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Brazilian writer on telling Europeans about life in São Paulo

Original: Sometimes, when I tell Europeans about things I witnessed or experienced growing up in Brazil, they find them difficult

A Brazilian living in Europe describes how Europeans often struggle to believe accounts of what he witnessed growing up on a dead-end street in western São Paulo: the violence, the inequality, and the vast differences in opportunity. His reflections have struck a chord, prompting discussion about how hard it is for outsiders to grasp everyday Brazilian realities and the gap between lived experience and foreign perceptions of the country.

Why now: His vivid firsthand account of inequality and violence in Brazil resonates with people discussing social divides and immigration experiences.

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• Sometimes, when I tell Europeans about things I witnessed or experienced growing up in Brazil, they find them difficult to believe. The violence, the inequality, the enormous differences in opportunities. I grew up on a dead-end street in western São Paulo, very close to a… · everton137@vivaldi.net · 7

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