The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the debut 4th study session on Mário Filho's 1947 The Black Man in Brazilian Soccer, translated to English by Jack A. Draper III. Brazilian football (soccer) legend Pelé died near the end of 2022 at the age of 82. The only player to win 3 World Cup Championships and voted "Athlete of the 20th Century" according to many White journalists and historians, Pelé is classified as black and was born in 1940, a measly 52 years after Brazil abolished formal enslavement of black people in 1888. Racists didn't even allow black people to play football/soccer in Brazil for many decades. We'll learn about the System of White Supremacy in South America and one of the greatest athletes of any sport. Listeners should be mindful that Brazil just endured riots and violent protests after a contentious presidential election. The scene was eerily similar to the 2021 mayhem on January 6th in Washington, D.C. Former President Jair Bolsonaro is being investigated for instigating the conflict. During last week's installment, we heard more homoerotic details about 20th White culture in South America. Filho gives lots of details about the post game "shindig" - where White men drink alcohol, smoke cigars and dance with other White Men. We heard about other non-white soccer players and fans like Ovídio Dionísio, a burly black male nicknamed "Butter," Arthur Friedenreich, who had a White German father and a black mother, and Carlos Alberto. Filho takes great time to describe the unruly, rebellious, criminally kinky hair of Alberto and his makeup secret: rice powder. Like bleaching cream, Alberto reportedly used Rice Powder to lighten his dark complexion before soccer matches. Fútbol fans began shouting "rice powder" to insult both Alberto and his team, the haughty Fluminense. We also hear a lot about black street urchins who know their place - in the favelas far away from Whites.
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