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It can be an odd thing to be a Brazilian. A Brazilian-American Third Culture Kid, living in D.C.
I was born in Belo Horizonte, a city of 2.7 million — a little more populous than Chicago. BH, as we call it, is the capital of Minas Gerais, a state of over 20 million. When I tell people I am from Brazil, a country that’s 200 million-people strong, with a land mass larger than the contiguous U.S., I sometimes get “are you from Rio or São Paulo?” Other times, I’m asked about Carnaval or soccer. Most times, though, I get a faint smile. Or a friendly, if distant,…
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