Mushmouth
07-30-2018, 05:05 AM
Under Portuguese law it is illegal to gather race-related information, so data is hard to come by.
But Cristina Roldão, a sociological researcher at Lisbon's IUL university, says that black Portuguese citizens or residents do not, in reality, enjoy equality.
Young black people between the ages of 18 and 25 are only half as likely to go to university as white Portuguese, according to research she has worked on. And the incarceration rate in Portugal is 15 times as high for people with African origins.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44965631
But Cristina Roldão, a sociological researcher at Lisbon's IUL university, says that black Portuguese citizens or residents do not, in reality, enjoy equality.
Young black people between the ages of 18 and 25 are only half as likely to go to university as white Portuguese, according to research she has worked on. And the incarceration rate in Portugal is 15 times as high for people with African origins.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44965631