Brazilian hair? Good hair? How beauty aesthetics enslave and why I shaved my head
Note from BW of Brazil: So what is this thing about “Brazilian hair”? Is it somehow different from other hair textures? Is it somehow […]
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Good hair, bad hair? Black Brazilian women and girls also struggle with this hegemonic ideology
“I have hard/nappy hair and I’m beautiful” Good hair, yes sir! Brazil is experiencing a peak of racism where prejudice against curly/kinky hair harms […]
‘One goes up and pulls up the other’: What you need to understand about black victories on reality shows in 2020
Note from BBT: Today’s piece should really be considered a followup to the article I posted a few days ago about the black winners of […]
Yes, black women too are down with the swirl! Black lesbians reveal frustrations of being passed over for white women
Note from BBT: I came across today’s post courtesy of the Pais Pretos (Black Parents) Instagram page I just had to share. “Why?”, you might […]
Black hair: The Problem Isn’t with Curly It’s with Nappy!
Note from BBT: People who have kept up with this blog for at least a year know that the issue of hair texture is a […]
Fear of the fro? Dancer is the Target of Brazil’s Anti-blackness
Fear of the fro? Dancer is the target of Brazil’s anti-blackness Note from BW of Brazil: When I first saw this photo I thought to […]
Black Racism: 21 people tell When They Realized They Were Black
Black Racism: 21 people tell When They Realized They Were Black Note from BW of Brazil: As long as I’ve been learning about what it […]
Bombril scouring pad “Krespinha” Stereotypes Associate Product
Bombril scouring pad “Krespinha” Stereotypes Associate Product Note from BW of Brazil: So, here we go again. I’ve said it before, sometimes I really do […]
Interracial Relationships: Eugenics and Militancy in Brazil
Interracial Relationships: Eugenics and Militancy in Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: I’ve said all along, the question of why so many black Brazilians, particularly […]
Loving A Black Man can Hurt “To Get Ahead in Life” | Black Brazil
Loving A Black Man can Hurt “To Get Ahead in Life” Note from BW of Brazil: When I first started digging into the issue that […]
Mixed Race of African Ancestry: Danrley Ferreira and Meghan Markle
Mixed Race of African Ancestry: Danrley Ferreira and Meghan Markle When whiteness wants to remind persons of mixed race of their African ancestry: The cases […]
Dr. Katleen Conceição: The only specialist in black skin treatment in Brazil
Dr. Katleen Conceição: The only specialist in black skin treatment in Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: I suppose there are at least two ways […]
Down in Black Bahia: Revisiting My First Trip To Salvador, Bahia
Down in Black Bahia: Revisiting My First Trip To Salvador, Bahia Note from BW of Brazil: Sometimes it’s really an adventure to re-visit, re-read or […]
Mariana Villanova: The Black Woman has begun to speak of herself
Mariana Villanova: The Black Woman has begun to speak of herself Note from BW of Brazil: I can still remember pretty well when I first discovered […]