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An anthology of short stories about racial preconceptions through a diachronic perspective. From Maria Firmina dos Reis (1825-1917) to Cidinha da Silva (1967), this book comprises a century of discussion about racism. In addition to stories that are little known and those that are already classics, it includes an analysis by Conceição Evaristo, one of the major specialists on the subject, and an appendix containing the autobiography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua, an ex-slave who worked in Brazil.