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Originally Posted by Catlady
Is there any indication that shades of skin color would not have mattered in Brazil? I didn't get the impression that Brazil was anything Brian really knew about; it seemed to be part of a fantasy that he could run away from his current life rather than something he would ever do.
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I agree with this. I think Irene who had many reasons for not wanting to emigrate could have included Brian's rationale as fact without examining it, but it would have been another reason she wouldn't have wanted to live there.
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Brian seems to be as much of a racist as Jack; it makes me wonder why he chooses two light-skinned women. Unless he chooses them largely because they're light-skinned.
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I suspect he did; that their status as light-skinned would reflect well on him, also. In any case, it could be seen as an indication that he had internalized the prejudices in favor of lighter-skinned blacks. There might even have been a eugenics factor and that it was a disappointment to him that one of his sons wasn't light enough to pass.