Military Police Caught Black youth because he Wore an Afro
Military Police Caught Black youth because he Wore an Afro “To me you’re a thief, with this disgraceful hair!”: Military Police Caught Black youth because […]
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Black women nerds seek a voice and their turn for productions in Brazil
Black women nerds seek a voice and their turn for productions in Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: We have all known a black boy or […]
Black Cinema: In film Guri, A mother softens her son’s pain of racism
Black Cinema: In film ‘Guri’, a mother softens her son’s pain of racism Note from BW of Brazil: As the existence of racism in Brazilian Society […]
No Black Panthers here!! During Brazil’s Military Dictatorship, it was common for police to snatch black men with afros off the streets and shave their heads
Note from BW of Brazil: Most of the posts on this blog keep you up to date on how race relations, racial politics, racism, identity, […]
Alline Parreira, Brazilian immigrant in NY, gives lecture at CUNY university on her life as a survivor; ‘Brazilians in US’ Facebook page greet her with racist comments
Alline Parreira, 27-year old Brazilian immigrant in NY, gives lecture to professors at CUNY university on her life as a survivor; Brazilians in US Facebook […]
How loving a black woman helped me to discover more about my experience as a black man and the difficulties of being black in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: I really dug this piece. The reason being is that, even with so many people of African descent coming […]
“I was fired for being black and having an afro”: Rio man details his ordeal after being harassed and dismissed due to his look
Note from BW of Brazil: If you haven’t realized it by now, Brazil’s standards of attractiveness and beauty are undeniably anti-black. Is there really any […]
Meet Ana Flávia: From Salvador, Bahia, she recently made history after becoming the first black woman to win the Ford Models contest
Note from BW of Brazil: Well anyone who heard about this story recently just knew that she would make headlines here at BW of Brazil! […]
Brazilian old school/new school singers, rappers, DJs & dancers remake ‘70s funk classic “Mandamentos Black” for release of Netflix’s ‘The Get Down’ in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: I guess you could say this under-appreciated period in Brazilian Popular Music is one of my favorites (see here, here […]
“Blacks don’t wear name brand shoes and clothes!”: Man physically assaulted because of his clothing; black woman blocked from entering a shopping mall
Note from BW of Brazil: Another day, another report from a Brazil where “we are all equal”. All of the stories featured in today’s post […]
Billionaire owner of SBT, Brazil’s third biggest TV network, Silvio Santos, makes a racist comment (again) on his program about a black child’s hair
Note from BW of Brazil: You know, with the rise the internet and social media, reporting on racism in Brazil could could actually be a […]
July 25th, the International Day of Black Women – Date celebrates feminine blackness: read thoughts of 16 women on what it is to be a black woman in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: Today, July 25th, is the day in which we celebrate the International Afro-Latin American and Afro-Caribbean Women’s Day. And as we […]
‘Tell that one over there to reduce the volume of her hair’: young woman is target of racism on part of director of college in Rio
Note from BW of Brazil: So, how will those who are raised to believe that Brazil is a ‘racial democracy’ defend this one? “How is […]
Student has bus card photo rejected because of her afro
Note from BW of Brazil: Nothing new or shocking to report here just another example of how much Brazil attempts to enforce the European standard […]
