Between brown and Black : anti-racist activism in Brazil /

Between brown and Black : anti-racist activism in Brazil /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Silva, Antonio José Bacelar da, author.
Imprint:	New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2022.
Description:	ix, 182 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Blacks -- Race identity -- Brazil. Blacks -- Political activity -- Brazil. Anti-racism -- Brazil. Anti-racism. Black people -- Political activity. Black people -- Race identity. Social conditions. Brazil -- Social conditions -- 21st century. Brazil.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12749917

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ISBN:	9781978808539 1978808534 9781978808522 1978808526 9781978808546 9781978808553 9781978808560
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-172) and index.
Summary:	"With new momentum, the Brazilian black movement is working to bring attention to and change the situation of structural racism in Brazil. Black consciousness advocates are challenging Afro-Brazilians to define themselves and politically organize around being black, and more Afro-Brazilians are increasingly doing so. Other segments of the Brazilian black movement are working to influence legislation and implement formal mechanisms that aim to promote racial equality, including Affirmative Action Racial Verification Committees. For advocates of these committees, one needs to be phenotypically black enough to be a more likely target of racism to qualify for Affirmative Action programs. Paradoxically, individuals are told to identify as black but only some people are considered black enough to benefit from these policies. Afro-Brazilians are presented with a whole range of identity choices, from how to classify oneself, to whether one votes for political candidates based on shared racial experiences. Between Black and Brown argues that Afro-Brazilian activists' continued exploration of blackness confronts anti-blackness while complicating understandings of what it means to be black. Blending linguistic and ethnographic accounts, this book raises complex questions about current black struggles in Brazil and beyond, including the black movements' political initiatives and antiracist agenda"--
Other form:	Online version: Silva, Antonio José Bacelar da. Between black and brown New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2022] 9781978808522

Table of Contents:

List of illustrations
Black into brown, brown into black: Afro-Brazilians grapple with racial categorization
The language of Afro-Brazilian antiracist socialization
Performing ancestors, claiming blackness
Becoming an antiracist or "as black as we can be"
Who can be black for affirmative action programs in Brazil?
The complex calculus of race and electoral politics in Salvador
Conclusion: Afro-Brazilians' black and brown antiracism
Acknowledgements.