Black children are dressed as slaves in Independence Day civic parade in Paraná state in southern Brazil
Note from BBT: For those of you who are familiar with my blog, Black Brazil Today, the images featured in today’s post are probably not […]
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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 […]
“Can I take out all my hair and put in blond hair?”, a 3-year old black girl asks her mother – The effects of whiteness on black children
Note from BW of Brazil: If you really want to know how perceptions of race affect people, all you really need to do is talk to […]
“The worst moment of school was when they talked about slavery. I felt humiliated”: The embarrassment of black children in classes about slavery and abolition
If you start your history with slavery then everything else will look like progress ~ John Henrik Clarke Note from BW of Brazil: Reading this story […]
“Who will defend our children against whiteness?”: How racist school experiences interfere with the positive self-images of black children
Note from BW of Brazil: Over the course of my experiences in Brazil, I have known quite a few people who would be classified as […]
Young woman who raised funds to take 210 black children to see ‘Black Panther’ was censured by Facebook for ‘reverse racism’; black Brazilians create other social community to avoid ‘haters’
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s really intriguing to see the things goin’ down in Brazil connected to the release of the film Black Panther […]
Black students learn less when we don’t believe in their potential – How some schools are improving grades by raising self-esteem of black children and teens
Note from BW of Brazil: Understanding the Brazilian education system is a key element to understanding how structural racism continuously undermines the black population. Of […]
‘I faced my own prejudice and that of society by adopting black children’: white woman comes to terms with the influence of racism in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s an area in which we once again see the Brazilian preference for whiteness and again demonstrates a rejection of […]
The veiled racism in the schools: We need to talk about our black children
Note from BW of Brazil: The introduction to racism and white supremacy for the black Brazilian child starts very early on in life. Whether it’s […]
Summer camp for black children provokes outrage; parents angered by ‘exclusion of white children’: Why do these people never challenge white supremacy?
Note from BW of Brazil: In today’s post we feature an excellent example of how racism and white supremacy is maintained in Brazil while citizens […]
Is this how to fight racism? Unsuspecting black children, a silent black woman, a white men with good intentions and the invisible racist?
Note from BW of Brazil: In today’s piece, we re-visit a controversial presentation presented by Brazil’s top television network Rede Globo. A few weeks back, during […]
When discussing racism, why does the media never question the racist? Globo TV exploits the emotional vulnerability of black children to ‘combat’ racism
Note from BW of Brazil: Infuriated. That’s the word that about captured my mood as I watched a segment on Globo TV’s annual “Criança Esperança” […]
Nigerian animator seeks crowdfunding to bring a black children’s cartoon, “Bino and Fino”, to Brazil
Nigerian animator seeks crowdfunding to bring a black children’s cartoon to Brazil By BW of Brazil with information from Cartoon Brew and CNN Race in Brazil, […]
“Black children are more punished than white,” says educator Ellen de Lima Souza; Afro-Brazilian students face racism on the part of classmates as well as teachers
Note from BW of Brazil: Unraveling the truth about race relations in Brazil has been an ongoing process of dismantling the idea that the country […]
