Improving culture to end racism
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Efforts should be directed toward cultural improvement combined with racial neutrality in public policies as a way to combat racism. US society has found that equal rights for individuals do not necessarily translate into equal results for groups. African Americans have experienced a cultural breakdown that makes them unable to compete on equal terms with other groups. The culture developed by African Americans in response to historical oppression has now become a deficit. Unfortunately, the cultural relativism that developed in response to earlier forms of racism has made it difficult to deal with the issue of cultural breakdown.
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0193-4872
Year: 1996
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Indians and antiracism in Brazil
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This article explores the consensual racism in Brazil and the lack of effort to combat the marginalization of the Indian population. The author, focusing on the paucity of resistance to the overt racist hierarchy, argues the Indian community is partly responsible in that they ignore their Indianness and focus on their white ancestors to provide themselves with social legitimacy.
Publication Name: Human Rights Review
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 1524-8879
Year: 2001
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Eliminating the outrage of hunger: the hope for municipal food distribution programs
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Hunger remains an enormous problem throughout the world. Brazil's food distribution programs have succeeded in reducing hunger by involving the entire community in administrative efforts.
Publication Name: SAIS Review
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0036-0775
Year: 2007
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