En: A question to Sara

From: Elisa Sayeg (cyborg@uol.com.br)
Date: Thu Jan 27 2000 - 06:30:46 PST


Ricardo wrote:

> For example, the black slavery in Brazil - specially in Bahia (Brazilian's Africa or

> "black" state - not so "black", brown I'd say)

         But which is the criteria or "race"? Is it skin color? Most people I know in the black civil rights movement (movimento de homens negros e mulheres negras) proudly regard themselves as black people, based on African origin, despite of color skin, which varies a lot.

Elisa



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