The purpose of this article is to recognize, study and analyze race relations in Brazil. Race relations are relationships between two groups of different races; it's how these two different races connect with each other in their environment. Because Brazil is racially diverse, this study focuses on how Brazilians relate to each other. Over the course of the essay it will become clear that there is a conflict between two racial groups. Afro-Brazilians and White-Brazilians are not related and although these two groups converse with each other, discrimination is still within society. This discrimination has created inequality within society for Afro-Brazilians. Therefore, this article will not only focus on the racism and discrimination that Afro-Brazilians experience from White-Brazilians, but also on the history of Brazil, the types of discrimination that Afro-Brazilians face today, and how the media they create discrimination. We must start from the history of Brazil to understand the problem and how it was born. During the year 1500, Brazil was “discovered” by the Portuguese. The Portuguese considered the natives “savages” because they neither looked nor dressed like Europeans. Thus, the idea that the indigenous people are “savages” helps influence the Portuguese that the indigenous people need to be controlled and become more civilized. During the 16th century the Portuguese used “black” slaves to work on plantations to increase trade in Europe. After 1850 the slave trade was abolished, but the Portuguese continued to bring slaves from Africa, illegally. Edward Eric Telles states: “About three hundred years later, when the slave trade ended in 1850, 3.6 million African Americans were brought to Brazil as slaves, … middle of paper … the chance to gain knowledge and grow because they find themselves in a school environment where they cannot move on to the next grade. Because of this, Afro-Brazilians have to struggle to enter the workforce because most jobs in Brazil do not hire people who have little or no education. Of course this isn't the only reason why jobs don't hire Afro-Brazilians, skin color also plays an important factor. Working in low-quality jobs, people of African descent must survive on little money, and most necessities needed to survive are expensive, forcing Afro-Brazilians to work two or more jobs. A child's parents are sometimes unable to provide for the child, leaving him or her without basic necessities. Most families and individuals of African descent in Brazil live in poverty due to the lack of benefits they can receive.