A Visit in the Midst of Black August (2006): Bahia, Brazil

Abstract

I had heard about the 200-plus racial “distinctions” that exist here—more than 200 levels of confusion built on the Willie Lynch principle. Interestingly, this country has the same racial issues that exist in both the other “Americas.” What is meant by “different races” in this context is that the Portuguese categorized Willie Lynch’s fascist idea of racism so wildly and neatly that Brazil is now the shining example of the field dedicated to that study—anthropology, that “handmaiden of imperialism.”