10629. RACE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL. A well-documented treatment of race and color from an historical and contemporary perspective. Social mores, economic infrastructure and internal debate are noted. The paradoxical interplay of de facto racial segregation and patriotism (which supports the paper's assertion that color not race matters) and the phenomenon of "whitening" are discussed and future trends predicted 16 pages, 46 footnotes, 11 bibliographic sources.