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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Genocide of black youth: More than half of police killed in Brazil
Genocide of black youth: More than half of police killed in Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: This is an intriguing topic and one that […]
Stop killing us: Police violence motivates protest in Rio de Janeiro
Note from BW of Brazil: Stop Killing Us. Three words that attract attention and get right to the point. It is a phrase that’s been […]
“The Case of the Wrong Man” documentary exposes the genocide of black youth in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: Needless to say, I would really like to be able to watch this film! Why? Well, because it touches on […]
According to study, every 23 minutes, a black youth is murdered in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: Imagine this. This blog generally publishes one post per day. But if the intent of this blog was simply to […]
In Brazil’s capital, a black youth is six times more likely to be murdered than a white youth
Note from BW of Brazil: We can never discuss this issue too much. The genocide that Brazil has apparently declared against black youth is a serious […]
Ferguson and NY are in Brazil! Inspired by protests in the US, thousands take to the streets in São Paulo to protest police violence against Afro-Brazilian youth
Note from BW of Brazil: This has been a topic of discussion for many weeks in meetings and social forums in activists circles. In the […]
Activists repudiate humiliation of black youth in shopping mall by Military Police; evidence shows nothing was stolen
“Why do I call myself a n*gga you ask me, because police always wanna harass me” – Niggaz 4 Life, NWA “60% of the youth […]
O amor preto cura? (Does black love heal?): Black couples discuss the question and what it means in an anti-black society
Note from BBT: It’s a question that more and more black Brazilians are asking themselves. O amor preto cura?, meaning, does black love heal? It’s […]
56 years without Al Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz: How Malcolm X’s ‘dangerous mind’ helped shape Brazilian rap in the 1990s
Note from BBT: Today, February 21, 2021, marks the 56th anniversary of the murder of one the greatest anti-racist activists of all-time, Malcolm X. I […]
‘Sem Asas’ (no wings), film about police murder of black boys, wins ‘Brazilian Oscar’ for best short fiction
Note from BBT: It’s a topic that needs to be discussed. I knew there was a serious problem when I started reading reports on the […]
Rapper Djonga Nominated for a BET Hip Hop Award 2020
Rapper Djonga becomes first Brazilian nominated for a BET Hip Hop Award By Marques Travae with information courtesy of O Tempo, Rolling Stone and […]
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 […]
Actor Terry Crews Sends Message of Support to Family of João Pedro
Note from BW of Brazil: It must have been quite a pleasant surprise to the family young João Pedro to receive a message from popular […]
