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Before taking this course, I knew very little about Brazil. My FYS was Latin America through the Arts, and we had spent time learning about capoeira and feijoada. I had also heard about Carmen Miranda but did not […]

I have learned important skills that have allowed me to better my research, presentation and writing skills. From writing about events from an unbiased perspective, to writing about events with a thesis and […]

I learned a lot about the importance of race in Brazil and the different ways in which Brazilians view race. I thought that it was particularity interesting that race is often defined based on appearance and […]

Finals week is approaching and for some reason my work for this week is also very intense. So obviously I have to dress comfortable or I will be miserable. the shirt I am wearing is one of my favorites. It is a […]

Finals week is approaching and for some reason my work for this week is also very intense. So obviously I have to dress comfortable or I will be miserable. the shirt I am wearing is one of my favorites. It is a […]

I learned a ton this semester on a variety of different topics. I would say that the most important things that I learned were:

Cultural differences between ideas of race and how they shape society.  I […]

I took this class with little to no pre-existing knowledge of Brazil’s history or its modern-day situation. Thus, I stood to gain a lot of knowledge from this class.

I learned a great deal about race in […]

One of the most important things I learned this semester is how abolition occurred in Brazil with informal segregation to follow. Coming into this class, I knew that Brazil had one of the largest slave population. […]

The three most important things I learned, or continued to learn, throughout this semester are an increased understanding of Brazilian history and culture, the limits of isolated scholarship, and the importance of […]

Since I have learned a lot about Brazil throughout the semester, limiting this to three things will be hard, but here goes!

How race is constructed in Brazil: I thought the conversations and readings that we […]

Today, we started out by reflecting on I.S symposium. There were a lot of good presentations that people went to, and it was good to hear that people were able to experience I.S presentations inside and outside […]

The UDC or The United Daughters of the Confederation played a large role in the attempt to preserve southern culture. To preserve this culture they were involved in the reshaping of children’s views of the civil […]

Over the past couple days celebrity and highly successful artist Kanye West has made very controversial statements. Maybe the most controversial was his statement regarding slavery as choice for it’s victims. This […]

The two most notable figures in Civil Rights History are Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. Two great leaders, amazing orators, highly educated warriors for equality, but complete opposites in ways to achieve it. […]

For this outfit, I chose to go with the Jersey fit again, this time wearing the jersey of the king, LeBron James. I chose to wear this since the previous night LeBron won Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference This […]

For this outfit, I chose to go with the Jersey fit again, this time wearing the jersey of the king, LeBron James. I chose to wear this since the previous night LeBron won Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference […]