"Mongrel complex" or alternatively "Mutt complex" (Portuguese: complexo de vira-lata, literal meaning: "street dog complex" or "mutt complex") is an expression used to refer to a collective inferiority complex reportedly felt by many Brazilians when comparing Brazil and its culture to other parts of the world, primarily the developed world (such as Europe or North America), as the reference to a "mongrel" carries negative connotations attributed by Brazilians to the racist perception of most Brazilians being racially mixed as well as lacking in desirable cultural refinement.
LMAO Mongrel complex (Complexo de vira-lata)
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The term was originally coined by novelist and writer Nelson Rodrigues, initially referring to the trauma suffered by Brazilians in 1950 when the national football team was defeated by Uruguay's national team in the final match of the 1950 World Cup, which was held at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro. The estimated 200,000 spectators at the stadium that day were stunned into an eerie silence after the match was concluded, some so distraught they committed suicide inside the stadium.[1] Brazil would recover, at least when it comes to soccer, in 1958, winning the World Cup for the first of five times,[2] but the idea persisted, cropping up again the next time Brazil hosted the World Cup in 2014 when it was defeated in the semifinal match against Germany by a score of 7–1.
The idea that the Brazilian people is inferior to others or "degenerate" is not novel and is dated at least from the 19th century, when the French count Arthur de Gobineau disembarked at Rio de Janeiro in 1845, and called the cariocas "unbelievably ugly monkeys".[5]
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Insecure whites.
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