EDUCATION, RACE, & ETHNICITY
Sources:
Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2014). Brazil. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/78101/Brazil/222826/Primary-and-secondary-school
- School is free and mandatory at a primary and secondary level.
- Approximately 3/5 of Brazil's population has only received four years or less of schooling
- Education is a means to economic success in Brazil. Unschooled laborers earn roughly one-fourth the wages of high school graduates, who in turn earn only half the salary of those with university degrees (example below).
- Brazil is a melting pot of many ethnicities due to marriage and interracial relationships.
- Brazil suffers from social discrimination.
- Currently, the majority of the country is made up of Caucasians (Portuguese) and Mulattoes (descendants from Portuguese and African slaves).
Sources:
Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2014). Brazil. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/78101/Brazil/222826/Primary-and-secondary-school