Hi, guys! I'm a Brazilian boy and I've been wondering this for a while now based on my experience in other countries and my own historic curiosities.

So, in case you don't know, Brazil is a nation built by immigrants, created by immigrants, and all our cultural heritage comes from immigrants. Our primary ones are Japanese, Italian, Portuguese and German people.

What fascinates me is how differently Germany sees this history compared to the other "home countries" today:

• In the case of Japan, Brazil hosts the biggest Japanese and Japanese-descended population of the world (called 'nikkeis'), with immigration starting in the last century. This is absolutely a widespread knowledge in Japan, who call these people Nikkeis and they teach this a lot in Japanese schools. It's a big part of Japanese history. The connection is so big that food staples that are rather exotic or unknown in other places like Yakisoba are part of the daily food culture of Brazilians.
• In the case of Portugal, it's pretty obvious because they colonized us, as well as Portuguese people migrated in millions to Brazil for centuries. This knowledge is so big in Portugal that it is a foundational part of Portuguese people's national identity. They grow up viewing or knowing Brazil is a "sister nation" shaped entirely by centuries of immigration. So, obviously, we speak Portuguese, we have a Portuguese-influenced culture, and the vast majority of Brazilians have Portuguese ancestry.
• In the case of Italy, the situation is very, very obvious and they're highly aware. About 32 million Brazilians are Italian descendants (even larger than the USA, which has 16 million). Italian culture, language and history plays an incredibly foundational part in Brazil. Italy is extremely aware of this, as well as they're aware of their historical immigration to all of the Americas. In regions like Veneto, Lombardy and Campania, basicallly all families have ties to Brazil. This connection is so deep that over 1 million Brazilians still hold Italian citizenship.

However, when it comes to Germany, this knowledge completely drops off.

Brazil holds one of the most massive German diasporas outside of Germany, with around 12 million Brazilians having German ancestry, especially in the South. This is arguably the most prominent of all in terms of integration because, 'till this day, we have entire cities and regions in Brazil like Blumenau or Pomerode where people look German, have German surnames and names, drink craft beer, dance to polka, and most importantly: Speak German and a dialect of German called Hunsrückisch. These people heavily preserve their Germanic identity, culture and history.

Yet, whenever I talk to Germans and bring this up, the vast majority of 'em don't know about this at all. If asked where Germans immigrated, most will say the USA (Pennsylvania, the Midwest), or Canada, probably because of Hollywood and American pop culture. Most would find this information completely bizarre. They simply do not seem to view Brazil as a "Germanic destination".

And, of course, this isn't just tied to Brazil. German people also mass-immigrated to Argentina (which has entire German regions too) and even to Chile. Yet, German people do not seem to be aware of it. So, after providing all this context to those who didn't know, I ask:

1. Why do you think Germans are so unaware of this compared to Japanese or Italians? Is it a gap in the school curriculum, or did post-WWII history change how Germany looks at its diaspora?
2. Were you personally aware of the scale of German immigration to South America? If yes, how?
3. Do you think German people should be more aware of this huge part of their own history (taught in schools, shown in media)?

Thanks!

seriously, though: i have lost the number of times that reddit mods have removed completely safe, well-thought, and well-done posts that were completely appropriate for the sub due to arbitrary reasons and half-ass rules.

like the time i spent an entire afternoon manually translating an entire book insertion because it didn't have a translation for english available anywhere and i did a very extensive socioeconomic post for a high-level discussion, and mods took down my post because, according to 'em, it used AI. i know this sounds completely chronically online, but imagine spending hours translating a book insertion and developing your entire framework just so that a random guy in ohio can read and say "umm nah this is AI" and remove it? it's like... balls-dropping. and this is just an example, because it has happened multiple times.

and don't even get me started in how useless the "appeal to mods" option is. they won't say ANYTHING and, when they do, they just double down on their view even if you wrote a completely reasonable, well-thought and long explanation.

reddit is in a serious need of a moderating power like brazil in the 19th century 🤓☝️

and about rule 10 so no moderator removes my post (which would honestly be hilarious given the content): im NOT critiquing other subreddits and their moderators specifically as much as i am critiquing the entirety of reddit, and that's why i didn't use the "meta" tag which specifically dictates that one should only use it when you're critiquing this sub. PLEASE, mods, don't delete this!

hey, guys! i've been a music engineer for some years now. i stopped it for a while, but i suddenly found myself with all this free time for a few weeks.

i've decided to mix (and maybe master) the tracks of any young artist for only $10. yeah, that's it.
im quite aware of how ridiculously expensive a professional mix/master is, so im only doing this for a few days and because i've seen how much in need these young artists are. im also doing this to get back on the swing of things and to fill a bit of boredom.

if i really like your shit i might even do two or three songs

since i know this can sound sketchy, i'll send anyone who might be interested three songs or something like that that i've mixed and mastered in the past few months.

my range is crazy. i've primarily mixed rock music (especially punk-pop) but i've also done lots of pop songs and rap songs.

wish y'all a happy day!

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as a brazilian, im really curious about this. im well aware the south-american pride, specifically the southern cone (argentina, uruguay + brazil...) one, for the world cup is very high and can't really be compared globally, so im curious about just how much people care over there.

in brazil, unlike the stereotypes, not everyone cares for football. the girls and the gays generally are indifferent to it, and a lot of people actively don't like it (me), HOWEVER, the world cup generally unifies the country and makes everyone care for football for like a month lmao.

it is very huge. jobs and schools drop people earlier to watch the game, there can be state-wide holidays in the days brazil plays, some streets are decorated for the world cup (though this has fallen a lot in popularity in the past decade), and you'll hear fireworks everywhere if brazil wins. it's like, a national 4-to-4 year holiday.

does your country care? how much?

São Paulo, March 2020.

basically, what i mean is: sometimes, a city is SO massive that you can stand on top of a giant building, and you won't be able to see when the skyline ends.

as far as im aware, this can only be experienced in a slim number of cities worldwide.

in brazil, we have são paulo, which is a very good poster child for this. when you're there, you're literally unable to see when it ends. it feels extremely, endlessly endless. it has about 22M people. i love that city.

do you guys have that, or an equivalent to that? if no, what is a really cool urban thing you might have too?

also, i thought about asking this because, sometimes, the most random cities in the world will have this and you're like: "why haven't i ever heard about it?". and sometimes, MASSIVE cities like NYC will not have it fully, or very famous places you always thought would be very big like sydney end up not being lmao. so im very curious

im flying são paulo to houston at 18 in some months to visit my boyfriend. it'll be my first time going to the US, and im basically staying in houston + we're also visiting austin and the countryside. then we're going on a road trip from houston to new orleans. i'm veryyy excited!
i want all the american/texan experience. i want endless suburbs, i want to eat a whataburger, i want to go to a uni football game, i want walmart at midnight. lmao

what should i know, have, or be prepared for that's going to be of great help when im there? : )

(im particularly very curious about tipping culture since we don't have it here, and the public transport - or lack thereof lmao!)