On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Andre Manoel <[email protected]> wrote: > 2. Also, one thing that I think is very important: Brazilians who show > up at an airport in the US or Europe are usually white and don't look > that different from, say, an Italian, Spanish or sometimes a German. > Many of the Brazilians who travel abroad have European last names. > Those things defuse many of the racist triggers from immigration > personnel.
Yes, I was thinking of this phenomenon when I mentioned Brazil - there's also many with a foot in the EU with a dual Portugese or German passport. When the world thinks of Brazil it rarely thinks of those with African or Native American blood lines, which seems to help.
