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Sofía Cavalcanti Zanforlin

Professor at the Federal Univ. of Pernambuco (Brazil). She coordinates the Núcleo Migra-Migrations, Mobility and Contemporary Population Management of the UFPE. PhD from the School of Communication of the UFRJ.

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Xenophobia toward Northeastern Brazilians? No, call it racism

Nothing new under the sun. In every presidential election, the votes of the Brazilian Northeast are pointed out as the result of welfarism, if not of stupidity or illiteracy.

We have always been racist in Brazil

We recall that the struggle for ethnicity reveals a racist past deeply in tune with the Eurocentric eugenic discourse that blinds us to a multiplicity of minorities.

Entrepreneurial migrant: ground zero of neoliberalism?

Migration is a central phenomenon of the contemporary world that challenges all countries involved. And the promotion of entrepreneurship is often seen as the solution to integrate migrants into the host society. Is this another neoliberal myth or is it a viable option?