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Argues that antiracism movements in the African-Brazilian population must first acknowledge race as a factor in Brazilian culture. The notion that Brazil is an antiracist nation is contradicted by the racial usage of color & class. Although it is posited by some scholars that there is no clear classification of race in Brazil, it is argued that physical appearance -- ie, color -- serves as a surrogate for race. It is advocated that the antiracist movement illustrate the institutionalism of racism in the public, private, & educational sectors. 37 References. M. Greenberg

This reasearch on the Brazilian working class's sense of identify focuses on technicians and workers in Bahia' s petrochemical industry. New identities are linked not only to industrial changes but also to social processes outside work. The latter have to do with how the status of a worker changes given his origins, training (or lack of it) and career path. The social advancement of industrial workers affects family status ; a sense of identity is reconstructed as life-styles and consumption patterns change and an ideology of progress is adopted.