With over 1 million people of Japanese descent, some 6 million of Portuguese and Italian, 3 million of Spanish, nearly 1 million of German, and 500,000 of Russian descent, not to mention Indians, Negroes, and mixed races of unfathomable origins, Brazil has always been proud to be an ethnic melting pot totally devoid of racial discrimination.
日裔百餘萬、葡萄牙及義大利裔各約六百萬、西班牙裔三百萬、德裔近百萬、俄裔五十萬，加上印第安人、黑人，以及一再混血、難以溯本追源的各色人種，巴西一向以「完全沒有種族歧視的民族大熔爐」自傲。