tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971823835434059276.post8952954313429997982..comments2024-03-28T07:32:02.480-07:00Comments on US Slave: Slave Life in RioRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10711403108940797592noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971823835434059276.post-24515068853325158462013-04-03T17:04:56.116-07:002013-04-03T17:04:56.116-07:00Thanks for this. I think you are such a remarkable...Thanks for this. I think you are such a remarkable voice among the sea of US-based cultural/intellectuals of color on the blogosphere.<br /><br />Slavery across the Americas was brutal all across the board and its racist, toxic legacies live on to this day, notwithstanding gradations and distinctive features. Brazil is NOT a racial paradise today and I am so, so tired of historians of color in the US who take on apologetic stances vis a vis Latin American discourses and racialized/racist societies -all to simply rank the US as the "worst." Believe me, as I grew up in Latin American, that the US is in some ways in a much, much, much better place. And the election of BO as president also sends a signal to Latin American societies about how unacceptable and retrograde their own attitudes/ disenfranchisement of black and indigenous populations are. SD<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com