Journalist Maria Júlia Coutinho covers Claudia magazine: ‘My militancy is my work’
Note from BW of Brazil: “Nossa” (Wow!) was this writer’s first reaction upon entering the Cultural Livraria bookstore one day this week. As I often […]
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Globo TV’s first black weather girl, journalist Maria Júlia Coutinho’s star continues to rise!
Note from BW of Brazil: Prominent black women journalists are still a rarity in Brazil’s whitewashed media. But the black women who have managed to […]
Maria Júlia Coutinho becomes the first black weather girl on Brazil’s top TV network, Globo
Note from BW of Brazil: As in so many other areas of Brazilian life, journalism is another area where one sees few persons of visible […]
For the first time in Brazil, Viola Davis learns Afro-Brazilian history, visits a samba school and records an interview to promote ‘The Woman King’ film
Note from BBT: By now, most of you have probably already heard all of the hoopla surrounding the new Viola Davis film The Woman King. […]
Popular Entrepreneur Diminishes Success of 2 Black Women
“She’s horrible! You only like her because she’s black!”: Popular Entrepreneur Diminishes Success of 2 Black Women By Marques Travae I often say that I […]
Success of a black journalist: Criticism seeks to put Maju Coutinho back
Why does seeing the success of a black journalist on Brazil’s top TV network seem to bother people? Criticism seeks to put Maju Coutinho back […]
Journalist Maju Coutinho will Narrate Michelle Obama’s memoir
Journalist Maju Coutinho will Narrate Michelle Obama’s memoir Note from BW of Brazil: When I first started watching Globo TV’s international channel, I remember very […]
Who are the references for our black children? Athletes, entertainers and prominent media figures continue to be the role models for young people
Who are the references for our black children? From a very early age, the imagination of children drives dreams of who they aspire to be […]
For the first time in Brazil, two black journalists will host a news program together as co-anchors
For the first time in Brazil, two black journalists will host a news program together It’s shameful that in this day and age we can […]
The discarding of identity in Brazil’s media: Where being black and invisible is the rule rather than the exception
Note from BW of Brazil: I must admit, I stopped watching TV regularly several years ago. The media vehicle simply stopped being important to me. […]
Why verbal offenses against Brazilian music legend Jorge Ben may rip the mask off of racism in the society
Note from BW of Brazil: Today I must share an emotional, inspiring conversation I had with an Afro-Brazilian man. The guy (who I will just […]
Being black or not: how the controversy surrounding the “mysterious black Prince Charming” speaks of the issue of racial identity in Brazil as a whole
Note from BW of Brazil: The question of race, racial identity and racial classification will always be at the root of any question dealing with […]
Thank You for a Wonderful year! Presenting the Top 10 posts of 2015 (and then some) at Black Women of Brazil
As unbelievable as it seems, once again we’ve come to the close of yet another year! This is the fifth time this blog has seen […]
Actress Sheron Menezes the latest prominent black woman to be attacked with racist insults in social networks
Note from BW of Brazil: So it seems that it is open season on black women who prominent in the Brazilian media. Cowardly attacks through […]
