GEOG 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: White Supremacy, Neymar, Racialization
6 May 2018
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GEOG 1000
January 31, 2018
White, Black, Brown, or Afro-descendant?
The mixing of race and racialization in Latin America
● People become racialized by the meanings we attach onto them
● Many more african people were brought to Latin America and the Caribbean than
America
● Buenos Aires was a port for the slave trade initially
● 30% of Latin America would identify as African descendant, compared to 10% in the
US
● The majority of the population in Brazil was Afro-descendant
How is Obama usually portrayed?
● Has no doubt about his own racial identity
Ronaldo?
● In latin america people are more able to recognize mixed races
● Ronaldo identifies as white
Neymar Soccer Star
● He says “I’m not black”
The way people identify their race is very different in latin America
● Social hierarchy
○ White
○ Creole or Mestizo
○ Indians
○ Negros and mulatos; often slaves
● All Latin American countries abolish slavery, late, in 1880’s
● Need to become modern and progress; at the same time, status is still seen as
aligned with these categories
● Darwin explains how species can change, therefore people can change and become
more white
● Elites want to make population more white, blacks seen as backward
● Two strategies to make population more “modern”
○ One through mixed race marriages, social whitening
○ Through white immigration
● Idea that white blood can override black blood
● In the US, rather than encouraging intermarriage, they encourage segregation
● 1 drop rule; one drop of African blood and you are black
● Racial categorization defines a lot about you
● Intermarriage made illegal in US south; forced to change these laws
● Gendering; most African people in US have some white ancestry
○ It was seen as okay for white men to have sex with black women, but not vice
versa
● Have a place where intermarriage was encouraged; still gendered
Document Summary
The mixing of race and racialization in latin america. People become racialized by the meanings we attach onto them. Many more african people were brought to latin america and the caribbean than. Buenos aires was a port for the slave trade initially. 30% of latin america would identify as african descendant, compared to 10% in the. The majority of the population in brazil was afro-descendant. Has no doubt about his own racial identity. In latin america people are more able to recognize mixed races. The way people identify their race is very different in latin america. All latin american countries abolish slavery, late, in 1880"s. Need to become modern and progress; at the same time, status is still seen as aligned with these categories. Darwin explains how species can change, therefore people can change and become more white. Elites want to make population more white, blacks seen as backward. Two strategies to make population more modern .
