Entrepreneurs create e-commerce site of beauty products targeted at black women
Note from BW of Brazil: With Brazil’s long time practice of ignoring its large black population in areas too numerous to name (many covered on […]
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In Brazil, black entrepreneurship gaining strength: In Minas Gerais black women release Niari Cosméticos for black hair textures
Note from BBT: In Brazil, black entrepreneurship is exploding! It’s not something that I can verify just from the articles coming out about Afro-Brazilian emtrepreneurs, […]
Afro-Brazilian fashion: Weapons of Resistance Against Racial..
Afro-Brazilian fashion: Weapons of Resistance Against Racial.. Note from BW of Brazil: I’ve known it for years and it is nearly impossible to ignore these […]
Afro Brazilians are Still Under Represented on the Small Screen
Afro Brazilians are Still Under-Represented on the Small Screen Note from BW of Brazil: You don’t have to be a specialist, critic or even a […]
Racism in Makeup Market: Black Professionals Report Cases of Racism
Racism in Makeup Market: Black Professionals Report Cases of Racism Note from BW of Brazil: I would never claim to be an expert on the […]
Shopping while Black: 8 black women explain precautions they take
Shopping while Black: 8 black women explain precautions they take Note from BW of Brazil: It’s always ironic when these sorts of things happen. I wrote […]
Symbols of resistance and empowerment, meet 7 black Brazilian women entrepreneurs that you should know
Note from BW of Brazil: Beyond calls for more representation in the media, an end to the genocide of black youth and the daily struggle […]
Discrimination still hinders black entrepreneurs, says Inter-American Development Bank; program will invest $500 million in Afro-Brazilian entrepreneurs
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s a market that had yet to reach its full potential. And as the politics of racial identity continue to […]
Thank you Raíssa! Finally, after 30 years we have a black Miss Brazil: black girls can also dream of being a Miss
Note from BW of Brazil: As would be expected, the victory of Raíssa Santana in the 2016 Miss Brasil contest has been big news across black […]
What do Brazil’s ultra white magazine stands tell us about race? Will the real racist country please stand up?
BW of Brazil: We’ve heard the same tired arguments for decades. “Brazilians aren’t racists.” “Racist countries are the United States and South Africa.” “Brazil isn’t […]
Afrô BOX: With a lack of adequate products in Brazil, company launches “Beauty Box” with products made specifically for black women
Note from BW of Brazil: As one can easily surmise from the huge quantity of cosmetic surgeries done and beauty products sold, Brazilian women go to […]
Why do black women account for only 1% of the protagonists in Brazil’s TV commercials?
Note from BW of Brazil: Time after time, study after study, the numbers simply prove what our own eyes tell us: black women are invisible […]
Reality show participant Adélia is a lawyer; but is it necessary for black women to go blond, have cosmetic procedures and present sensuous images to find success?
Note BW of Brazil: Let me state up front that I am not a fan of reality shows. In general, most of the reality shows […]
In Brazilian advertising, more than 90% of the protagonists continue to be white
Note from BW of Brazil: So what else is new? In nearly every area of importance that one studies in Brazil, it is dominated by […]