Rebeca Mello Disqualified from an Affirmative Action Program
Rebeca Mello Disqualified from an Affirmative Action Program Note from BBT: I swear, the more this continues, the more interesting it gets. It’s actually kind […]
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Elite backlash against affirmative action continues: Racism in comments of Globo TV journalist provokes outrage among students and professor
Note from BW of Brazil: If you didn’t already know, Brazil is one of the most socially unequal countries on the world and it didn’t […]
When blacks act against their own interest: Young black man’s diatribe against affirmative action stirs up social media – Activists deconstruct and debunk his arguments
Note from BW of Brazil: In reality, this sort of rhetoric should come as no surprise. In the fierce, ongoing debate about racial quotas for […]
Against all of the anti-affirmative action rhetoric, see why the university quota system has worked so well in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: A little more than a decade ago, when affirmative action and quotas according to race began to be debated and […]
10 years of Affirmative Action at the University of Brasília: black student enrollment increases by 71.5% and quota students outperform non-quota students
Note from BW of Brazil: When the question of affirmative action policies and quotas for Brazil’s African descendants to have more access to a college […]
Black Brazilian women scientists are honored in a new hobby book “Black Brazilian Women Scientists”
Note from BBT: This is yet another topic that I’m happy to see more black Brazilian men and black Braziliean getting involved. The sciences are […]
Meet Ernesto Batista Mané Júnior, a diplomat and nuclear scientist that speaks five languages
Note from BBT: You really have to love stories such as this one. 37-year old Ernesto Batista Mané Júnior is doing the thing. Not only […]
“Identity is my perception, not yours”: Running for São Paulo’s city council, João Paulo Demasi declares himself black
Note from BBT: One of these topics is something I’ve been wanting to talk about for some time. The other is one of the “here […]
Bordered on Absurdity: Black man charged with ‘Reverse Racism’
Bordered on Absurdity: Black man charged with ‘Reverse Racism’ Accused of inciting hate, being “disgusted with whites”, Bordered on Absurdity: Black man charged with ‘Reverse […]
Hélio Bolsonaro is Confronted by Activist of the Movimento Negro
Hélio Bolsonaro is confronted by activist of the Movimento Negro Note from BW of Brazil: Less than a month ago, I covered an event that […]
The controversial debate over reparations for slavery in Brazil
The controversial debate over reparations for slavery in Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: The issue of reparations for descendants of enslaved Africans in the […]
Robson Câmara: Historical debt with black people has not been paid
Robson Câmara: Historical debt with black people has not been paid Note: Every year on May 13th, there are discussions about the situation of the […]
At what point does the label “Sambo” or “House Negro” actually fit? The case of Congressman Hélio Lopes, avid supporter of far right President-Elect Jair Bolsonaro
At what point does the label “Sambo” or “House Negro” actually fit? The case of Congressman Hélio Lopes, avid supporter of far right President-Elect Jair […]
For presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, “the Brazilian Trump”, Africans are responsible for slavery and country owes black population nothing for slavery
For presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, “the Brazilian Trump”, Africans are responsible for slavery and country owes black population nothing for slavery By Marques Travae; images […]
