Actress Isabel Fillardis will portray little known 18th/19th century black opera singer Lapinha in musical
Note from BW of Brazil: The story below is cool for three reasons. 1) It’s great to see one of our favorite actresses, Isabel Fillardis […]
Month: February 2014
Cirilo’s Syndrome II: Psychological damage on a child when white parent in interracial marriage is racist
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s post is due to a number of things. One, the study of interracial relationships in Brazil is an ongoing […]
Former Globeleza beauty Aline Prado covers the February edition of Playboy Brasil magazine
Note from BW of Brazil: With the Carnaval commercial vignettes featuring the new Globeleza girl now in full rotation on Globo TV, the inevitable question […]
As debate on vigilante action continues, two prominent conservatives lynch homeless black youth in public opinion
Note from BW of Brazil: The past week has been yet another battle of public opinion that has once shown a Brazil divided into two […]
“Wild, wild Rio!”: Did Military Police kill six in revenge for police death?
Note from BW of Brazil: Sad…just sad. What else can one say about this type of violence? In an ongoing war between “alleged” drug dealers […]
Middle-class vigilante group sought to “catch and kill”; thought to be responsible for tying black teen naked to a pole in Rio
Note from BW of Brazil: The story involving the young black male who stripped naked and tied to a pole by his neck provoked outrage […]
Rio, we have a problem!! Second black male found naked and tied to a pole; this time, face down in the scorching heat!
Note from BW of Brazil: Note of Correction. The photo above is from January of 2010. A recent event from earlier this week has reminded many […]
Black workers earn 57% of the salary of whites while women earn nearly 74% of the salary of men
Note from BW of Brazil: Although this blog likes to share good news concerning the social plight of Afro-Brazilians (positive strides, the successful quota system, […]
Judge named Hitler condemns popular retail chain to pay more than US$4,000 in damages for racism
Note from BW of Brazil: In reality, this story is very unremarkable. Simply another example of deeply-ingrained racial prejudice within Brazilian society. And like other […]
How Brazil treats its black people: Naked black male found pinned to a post by his neck in Rio
Note from BW of Brazil: And yet another example of how Brazil treats its black people. Last week, Huffington Post did a piece on the […]
Ballet teacher on her experiences with racist security as she escorted her black students in a mall: they’re looked at “as if they had a contagious disease”
Note from BW of Brazil: The practice of shopping mall “apartheid” has been a hot topic in the Brazilian media as of late due to […]
Overcoming the odds: These four black women obtained important positions in civil construction, architecture and design
Note from BW of Brazil: In Brazilian society, black women are usually thought to fill positions that are stereotypically reserved to them such as maids, […]
In Rio, practitioners of Afro-Brazilian religions are being evicted from communities by Evangelical drug dealers
Note from BW of Brazil: Religious intolerance and prejudice has existed in Brazil ever since the first descendants of African slaves began practicing their beliefs […]
