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September 22, 2017
Who are you and what do you do?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Why should high school students learn about slavery in Brazil?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How did the transatlantic slave trade shape Brazilian history?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How did some enslaved people try to buy their freedom?
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September 22, 2017
How did enslaved people in Brazil resist slavery?
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September 22, 2017
What were quilombos?
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September 22, 2017
Who was Luís Gama and why was he important?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What are the legacies of slavery in Brazil?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Why is the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff an important moment in Brazil’s history?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How have economic and social conditions changed since the military dictatorship?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What human rights issues does Brazil continue to face?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Do you think Brazil could return to a military dictatorship?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How does the Brazilian constitution address racism?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What major issues did the constitution of 1988 address?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Why did Brazil enact a new constitution in 1988?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What did you do as Brazil’s Secretary of State for Human Rights?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Why did the government use torture and what were some of its methods?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Why did some opposition groups use kidnapping as a political tool?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How did human rights abuses in Latin America in the 1970s contribute to a change in U.S. foreign aid policy?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What factors contributed to the end of the dictatorship?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Why do you think high school students should learn about Brazil?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How did Fernando Henrique Cardoso control inflation?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How did Lula’s economic policies help him win the presidency?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How are Brazilian and U.S. definitions of race different?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What was the Diretas Já movement and why was it important?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What are some important recent developments in Brazil?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What are some important legacies of the military dictatorship in Brazil?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What is the Brazilian Truth Commission and why is it controversial?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How has Latin America responded to climate change?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What were the primary goals of your administration?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Who are you and what do you do?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Why did immigrants and migrants come to São Paulo in the early 20th century?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How have non-European immigrants been treated in Brazil?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Do people in Brazil identify with their ethnic origins?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How did the idea of “whitening” develop in Brazil?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How do perceptions of race differ in Brazil and the United States?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How do Brazilians think about race today?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What does the 1976 census say about how Brazilians thought about race?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How does the painting “The Redemption of Ham” by Modesto Brocos illustrate ideas of whitening?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How does racism operate differently in Brazil and the United States?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Why is it important for high school students to understand Brazil and its transition to democracy?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Why did Brazil become a military dictatorship in 1964?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What methods did the military dictatorship in Brazil use to stay in power?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What are the most common misunderstandings about Brazil?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What was life like during the dictatorship for ordinary Brazilians?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
Why did Brazil decide to form a National Truth Commission?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
What were the outcomes of Brazil’s National Truth Commission?
Jake Camara
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September 22, 2017
How does Brazil’s history of dictatorship continue to affect the country today?
Jake Camara
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