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12-14-2007, 04:50 PM
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There was a special on PBS recently about this issue in Brazil. Very sad state of affairs. If I find a link or article, I will post it.
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I hope you find it, I'd really be interested in reading that. 
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12-14-2007, 05:19 PM
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I hope you find it, I'd really be interested in reading that. |
Could this be it?
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/ro...l_cutting.html
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12-15-2007, 03:48 PM
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Thank you for finding this.
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But with national surveys identifying over 130 different categories of skin color, including "cinnamon," "coffee with milk," and "toasted," who will be considered "black enough" to qualify for the new racial quotas?
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Wow, just wow. A whole other level. 
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12-17-2007, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle
Thank you for finding this.
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But with national surveys identifying over 130 different categories of skin color, including "cinnamon," "coffee with milk," and "toasted," who will be considered "black enough" to qualify for the new racial quotas?
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Wow, just wow. A whole other level. |
It sounds like the coffee menu at Starbucks.
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05-04-2008, 03:41 AM
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http://www.miamiherald.com/multimedi...rt2/index.html
interesting article (and videos) on Blackness and race relations in the Latino community, this could serve for a reason folks prefer one racial group over another.
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05-05-2008, 11:31 AM
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Money, education, class -- and of course straight hair -- can make dark-skinned Dominicans be perceived as more "white," she said. Many black Dominicans here say they never knew they were black -- until they visited the United States.
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In a mess up kind of way, this part of the article TW posted made me chuckle. If someone is ever confused about what they are, leave it to the USA to let you know (even though we don't know ish - SMH) 
But in general, that article made me sad. Wow.
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05-05-2008, 07:35 PM
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About 2 years ago, there was a similar issue in Argentina who say there are no Black people in their country. Everyone knows that is untrue, but, that is the reality of things...
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12-15-2007, 10:30 PM
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Thanks for the link!
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