There's no such thing as Brazilian (language). They speak Portuguese, or Brazilian Portuguese to be exact.
Word negro is used to describe black people, see https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/negro
Preto is a synonym of negro also used for describing black people (it can bear a pejorative connotation or not. It depends on the context) but generally for things that are black.
The pejorative connotation pertains to a black servant or a black slave:
(racismo) serviçal residencial negro
(racismo) escravo negro
See the note on https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/preto
"In meaning 1, when referring to a human being, it is sometimes considered pejorative, especially when said by a white person. However, there are groups of black people who claim the use of preto. For these people, preto is not only not offensive, but is the most appropriate term. The possibly offensive nature of this word must be analyzed by context."
> There's no such thing as Brazilian (language). They speak Portuguese, or Brazilian Portuguese to be exact.
Yes, I know. However, I was talking more about the cultural context than the language alone.
Just like the UK and the US (and India and Singapore and Hong Kong and Australia etc) all have different cultural context, and sometimes the same words can have different meanings.
While brazilian society's relationship with race can be quite nuanced, the left-of-center political discourse is largely analogous to the US in this aspect (form my non-american perspective at least). So yeah, the translation was pretty accurate.
Yes, I came to similar conclusions after digging into the topic a bit more.
It was an interesting learning experience.
I wonder if/how much the Brazilians are influenced by the Americans here.
(Going on a tangent: I remember during a very brief stint working at Facebook, when they were blathering on about 'Black history month' or something like that. I have nothing against 'Black history month' in the US. But this was in the Singaporean office, and we have more relevant issues in South East Asia, including issues of local racism, too. I can see why Facebook (or Meta..) would care as an American company, but it was really weird seeing corporate project that into South East Asia.)
