this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
1 points (100.0% liked)
Digital Nomads
14 readers
1 users here now
founded 11 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
In this regard Brazil is sort of like the US' mirror in South America.
I was happy to see this.
Yo fr that really blew my mind when I finally got out and visited
I'm not gonna generalize but I think this is more widespread in South America than you might think since pretty much all countries in the region abide by Jus Soli. Our countries are all relatively young and immigration has been such a strong driver of our culture that even defining what makes someone (e.g.) Uruguayan.
We had an absurd amount of immigration waves in Venezuela throughout the 20th Century and it'd never cross our mind to go "oh yeah this guy is Polish-Venezuelan," he'd just be Venezuelan.
I haven't been to other South American countries, so I can only speak with certainty about my country but I'm not arrogant enough to think we're the only ones like this. From watching their football broadcasts and talking about their players of less common ethnicities (e.g. Armenian) I have a feeling Argentina is similar in that way.
It's not just about Jus Soli, but also the sheer amount of African slaves Brazil accepted. This creates a wide racial diversity, alongside the large and prominent Japanese and Lebanese populations, that ensures that Brazilians can really look like any human on Earth. Just like the US.