Talk:Northeast Region, Brazil

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Since no one objected, I am now merging Northeastern Brazil into this article. Travelbird 04:42, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Northeastern Brazilian Portuguese

There should a (language-related) article on the Northeastern Brazilian Portuguese dialect, similar to the article e.g. on Southern American English. 201.52.32.9 11:39, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

I should like to see one as well. —— 71.235.66.254 17:23, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

'Bold text==Sources== Where are they for this article??Kemet 02:22, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Racism

There is indeed some prejudice in Brazil against northeasterners, namely in São Paulo. The slangs "paraíba" and "baiano" are often taken as prejudicial slur. This prejudice is not properly "racism" as it is not directed towards either blacks or whites, but against people born in the North-East, regardless of skin color. Sometimes this racism surfaces even in the media:

http://www.180graus.com/home/materia.asp?id=84104

This article is about an infamous article published by O Estado do Paraná, a Brazilian newspaper from Curitiba, Paraná in which journalist Alex Gutenberg profusely attacks the roots of Northeastern culture and the region's stronger miscigenation.

http://www.igeduca.com.br/antenado/checktemplate.cfm?action=view&sec_id=89&mat_id=4734

This article goes further, analysing the characteristics of racism towards northeasterners. It starts with the infamous quote by Edmundo, the famous Brazilian footballer who once said "A gente vem jogar na Paraíba e colocam um paraíba para apitar, só podia dar nisso" ("We come to play Paraíba and they choose a Paraiban as a referee, that is what could happen") after being sent off in a match between Vasco da Gama and ABC for the 1997 Copa do Brasil (note: neither ABC nor the referees were from Paraíba. ABC is from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte and the referee was from Ceará).