Brazilian Mongrel Complex

"The "Mongrel complex" (Portuguese: complexo de vira-lata, literal meaning: street dog complex) is an expression used to refer to a collective inferiority complex reportedly felt by many Brazilians when comparing Brazil and its culture to other parts of the world, primarily the developed world (such as Western Europe, Northern America and parts of Asia), as the reference to a "mongrel" carries negative connotations attributed by Brazilians to the racist perception of most Brazilians being racially mixed"
" It was originally coined by novelist and writer Nelson Rodrigues, in which originally he referred to the trauma suffered by Brazilians in 1950 when the national football team was defeated by Uruguay's national team in the last match of the 1950 World Cup, which was held at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro. The estimated 200,000 spectators at the stadium that day were stunned into an eerie silence after the match was concluded, some so apparently distraught they committed suicide by jumping out of the stands[citation needed]. Brazil would recover in 1958 when it won the World Cup for the first of five times,[1] but the idea persisted afterwards, cropping up again the next time Brazil hosted the World Cup in 2014 when it was defeated in the semifinal match against Germany by a score of 7–1."
didnt know football was that deep:farmajoyaab:
 

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I remember watching that game and the constant camera pans to the Brazilians supporters. They looked like they lost their mortgage on a Ladbrokes bet wallahi.

I mean if Australia lost 7-1 to Germany, I would keep it moving. I had no hope anyways.
 

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Brazil is a developing nation that has a growing middle class. Areas where they need to see improvement:

- Personal safety
- Access to quality healthcare
- Inclusiveness (though Brazil is a multiethnic society and claims to be a post racial democracy there are wide disparities in life outcomes along racial/ethnic lines). To put it simply those identified as White as in more European (make significantly more and have higher levels of educational attainment). There is also a minor gap between mixed race and those identified as Black but the difference is less pronounced than it is compared to the cadaans.
 
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"The "Mongrel complex" (Portuguese: complexo de vira-lata, literal meaning: street dog complex) is an expression used to refer to a collective inferiority complex reportedly felt by many Brazilians when comparing Brazil and its culture to other parts of the world, primarily the developed world (such as Western Europe, Northern America and parts of Asia), as the reference to a "mongrel" carries negative connotations attributed by Brazilians to the racist perception of most Brazilians being racially mixed"
" It was originally coined by novelist and writer Nelson Rodrigues, in which originally he referred to the trauma suffered by Brazilians in 1950 when the national football team was defeated by Uruguay's national team in the last match of the 1950 World Cup, which was held at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro. The estimated 200,000 spectators at the stadium that day were stunned into an eerie silence after the match was concluded, some so apparently distraught they committed suicide by jumping out of the stands[citation needed]. Brazil would recover in 1958 when it won the World Cup for the first of five times,[1] but the idea persisted afterwards, cropping up again the next time Brazil hosted the World Cup in 2014 when it was defeated in the semifinal match against Germany by a score of 7–1."
didnt know football was that deep:farmajoyaab:
2014 World cup was tragic. all the Brazilian chicks were bawling
 

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