So I've been reading a book recently called How Soccer Explains the World, by Franklin Foer. Although slightly lacking in interviews with 9-year-old Jewish boys from Westchester, this book is really amazing.
Anyway, I wanted to share a quote from the book that struck me.
"Brazil is the bizarro version of the United States. Its the fantastically vast, resource-rich, new-world culture that didn't become a global hedgemon." -p.122
As a student of both Brazilian and American history and culture, this is a truly great sentence. The parallels in racial politics, land policy, and native peoples are deep. These are just a few of the ways in which Brazil and America are bizarro hemispheric twins. If you don't know enough about Brazil to appreciate these similarities, educate thyself. Perhaps watching this clip would be a good place to start:
By the way, these are the kinds of thoughts that constantly rack my brain and cause me to freak out. Get into it.
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