Skin Color Still Plays Big Role In Ethnically Diverse Brazil Published September 19, 2013 at 3:17 PM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 8:04 Wikimedia CommonsThe painting "The Redemption of Ham" by Modesto Brocos features a black grandmother, mixed-race mother, white father and white baby. The grandmother stands to the left with her hands raised in prayer, praising God that her grandson is white. Copyright 2013 NPR