The myth continues: For Brazil’s President and Vice President, racism ‘doesn’t exist in Brazil’
Note from BBT: When I first became fascinated with the topic of race and black Brazilians two decades ago, I was amazed at how bold […]
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Army Sergeant Ítalo Cerqueira: First Black Man To Win Contest
Army Sergeant Ítalo Cerqueira: First Black Man To Win Mister Brazil Contest Note from BW of Brazil: Yet another example of why it amazes me […]
Participant of A Fazenda Reality show says that there is no racism
Participant of A Fazenda reality show says that for her “there is no racism, skin color” Before I get into today’s short post, I must […]
Racism in Interracial Relationships: Taught to overvalue whiteness
Racism in Interracial Relationships: Taught to overvalue whiteness Note from BW of Brazil: You know the story. Well, if you’ve been paying attention for any […]
Structural racism and sexism lead black women to Romantic exclusion
Structural racism and sexism lead black women to Romantic exclusion Note from BW of Brazil: It is a regular theme discussed on this blog and […]
20 reports of racism that sound like true horror stories; except these stories aren’t fiction
Note from BW of Brazil: Another reason for the creation of this blog was to blow the lid off the idea that Brazil didn’t and […]
What’s the deal with black Brazilians who support the “Brazilian Trump”, Jair Bolsonaro, the frontrunner of the October 28th Presidential elections?
Note from BW of Brazil: I have to admit, I’m a little puzzled by this. In the past few weeks, the international press has voiced […]
Interracial relations among LGBT and what a turnoff it is to be replaced by a white man: Discovering racism within the homosexual community
Note from BW of Brazil: The homosexual relationship is a topic that I have purposely avoided on this blog even though I’ve seen numerous hints that […]
There are white people in the samba: Carnival is also a time to discuss privileges; when people not connected to the culture get the exposure and the money
Note from BW of Brazil: “The Party’s Over, Time To Call It A Day…” Well, not quite. But as the champions of the big party […]
“When I discovered I was racist”: Woman reflects on her perceptions of blackness and what it means to be white
Note from BW of Brazil: Many of us go through processes of discovery that often change the very way in which we see the world. […]
Rio public prosecutor condemns teacher for act of racism on beach; she called blacks & mulattoes a ‘sub-race’ that shouldn’t be on beach – says she isn’t racist
Note from BW of Brazil: This case is so very Brazilian. I say this based on so many past incidents of the sort. So that […]
Teacher calls black student a monkey during a fight at a school in Rio; placed on administrative leave pending further investigation
Note from BW of Brazil: White teacher. Black student. Brazilian school. Monkey? In reality, there’s not much necessary to even say about this incident. Another day […]
Another queen! Miss Paraná 2016 is also a black woman: Raíssa Santana will represent the state in the Miss Brasil 2016 contest
Note from BW of Brazil: Wow! Another one? I have to admit that I’m a bit surprised to see yet another black woman chosen to […]
Accused of theft because of his color, young black university student repents the many times he said that “racism doesn’t exist”
Note from BW of Brazil: When reading our numerous posts on racism in Brazil, new readers who might have only recently become conscious of a […]
