Do blacks prefer blond people? A critical analysis
Note from BW of Brazil: It always amazes me how often people spew quick, knee-jerk reactions when a topic arises that they disagree with. Often […]
Month: October 2015
“The place of blacks is not in Mackenzie. It’s in the prison”: Racist graffiti causes outrage among students at University of Mackenzie in São Paulo
Note from BW of Brazil: What’s to say here? Just another example of a contradictory Brazil in everyone wants to believe that “somos todos iguais” […]
Agency criticized over photo: Calls itself Agência Africa but photo of staff doesn’t feature any black people
Note from BW of Brazil: Sometimes one has to wonder, before being criticized does anyone seriously think about the things they do? I often wonder […]
Goddesses in Ayê: Model and fashion designer Aline Andrade exalts African culture and black beauty in photo shoot
Note from BW of Brazil: Sometimes photos speak for themselves. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and if that is true, there […]
Small number of blacks on TV leads to racism in childhood, experts say
Note from BW of Brazil: The day to day experiences of living in a country in which racism and white supremacy are prominent factors can […]
‘Guilhermina and Candelário’ is the first cartoon to feature a majority of black characters on Brazilian television
Note from BW of Brazil: Brazil’s media has long had a problem with showing the diversity of its population in the mainstream. And in a […]
Lázaro Ramos and Taís Araújo thrill audiences in play ‘The Mountaintop’, a fictional account of Martin Luther King’s last day – But why was the audience overwhelmingly white?
Note from BW of Brazil: As of late, actors and real life couple Lázaro Ramos and Taís Araújo have made a number of headlines in recent […]
Interview with actress Elina de Souza who will appear in new Record TV novela ‘Slave Mother’
Note from BW of Brazil: In today’s feature, we bring you an interview with the actress Elina de Souza. Over the past several years she […]
Nêga Rosa Project increases income of black women in Rio communities. Women sew, cook and give turban workshops; works to be featured in 2016 Olympics
Note from BW of Brazil: In recent years, numerous projects, programs and seminars focused on black culture and entrepreneurial enterprises have changed the lives of […]
Series ‘Mister Brau’ featured in UK newspaper and site focusing on films of the African Diaspora; series being hailed as groundbreaking for Afro-Brazilians
Note from BW of Brazil: The news about the new Globo TV series Mister Brau starring real life couple Lázaro Ramos and Taís Araújo has garnered […]
Karine Alves, the only black female host on a cable TV sports station, proudly wears her natural hair; wants to be a role model, shares her experience with racism
Note from BW of Brazil: Journalism continues to be an area where Afro-Brazilians are vastly under-represented. Brazilian TV’s penchant for airing mostly journalists who physically […]
Faces of Afro Brazil 35
Today, in the 35th installment of our series “Faces of Afro Brazil”, we bring you the Federal District based model Nayce Samara, 22. Recently featured […]
After video receives one million views, model who suffered racism on a bus in the Federal District listens to stories of other victims
Note from BW of Brazil: Another day, another example of the ‘racial democracy’….Not! In the story below we learn about the experience of a model […]
The Movimento das Mulheres Negras Capixabas: The Black Woman’s Movement of Espírito Santo
Note from BW of Brazil: The struggle of black Brazilian women to be simply recognized as black women, change the public perception as well as […]
