Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States

Although both Brazil and the United States inherited European norms that accorded whites privileged status relative to all other racial groups, the development of their societies followed different trajectories in defining white/black relations. In Brazil pervasive miscegenation and the lack of formal legal barriers to racial equality gave the appearance of its being a "racial democracy," with a ternary system of classifying people into whitesDaniel, G. Reginald is the author of 'Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States', published 2007 under ISBN 9780271032887 and ISBN 027103288X.