After reading Chapter 14 about Brazil I began to think about the novel Caucasia and Why Deck thought that Brazil was going to be a better place for him and his daughter. Why Deck believed that Brazil had better race relations going on in Brazil as opposed to in America during the 1970's. He quickly found out he was wrong. He probably believed it because its a multi-ethnic society/culture rich with all shades of brown people living together. I think Deck was expecting it to not have the same racial tensions or even a the same internal group conflicts and divisions based on race. But what he discovered was the same racism and colorism, that was happening in America. And That is what made him realized that race is a social construct that changes constantly the based on the society where you are; how they perceive you. If their was a race of blue people and within this race the deep dark sades of blue like indigo and navy blue was consider the most attractive then all the sky blue and pastel blue people would be discriminated against. So Deck gained a new perspective about race by going to Brazil.
Oh yeah I almost forgot...Brazilian Wax!
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