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The population of Northeast Brazil is a result of an intensive race mixing, which has occurred in the region for more than four centuries. According to the 2006 census people reported as "Pardo" (Multiracial) make up 50.1% of the population.
Portuguese immigrants arriving in Rio de Janeiro European immigrants arriving in São Paulo. The Brazilian population was formed by the influx of Portuguese settlers and African slaves, mostly Bantu and West African populations [4] (such as the Yoruba, Ewe, and Fanti-Ashanti), into a territory inhabited by various indigenous South American tribal populations, mainly Tupi, Guarani and Ge.
Brazil's population pyramid in 2017 Dutch descendants in Holambra Croatian descendants in Brazil Swiss descendants in São Paulo. The conception of "white" in Brazil is similar to other Latin American countries yet different to the United States, where historically only people of entirely or (almost entirely) European ancestry have been considered white, due to the one drop rule. [10]
In Brazil, Pardo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpaʁdu]) is an ethnic and skin color category used by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Brazilian censuses. The term " pardo " is a complex one, more commonly used to refer to Brazilians of mixed ethnic ancestries. Pardo Brazilians represent a diverse range of skin ...
According to the 2022 census, "pardos" make up 92.1 million people or 45.3% of Brazil's population. [2] According to some DNA researches, Brazilians predominantly possess some degree of mixed-race ancestry, though less than half of the country's population classified themselves as "pardos" in the census. [3]
Other Afro-descendants in Latin America. Afro-Brazilians (Portuguese: afro-brasileiros; pronounced [ˈafɾo bɾaziˈle (j)ɾus]) are an ethno-racial group consisting of Brazilians with predominantly or total Sub-Saharan African ancestry, these stand out for having dark skin. Most multiracial Brazilians also have a range of degree of African ...
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statisticts Second Racial System in the Brazilian Census: Inspired by a census of open ended question. Acquired similar but more specific racial terms. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statisticts Third Racial System is the Black Movement: pardos and pretos and negros. Afro descendant is a term that is ...
Racism has been present in Brazil since its colonial period and is pointed as one of the major and most widespread types of discrimination, if not the most, in the country by several anthropologists, sociologists, jurists, historians and others. [1][2][3] The myth of a racial democracy, a term originally coined by Brazilian sociologist Gilberto ...