As some of you know, a few days ago a Chilean (pretends to be shocked) passenger was detained in Guarulhos for using very offensive racist and homophobic language towards a flight attendant after being confronted when he tried to open a plane door during the flight (or during taxiing). This is likely worse than the previous situation with Agostina Páez (the Argentinian criminal who racially attacked Brazilian men in the streets of Rio de Janeiro). The purpose of this post is not to discuss again the severe problems of racism in the Southern Cone (even though it's nice to see Brazilians opening their eyes and seeing that Chileans are not better than Argentinians in this regard - actually, they are worse), but to recognize what Brazil is doing good. There are things that you can criticize of Brazil, sometimes with good reason, but I have to admire this push to uphold the dignity of the human being, especially with racial and sexual minorities.…