Brazilian wins scholarship in Obama program with project that links tourism to quilombola communities
Note from BW of Brazil: Barack Obama has been out of the White House for more than eight months now, but even so, his name continues […]
Month: September 2017
“We’re watching you!”: Afro-Brazilian lawyer, part of truth about black slavery commission, finds fascist/KKK warning posted in front of his house
Note from BW of Brazil: I know that most people, including Brazilians themselves, wouldn’t believe that there are elements that adhere to white extremists view […]
Miss Brasil 2017 and the Brazilian’s difficulty in accepting the beauty that represents it
Note from BW of Brazil: Well actually, we’ve known this for quite some time. I mean, if you haven’t figured out that Brazil doesn’t accept […]
Double discrimination: A rapper, a teacher and a seamstress fight the statistics that make black women the most vulnerable group in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: If you think about it, there are literally hundreds of thousands f great personal history of black Brazilian women that […]
Leaders of Afro-Brazilian religions living in fear as “Evangelical drug dealers” destroy seven temples in one month in Rio; traffickers filmed, posted assaults online
Note from BW of Brazil: We must really ask ourselves, what the hell is going on in Rio de Janeiro? In numerous previous posts, we’ve […]
The empowerment of black womanhood: Finding their paths through fashion, Hip Hop and urban culture, three women share their life stories
Note from BW of Brazil: Since I had the idea of creating this blog several years, I’ve received countless messages on this blog and the […]
Miscegenation destroys black people: Interracial relationships and the decision not to have relationships with whites
Note from BW of Brazil: Before you proceed to today’s piece, let me affirm that I believe that the vast majority of Brazil’s black population, […]
How racism works in Brazil: Caption of photo showing black and white women futebol fans reads: “There are still people who think that teams are all equal”
Note BW of Brazil: Ya see, THIS is how Brazilian styled racism works on a day to day basis. I’ve written time and time again […]
Eight racist stereotypes that Brazilian novelas need to stop using: The continuous invisibility and devaluation of the black population
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s a topic that’s been discussed in numerous previous posts: the images, representation, and stereotypes of Afro-Brazilians on television. So […]
Students suffer racist assault; graffiti calling for blacks to get out of the university and swastikas found in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul state
Note from BW of Brazil: With the recent focus on the events of Charlottesville, Virginia, in the United States, a number of Brazilians have been […]
Does black love exist? In Brazil, miscegenation and interracial love relationships are always praised; where does that leave black couples?
Note from BW of Brazil: It was the kiss that blew up in black Brazilian social media. Back in February, João Alves de Assis Silva, better […]
She’s not a “morena”, no! Why you shouldn’t be afraid of calling a black person black
Note from BW of Brazil: I know many of you may have read the title of today’s post and thought, “Why is that necessary to […]
Students at the University of Brasília form the Quilombook club and dedicate themselves to debates on books written by black authors
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s no secret that the presence of Afro-Brazilians has been minuscule in numerous areas of Brazilian society. If every area […]
The tireless and ever active big d*ck and the affection of the black man: The necessity of moving beyond the stereotypes
Note from BW of Brazil: This is a conversation that has been long overdue. In recent years, black Brazilian women have stepped to the plate […]