The racist face of Brazil’s miscegenation
Note from BW of Brazil: The question of racial identity and classification are topics dealt with frequently on this blog. Brazil’s history and reputation has […]
Month: May 2013
Carmen Costa: The daughter of sharecroppers, the woman with the powerful voice recorded many hits and sang at Carnegie Hall
Yes, I admit knowing that the Mexican rancheira “Cielito Lindo” was written in 1882 by Quirino Mendosa y Cortés, but its transformation into a farewell […]
Race, beauty, representation and black invisibility: how two recent beauty contests represent Brazil’s racial ideology
Note from BW of Brazil: Two beauty contests, two different states, and two different histories serve as good examples of Brazil’s historical racial ideology. In […]
New film, Raça (race), presents blacks as the central theme in the fight for racial equality and makes history in Brazilian cinema
Film produced by Joel Zito Araújo is in theaters all over Brazil. (See trailer, with English subtitles and a description at bottom of article) Please […]
While all three refer to persons of African descent, what is the difference between the terms preto, pardo and negro?
BW of Brazil: The question of race has long been a source of confusion in Brazil. On the one hand, the country has promoted itself […]
Girls of funk group, aged 13 to 20, targeted by Public Ministry due to the sexual nature of their performances
Note from BW of Brazil: Actually, I was beginning to wonder if this would ever happen. A little over a week ago, this blog featured […]
Trajectory of the documentary “Raça” features three black personalities in the struggle for racial equality
Note from BW of Brazil: The BW of Brazil blog has featured the work and opinions of filmmaker Joel Zito Araújo in a number of posts. […]
Black professionals reveal their experiences with prejudice in a new book
Stories of discrimination experienced by black professionals organized into a book A television reporter who has lost count of how many times she’d been mistaken […]
Racial inequalities persist after 125 years of the abolition of slavery
by Naira Sodré and Max Milliano Melo Yesterday, May 13, we remembered the date of the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888. But 125 years […]
May 13, 2013, 125 years since the abolition of slavery, but today 8 of 10 people working in conditions analogous to slavery are of African descent
Note from BW of Brazil: Today, May 13th, marks the 125th year of the abolition of slavery in Brazil which lasted about 350 years until 1888. […]
“What Brazil really wants to be is blonde,” says researcher of racial inequality
Photo: Top, left to to right: Rafaella, sister of soccer star Neymar, actress Aparecida Petrowky, soccer star Neymar and singer Juliana Diniz. Bottom, left to right: […]
Aline Mattos – Photo gallery 2
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Aline Mattos: Photo gallery
Aline Mattos is a former participant on the popular Globo TV network reality show Big Brother Brazil 13. She’s already been featured here at BW […]
Research shows that the way Brazilians see the color of celebrities reveals “racial” criteria in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: Racial identity and classification are topics often discussed on the BW of Brazil blog. The article below taken from the […]