EVER SINCE HIS ‘IT’S NOT LIKE I’M BLACK, YOU KNOW?’ COMMENT, NEYMAR HAS SERVED AS A FOCAL POINT IN BRAZIL’S CULTURAL RECKONING WITH RACISM, WHITENING, IDENTITY AND PUBLIC POLICY.

Neymar is currently at Santos, working to regain peak physical form with the goal of making his return to the Brazilian national team.His sights are set on another World Cup—one he revealed ...