How come that mixed-race marriage was more common and encouraged in the South American colonies than the North American colonies?

by NeilLikesNoodles

I've been reading into the history of Brazil and found it surprising that a lot of the Asian, African and native population had no issues intermarrying with the European immigrants. Comparing this to former colonies such as Haiti (Under French rule) the United States whom had a strong racial policy up until the 1970s. Why was this?

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