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I didn't. I figured he was mixed with a touch of black based on Brazil's ancestry, but.....
http://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2013/02...ublic-figures/
http://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2013/02...ublic-figures/
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Hey .. look at the bright side .... at least you're not a Liverpool fan! - Lazie 2/24/10
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015 -
Yes but he says otherwise though. SMH."It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick Douglass -
yes i knew he was black... there are other pictures of him from his youth... he is just one of many brazilian black who suffers from the brazilian form of racism...'to get what we've never had, we MUST do what we've never done'Comment
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I would say more like an identity crisis than racism. Let us call it the Michael Jackson Syndrome.he is just one of many brazilian black who suffers from the brazilian form of racism...
"Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance." ~ Kahlil GibranComment
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He is white by Brasilian definition. Black is Pele, Ramirez, along that line.
Even Dani Alves would be considered white in Brasil.
Personally I like it because it proves that the concept of race is a myth. Race is just a social construct.Comment
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Is it true that black people generally suffer from sickle cell anemia, more than other "constructs"?
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Yes, different countries have their different cultural definitions for race. If using US standards, Neamar would be Black. In Brazil however, it is a different matter."Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance." ~ Kahlil GibranComment
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Not true, the Greeks have the same problem (showing something that people keep missing but time is the master)Comment
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look brown to me
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Oh, so that makes it an idle social construct since the Greeks prove me wrong?
BLACK LIVES MATTERComment
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as usual woeeee
He is white in Brasil.Comment
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Mo do your research; because of smart phones the net is now in the palm of your hands.Comment
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no...he is brown...yuh blind...
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Really, we as Jamaicans talking about who is black & not black????
In Jamaica brown skinned people do not consider themselves black.
If dem have a likkle white, chiney, indian, dem frighten to realize they are black when dem complete an application for US visa.Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince LombardiComment
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Tell that to Brasilians. Check out the Jane Elliot experiment and you will fully understand. I take it you are "Brown"? Yes?
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