Paulo Lins quotes

From the outside, the favela and everyone in it look the same, but there are various strata, and my family was one of those at the top of the pyramid...Below us were the garbage collectors, delivery boys and street vendors who made even less money than we did, and then those who were so poor that they never even left the favela and lived from odd jobs here and there. (Paulo Lins)
The world of the favela today is much more cruel than when I was growing up there or even as I show it in my book...If I were to write about the way things are today, I would start the book with a pile of rubber tires, gasoline and someone being burned alive. View quote
Paulo Lins
Brazil is a racist country and a racist society...But the funny thing is that nobody will admit to being a racist, and that's the problem. Blacks in Brazil are always in an inferior, subaltern position, but you can't find a white person who is a racist. View quote
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