21 Race In Brazil

Speaking of Race

In this episode, we continue our mini-series on global race. This time we travel with historian Teresa Cribelli to 19th-century Brazil, where she and Jo banter about slavery, colorism, and how Brazil came to be seen as a nation that embraces racial mixing despite the fact that it subscribed to a national strategy of “whitening” its population. No peacocks this time, but we do talk about Linnaeus! Here are some resources for this episode: 2016 NPR article on Brazil’s racial tribunals: https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/09/29/495665329/for-affirmative-action-brazil-sets-up-controversial-boards-to-determine-race Dr. Cribelli’s book about industrialization and modernization in19th century Brazil: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/industrial-forests-and-mechanical-marvels/7EBBFF40C0D570383C9E26A4BAD27616 Dr. Cribelli’s professional web page: https://history.ua.edu/faculty/teresa-cribelli/ John Gast’s 1872 painting “American Progress”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Progress Modesto Brocos, painter of the 1895 “Redemption of Ham”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesto_Brocos