tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660712955365418154.post7509610488233501079..comments2023-10-02T05:57:38.915-04:00Comments on American Heart, Brazilian Soul: Brazil more equal than the US?American Heart Brazilian Soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049937328816904295noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660712955365418154.post-79687252354856097652012-08-12T22:28:56.061-04:002012-08-12T22:28:56.061-04:00Rachel,
We could definitely write a book on...Rachel,<br /><br /> We could definitely write a book on the subject, but after living in the US for 15 years, I can easily say that both Brazil and the US are at the same level of racism.<br /> Americans are definitely more politically correct about it, but that doesn't stop some random racist bastard to choose someone else when hiring a new employee, solely on the basis of race, and we will never know, because said bastard doesn't want to be sued.<br /> Brazilians are as racist as Americans if you ask me, but are getting more politically correct, by force, literally, the new laws passed in the 90's will land your little racist ass in jail for humiliating someone with diminishing slangs and racist slurs.<br /> Having said that, I truly think we all have come a long ways since the 1950's, and will only get better in the next 20 years or so.<br /> I am the eternal optimist :)<br /><br />Abracos<br /><br />Ray<br /> American Heart Brazilian Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049937328816904295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660712955365418154.post-56844643224835232562012-08-12T17:52:50.534-04:002012-08-12T17:52:50.534-04:00Not quite the same thing but a friend and I were d...Not quite the same thing but a friend and I were debating which country was more racist, as of now, Brazil or the US. What do you think?Rachelhttp://www.rachelsrantings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660712955365418154.post-68824372099515205122012-08-11T15:16:10.780-04:002012-08-11T15:16:10.780-04:00B.A.B,
I think it is getting harder and hard...B.A.B,<br /><br /> I think it is getting harder and harder for smarts and hard work help someone get ahead in the US, big money is playing an ever increasing roll here and it still amazes me how the Conservatives manage to manipulate the masses against their own interests... take Universal Health care for example, many Americans still have the absurd notion that countries with Universal health care have it worse than we do in the US. How can this be???<br />Brazil is a hit or miss, I know of many examples of people who came from absolutely nothing and are now MILLIONAIRES, many times over...in Sao Paulo. There is opportunity everywhere you look :)<br /><br />Abracos<br /><br />RayAmerican Heart Brazilian Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049937328816904295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660712955365418154.post-65072330530757133402012-08-11T15:12:15.711-04:002012-08-11T15:12:15.711-04:00Alex, I think if we can get away from the "tr...Alex, I think if we can get away from the "trickling down" mentality, we should get back on the right track of progress and stop moving backwards.<br /><br />RayAmerican Heart Brazilian Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049937328816904295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660712955365418154.post-27828839138239829352012-08-09T16:49:51.412-04:002012-08-09T16:49:51.412-04:00Great find! I'm definitely going to share. How...Great find! I'm definitely going to share. However, I wonder how far this would take someone up the ladder. I think that in the U.S., if you are smart and work very hard, you can make yourself wealthy, maybe even make it into the 1%. But I think that is still virtually impossible in Brazil. However, something like this could be a game changer in the future. Thanks for posting!Born Again Brazilian (not religion, just Brazilian)http://bornagainbrazilian.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660712955365418154.post-63258290558936321342012-08-03T00:57:36.699-04:002012-08-03T00:57:36.699-04:00Good article!!
As for Brazil being more equal th...Good article!! <br /><br />As for Brazil being more equal than the US: as of this second I still think the US may be more "equal", but what he says is true and the US is becoming the banana republic and Brazil is turning that around. I don't know when Brazil will have the same level of equality the US once had (back in the day) but I think it will probably be within the next 15 years. <br /><br />AbraçoAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04601198151541361948noreply@blogger.com