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Viewing cable 08SAOPAULO467, Mission Participates in Diversity Panel on Race and

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08SAOPAULO467 2008-09-04 15:26 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo
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UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000467 
 
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STATE FOR DRL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO BR
SUBJECT: Mission Participates in Diversity Panel on Race and 
Inclusion 
1.  Summary:  Congen Management Officer (and published author) gave 
a U.S. perspective on diversity as an invited member of a panel on 
the subject at Sao Paulo's Biannual Book Festival on August 20.  The 
 
event featured many of the most important members of Brazil's 
diversity community.  Panel discussions revealed how participants 
see diversity/social inclusion issues developing in Brazil, showed 
the experts' frequent tendency to relate Brazil's experience to that 
of the United States, and showcased the potential for Mission Brazil 
to help meet the programming needs of the U.S.-Brazil Action Plan to 
Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality. 
Overall, the event demonstrated how the U.S. can play a constructive 
and even essential role in Brazil's discussions about its own 
diversity challenges.  End Summary. 
2.  Congen Management Officer took part in a panel on diversity at 
Sao Paulo's Biannual Book Festival on August 20.  The book festival 
has a 40 year history and is a major event, attended by thousands of 
people.  All of Brazil's publishers and a number of foreign entities 
have extensive display areas.  The diversity panel featured 
important members of Sao Paulo's and Brazil's diversity/human rights 
community.  The Management Officer appeared with the following: 
Andre Fischer, a magazine and website publisher and Gay, Lesbian and 
Transsexual rights activist; Myriam Chinall, a psychologist and 
educator; Cida Bento, coordinator of the NGO Center for the Study of 
Inequality; Sister Coen, a peace activist and member of Brazil's Zen 
Buddhist community; Zulu Araujo, President of the Palmares Cultural 
Foundation (named for a famous 19th century social rebellion in 
which Afro-Brazilians played a critical role); and Zeze Motta, a 
famous Afro-Brazilian actress and now Superintendant for Racial 
Equality for Rio de Janeiro. 
An Energetic Discussion... 
3. The panel discussion centered on the work that Brazil still needs 
to do to achieve a greater levels of social justice through 
increasing the social consciousness of diversity.  While Brazil 
prides itself on diversity, a number of the panelists cited ongoing 
patterns of racism that persist in the society.  Fischer noted how 
gays, lesbians and transsexuals still face discrimination.  Zulu 
Araujo cited the example of young, Afro-Brazilian mothers in 
predominantly black Bahia who, when they give birth to a baby 
lighter skinned than themselves, are said by locals to have a "clean 
belly."  And Zeze Motta recounted how, in her early days as an 
actress, those casting productions would complain about her African 
features, including "a flat nose and curly hair," to the point where 
the actress considered cosmetic surgery.  Motta acknowledged that 
the "Black is Beautiful" movement in the U.S. during the 1960s 
helped to awaken her to her inherent beauty of her natural 
features. 
...And Frequent Comparison to the U.S. 
4. Brazilians, in focusing on their own diversity challenges, made 
frequent references and comparisons to the U.S.  In general, they 
see the U.S., not as a model to be copied, but as a source of 
positive and instructive examples, as a sister society still 
struggling with the same issues. 
The Author's Story 
5. Management officer Watlington is the author of a children's book 
on diversity entitled "Zoe" ( 
www.amazon.com/Zoe-Calvin-Watlington/dp/09724 28402 ). 
6.  "Zoe" tells a positive story of diversity celebration led by the 
children in the story.  Just as interesting to the audience was the 
officer's own account of how he came to write a children's book. 
The author recounted how he had originally sat down to write an 
essay about diversity, but ultimately came to the conclusion that 
the challenge was "not so much adult/intellectual as generational." 
From there, he decided to write a children's book, an undertaking 
that required months of research, including spending many hours 
talking to little children about differences. 
Telling Our Story, "Warts 'n All" 
7. Panelists' frequent references to the U.S. created a natural 
opening for Management Officer to provide a realistic recounting of 
both U.S. achievements in the diversity area and a straightforward 
account of the United States' continuing challenges in this area. 
Reaction of both fellow panelists and the audience was positive. 
8. The Brazilian activists' tendency to use the U.S. as a point of 
reference was quite striking.  While many saw much that was positive 
and instructive in the U.S. experience, there was also a tendency on 
the part of some in the panel to occasionally both overshoot or 
undershoot the mark, either overestimating the degree to which the 
U.S. has resolved diversity issues or underestimating U.S. 
achievements in this area.  Given the Brazilians' tendency to cite 
the U.S. example, it was important to have an American there to 
share the stage in a positive way, and offer a U.S. perspective on 
this critical issue. 
9. Post's participation in the panel shows that Mission-developed 
programming can complement Washington resources in realizing our 
Action Plan with Brazil on eliminating racism and promoting 
equality.  Brazilians' energy and willingness to address diversity 
issues offers us a unique opportunity to enter into a positive 
partnership, sharing hard lessons learned in two of the hemisphere's 
biggest and most diverse societies. 
10.  This cable was coordinated/cleared by Embassy Brasilia. 
 
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