RACISM - 'Blacks for sale' ad Sparks Outrage In Brazil

A SHOCKING ad on one of Latin America's biggest online marketplaces, offering "blacks for sale for one real" ($A. 47), has sparked outrage in Brazil and a police investigation.

The ad featured a photo of two black children, and suggested anyone purchased could "serve as carpenters, masons, cooks, security guards, nightclub bouncers, janitors, garbage collectors, or housekeepers''.