Group Dominance and the Myth of Racial Democracy
Antiracism Attitudes in Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4522422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stanley R Bailey (University of California, Irvine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 728-747 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000312240406900506 |
| OpenAlex | W2047735149 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 42 |
| References cited | 55 |
Group dominance perspectives contend that ideologies are central to the production and reproduction of racial oppression by their negative affect on attitudes toward antiracism initiatives. The Brazilian myth of racial democracy frequently is framed in this light, evoked as a racist ideology to explain an apparent lack of confrontation of racial inequality. Data from a 2000 probability sample of racial attitudes in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, contradict this long-held assertion, showing that most Brazilians in this state recognize racism as playing a role in Brazilian society, support the idea of affirmative action, and express interest in belonging to antiracism organizations. Moreover, opinions on affirmative action appear more strongly correlated with social class, as measured by education level, than race. As compared with results from the United States regarding opinions on similar selected affirmative action policies, the racial gap in Brazilian support for affirmative action is only moderate. Results also show that those who recognize the existence of racial discrimination in Brazil are more likely to support affirmative action. Implications for race theorizing from a group dominance perspective in Brazil as well as for antiracism strategies are addressed
Affirmative action · Democracy · Dominance (genetics · Ideology · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Racial formation theory · Racism · Sociology · Anthropology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Studies · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social and Intergroup Psychology
Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
Toward a Postcolonial Sociology
Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
“Racial Democracy” and Racial Inclusion
Creation and validation of the anti-racism efficacy measure
Perceptions of Racial Discrimination among Black Professionals in Rio De Janeiro
After racial democracy? The state’s rhetorical reconstruction of national identity in Brazil (1990–2019)
Contested Racial Democracy
Alternative Temporalities
How States Make Race
Candidate race and electoral outcomes
Bikuda
Defending “Western” Values
Bossa Nova and Black Awakening
Merit and blame in unequal societies
Internal migration and ethnic division
From Antiracism to Antiracisms
Biko
Cooking Up Inequality
Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
Women-Space, Power, and the Sacred in Afro-Brazilian Culture
Prejudice, Political Ideology, and Interest
Support for race-targeted affirmative action in Brazil
Multiracial versus Collective Black Categories
Comparative racisms
The persistence of myth
Affirmative Action Attitudes of Whites
Ação afirmativa e desejabilidade social
Race, Class and Income Inequality in Brazil
Stratification by Skin Color in Contemporary Mexico
Does Money Whiten? Intergenerational Changes in Racial Classification in Brazil
Endogenous Race in Brazil
Public Opinion on Nonwhite Underrepresentation and Racial Identity Politics in Brazil
Is It Race, Class, or Gender? The Sources of Perceived Discrimination in Brazil
Deconstructing Racial Democracy
The Color of Child Mortality in Brazil, 1950-2000
After racial democracy
Unmixing for Race Making in Brazil
Remaking Racial Inclusion
An assessment of the Latin Americanization thesis
The multiple dimensions of racial mixture in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brajisalem
Religion in sociological perspective
Race and class in rural Brazil.
Racialized politics
Dreaming Equality
Notes on Racial and Political Inequality in Brazil
Ethnic Boundaries and Political Mobilization among African Brazilians
The Velvet Glove
Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
Racial Democracy and Racial Identity
From the German Ideology
Group Conflict, Prejudice, and the Paradox of Contemporary Racial Attitudes
Theories of Race and Racism
Eliminating Racism
Beyond Racism
Blackness without Ethnicity
Social Dominance
Ethnicity without groups
Migrations, integration, discriminations
Facts of Blackness
Blacks and Whites in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1888-1988
Race Prejudice as a Sense of Group Position
Caribbean Race Relations
The variable ties that bind
The Effects of Black and White Interviewers on Black Responses in 1968
A Nation for All
Sophistication and the Antecedents of Whites’ Racial Policy Attitudes
Inclusionary Discrimination
Exploring the Racial Divide
Racism, conservatism, Affirmative Action, and intellectual sophistication
Políticas contra o racismo e opinião pública
Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil
Including Mechanisms in Our Models of Ascriptive Inequality
Opposition to Race-Targeting
Including Mechanisms in Our Models of Ascriptive Inequality
Racismo sem Etnicidade
The Lost Constituency of Brazil's Black Movements
Potencialidades e limites da política de cotas no Brasil
Ethnicity
The Color-Blind Subject of Myth; Or, Where to Find Africa in the Nation
Rethinking Ethnicity
Class Differences in Racial Attitudes
Religion in Sociological Perspective
The Race Construct and Public Opinion
Structural Sources of Socioeconomic Segregation in Brazilian Metropolitan Areas
Situational ethnicity
Beyond 'identity
| Unique citing works | 42 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,56 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2024 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |