Lyra on Instagram: "I hate the man’s smug look | Ham’s Redemption (1895) by Modesto Brocos #art #history #arthistory This painting was completed just seven years after Brazil abolished slavery in 1888, during a period when the country pursued Branqueamento (Blanqueamiento in Spanish), a state-backed campaign to “whiten” the population. Unlike U.S. eugenics, which focused on segregation, anti-miscegenation laws, and even proposals to relocate Black Americans to Africa, Brazilian and broader Latin