[Pern]

But civil rights advocates...

I'm suspicious of any statement coming from a 'Civil Rights Advocate', they usually have their own agenda, and use the 'little people' as a stepping stone for that agenda.

point to statistics showing that white Brazilians earn more, live longer, receive more education and are less likely to be arrested than black citizens.

I've been to Brazil on several occasions, and I've never seen a 'white' Brazilian, the only white faces I've seen are American and European tourists.

[Mears]

You said you've never seen a "white" Brazilian,but how is "white" interpreted?

My son spent much time in Brazil and has Brazilian friends and I've met many of them and cetainly wouldn't consider tham black.They look like Portugese/Spanish and would be considered Hispanic by our standards,yet they looked "white" to me.

[aruanan]

I'm suspicious of any statement coming from a 'Civil Rights Advocate', they usually have their own agenda, and use the 'little people' as a stepping stone for that agenda.

Yes, for them it means: "What I want = Civil Rights. I'm advocating it and will try to make you feel guilty for not giving me what I want when I want it."

[jordan8]

I was going to make a comment on this, but decided not to. As the article states Brazil is very much a mixed society with the main divisions between mocha and black. The percentage of people who are white (ie. of European extraction) must be fairly small, consisting mostly of relatively recent immigrant families from Europe. The use of the word "white" in this article is simply another case of anti-white political correctness similar to what's done domestically: When Mexicans commit murder they are white, when they want a college grant they are non-white minorities.