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Brazil's long, strange love affair with the Confederacy ignites racial tension

  • Written by Jordan Brasher, Doctoral candidate in Geography, University of Tennessee
Brazil's long, strange love affair with the Confederacy ignites racial tensionVisitors and performers at Brazil's 'Confederate Party,' held each April in São Paulo state.Jordan Brasher, Author provided

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