In Brazilian soccer, racist behavior is nothing new

 

 

 

" It is this mixing of the races that gives Brazil a reputation for being a cultural melting pot, with black, white and everyone in between intermingling happily on the beaches and in the football stadiums.

The reality, however, could hardly be further from the truth. Broadly speaking, in the poorer parts of Brazil's towns and cities, in the public hospitals and public schools, black or brown Brazilians will hugely outnumber their lighter skinned countrymen and women. And in neighborhoods filled with expensive restaurants and luxury apartment buildings, the few black faces are generally those of the cleaners and security guards.

Earlier this year a survey by IBGE, a research institute, found that black or mixed-race Brazilian workers earn around half of what their white counterparts make, while another research foundation, IPEA, revealed that the murder rate among black Brazilians is twice that of other ethnic groups.
Another journalist, Rodrigo Mattos, noted that of 20 clubs in the Brazilian Serie A, 19 have a white president and eighteen a white coach. This in a country where, according to 2010 census figures, more than half the population, or 97 million people, consider themselves to be black or brown skinned. "
 
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