I know I post info from Harpers.org too often, but...
posted by davel on June 4, 2002
this little gem cannot go ignored. I will just quote the important stuff without bothering to post the link this time.
enjoy:
President Bush met with President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil and somehow thought to ask him: "Do you have blacks, too?" Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, interrupted the conversation and explained: "Mr. President, Brazil probably has more blacks than the USA. Some say it's the country with the most blacks outside Africa." Cardoso was later heard to say that Bush was still in a "learning phase."