Luiz de Aguiar Costa Pinto (February 6, 1920 – November 1, 2002) was a Brazilian sociologist. In his work, Costa Pinto specialized in race relations in Brazil.Yvonne Maggie Alves Velho, Claudia Barcellos Rezende. ''Raça como retórica: a construção da diferença''. Editora Record, 2002. p. 13 He was one of the authors of the landmark

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'', in 1950."The Race Question"

, 1950 In the latter part of his career, in Canada, Costa Pinto taught first at Queen's University, and then at the

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. He was a member of the first generation of major contemporary

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, working with

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, Roger Bastide,

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and Thales de Azevedo. Costa Pinto was born in Salvador, and died in Waterloo, Canada.

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