“Pretos na Moda” Exposes racism in Brazil’s fashion industry
“Pretos na Moda” Exposes racism in Brazil’s fashion industry “Sorry, you don’t fit the brand’s profile”: Black model campaign “Pretos na Moda” (blacks in fashion) […]
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Foundation coordinator targeted with insults and death threats
Foundation coordinator targeted with insults and death threats Note from BW of Brazil: Have you ever thought about visiting or what it’s like living in Brazil? […]
Preta Rara releases book on the work experiences of hundreds of maids
“The modern slave quarters is the maid’s room”: A former maid, rapper/historian Preta Rara releases book on the work experieces of hundreds of maids When […]
Does former futebol superstar Ronaldo still see himself as a white man?
Does former futebol superstar Ronaldo still see himself as a white man? Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s story takes me down memory lane for […]
“É uma coisa de preta!” (It’s a Black Thing): In front of near all-black audience, six Afro-Brazilian comics debut black stand up comedy making light of racism
“É uma coisa preta!” (It’s a Black Thing): In front of near all-black audience, six Afro-Brazilian comics debut black stand up comedy making light of […]
Series ‘Afronta’ features interviews with prominent names on contemporary Afro-Brazilian scene, shows blacks creating networks, generating autonomy
Note from BW of Brazil: These are very exciting times for Afro-Brazilians involved in the arts and entertainment. Although it is true that Brazil’s mainstream […]
The price of success for black Brazilians – Career ascension is not a shield against racism
Note from BW of Brazil: Racism in Brazil is quite a peculiar thing. Well, perhaps racism itself is not what’s peculiar, but what is peculiar […]
Ruth Pinheiro, business administrator: ‘They said, now here comes this negra to be our boss’
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s feature is a quick interview with the Afro-Brazilian activist and businesswoman Ruth Pinheiro from Rio. Ruth speaks of her […]
Separated from her family at the age of 5 to work as a maid in perpetual slavery, Josefina Serra is now a lawyer in the nation’s capital
Note from BW of Brazil: The following story of struggle in the life of an Afro-Brazilian woman is very common. It’s always great to […]
How Brazil’s media keeps black women in their place: silent and in the kitchen
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s post has actually been a long time coming as I’ve been meaning to post it since about August when […]
Singer who gained fame for her version of Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” is disrespected after comment about her hair; files suit against supermarket
Note from BW of Brazil: The issue of hair, hairstyles and hair textures has been one of Brazil’s longest-enduring signs of its slave past and […]
Four powerful black women discuss racism, determination and professional success
Neusa, Raquel, Regina and Vanda Black Women in Brazil are usually situated at the bottom of the pole socially, economically and professionally. These four black […]
"What are you blacks doing here?": Three black men beaten and electroshocked by security – How racism works in Brazil
A few weeks ago, three black men were assaulted, beaten and given electroshocks from a stun gun by security guards at a concert in southern […]
Black Brazilians begin to fight back
Ivete Sacramento, who became Brazil’s first black president of a major university in 1998, said she’s saddened every day when she looks out the balcony […]
