Talk:Brazilian diaspora
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[edit] in the Uk
this section needs clean up,
also, I agree with the guy below who wishes for a new name for this article. It is hardly a diaspora.
[edit] Brazilians in the US
750 000 or 1 000 000?
In the lead section it says:
- There are an estimated 2 million Brazilians living abroad [1], mainly in the U.S. (750,000)
Below, in the Brazilians in the U.S section it says:
- There are an estimated 1,000,000 Brazilians living in the United States. Major concentrations are in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida and California.
Which info is correct?
PMLF 06:24, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- It is hard to tell. Since most of the Brazilians living in the U.S are illegal immigrants, there are no reliable estimates. Estimates from the Brazilian-American community itself should be taken with a grain of salt (like other immigrant communities elsewhere in the world, they tend to overstate their numbers to increase their political clout). Mbruno 15:12, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Brazilian community in Massachusetts
I suggest we add mention of this, as there are many towns near Boston (notably Framingham, Hudson, Marlborough) with very large and growing Brazilian immigrant populations. Most of the existing articles for these towns make little to no mention of the Brazilian community nor the challenges faced by its continued growth.--Caliga10 17:10, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
- I took the liberty of mentioning this, since there was no feedback related to the above point.--Caliga10 03:11, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Brazilian Diaspora x Brazilian Emigration
The word "diaspora" is normally used to refer to large-scale international migration like the scattering of the Jewish people in the first century of the Christian era or the forced migration of millions of Africans to the Americas as a result of the Atlantic slave trade. Considering that the 2,000,000 Brazilians that are estimated to be living overseas represent only slightly over 1 % of the Brazilian population, I would hardly say Brazilian emigration qualifies as a "diaspora". In fact, the 2-million figure itself is probably overestimated. Perhaps the title of this article should be changed. 200.177.33.83 13:50, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Agreed, this is not a diaspora. Anyone disagree? If so, please explain. Olinto 22:31, 9 January 2007 (UTC)Olinto
- Sounds fine to me.--Caliga10 22:38, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Diaspora means "dispersion" in Greek, and it doesn't only apply to Jews, but Greeks, Phoenicians, Armenians, Chinese Hakka, Roma etc
