![]() In addition, brown is celebrated as a national symbol of mixed raced Brazilians. Its ambiguity allows a wide range of people with different skin tones to fit in the same box. Moreno (brown) is the most popular term, which is used by nearly 44% of the population when people describe their skin colour. However, skin colour is more than skin tones in Brazil, as it also relates to the texture of hair, the shape of nose, lips and cultural background. ![]() ĭifferent from the American white or black model of racial classification, there is a large range of choices between black and white for Brazilians to identify themselves, since Brazil applies skin colour as criteria for classifying one’s race. It is produced by Robert Moorehead and his students at Ritsumeikan University‘s College of International Relations, in Kyoto, Japan. ![]() ![]() This blog explores life in Japan from a sociological perspective. ![]()
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