America is the main country where (the social construction of) "race" is the issue in its interaction with social class, gender, and other social constructs. Other places don't articulate the issue the same as we do, but it's all the same issue.
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