In Brazil, the Pardos are a mixture of Whites, Blacks and Amerindians, varying from light to dark complexion, as used by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in censuses since 1950. The word's Portuguese for "brown" or "grey-brown". The other classifications are branco ("White"), negro ("Black"), amarelo ("yellow", meaning East Asians), and indígena ("indigenous", meaning Amerindians). Pardo's a broad classification that encompasses Brazilians of mixed race ancestry,… (
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