Brazil’s crisis is not only political and economic, it is also one of identity. Since the 2013 protests the cliched images that stare back at the country when it looks in the mirror no longer ring true. When people with differing opinions must be separated by an actual wall to keep them from attacking each other, it spells the death of the stereotype of a cordial and hospitable people who had supposedly overcome racism and inequalities without any confrontations. Perhaps Brazilians still need to figure out who they are, but they have already begun to understand who they are not. The contradictions can no longer be stifled.
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