Multiracial affairs in Brazil

Lusotropicalism () is a term and "quasi-theory" developed by Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre to describe the distinctive character of Portuguese imperialism overseas, proposing that the Portuguese were better colonizers than other European nations.

thumb|right|150px|Sculpture showing the birth of a caboclo

ethnic category in Brazil

painting by Modesto Brocos

term used by some to describe race relations in Brazil, implying that Brazil has escaped racism and racial discrimination; first advanced by Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre

thumb|right|Mestiço man with gun and sword under a fruiting papaya tree, Albert Eckhout, mid-seventeenth century [[Dutch Brazil]] Mestiço is a Portuguese term that refers to persons of mixed race, as people from European and Indigenous non-European ancestry.

Caiçaras () are a people who inhabit the coastlines of the Brazilian states of Paraná, São Paulo and Santa Catarina, and the municipalities of Paraty and Angra dos Reis, in the south of Rio de Janeiro. They were formed from the intermixing of Indigenous, Africans and Portuguese people. The main basis of Caiçara culture is artisanal fishing, cultivation of small gardens, hunting, plant extraction and handicrafts.

thumb|right|150px|Albert Eckhout: a mameluco woman in Brazil, 1641–1644 Mameluco is a Portuguese word that denotes the first generation child of a European and an Amerindian. It corresponds to the Spanish word mestizo.

overview of race and ethnicity in Brazil

Annual celebration on 27 June in Brazil

thumb|''Ham's Redemption|A Redenção de Cam (Redemption of Ham''), by Galician painter [[Modesto Brocos, 1895, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes. The painting depicts a black grandmother, mulatta mother, white father and their quadroon child, hence three generations of racial hypergamy through whitening.]]