Wednesday, March 8, 2017
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Joukowsky Forum
Relying on in-depth interviews, Mitchell-Walthour examines how Afro-Brazilians in Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo feel linked to blacks. Many Brazilians discuss how racial and social exclusion shape their lives which has an impact on feeling connected to other Afro-Brazilians. She relies on survey data collected in Salvador and São Paulo to examine the role of black group attachment on political support, including affirmative action, Law 10.639 (the requirement that African and Afro-Brazilian history be taught in schools), and whether the president should nominate blacks to important positions.
Co-sponsored by Africana Studies.