TV director Criticized after Racist Comments about Maju and Thelma
TV director Criticized After Racist Comments about Maju and Thelma Got your back? After causing uproar with racist comments about two famous black women, former […]
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Three Black Men barred from Restaurant after watching whites Enter
“You can come in, girl, you’re white”: Three black men barred from restaurant after watching whites enter; in melee, men chased out with chairs and […]
Salvador Councilman Silvio Humberto Talk About Elected black mayor
Salvador Councilman Silvio Humberto Talk About Elected black mayor Note from BW of Brazil: Well, if you haven’t noticed, demands of black Brazilians are heating up […]
Brazilian cartoon Monica’s Gang will be released as film on June 27th
Note from BW of Brazil: Before I get into today’s topic, I want to just mention how the idea of covering it came about. To […]
“I found out I was black at age 67”: A chronicle about identity
Note from BW of Brazil: When I first got into the issues of race, racism and racial identity in Brazil, I came across wild estimations […]
“You won’t be able to study in this school anymore because it does not match your color; your family is black and you have to live apart from us”; 10-year old black girl told after “Brazilian Trump” is elected, she will need to find a new school
“You won’t be able to study in this school anymore because it does not match your color; your family is black and you have to […]
Leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has more support among back Brazilians; candidate supports death squads that are known for murdering thousands of young blacks in Bahia
Note from BW of Brazil: I gotta admit, this has me scratching my head. How is it that a man can say crude, disrespectful, outrageous […]
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 […]
Coming to terms with female palmitagem (preference for whiteness): “Deeply hurt and exploited, I no longer want to be used as a sex hole for white boys”
Note from BW of Brazil: I’ve been wanting to post this piece as soon as I read it. It is a very important piece in […]
Shame on Brazil! Black Brazilian players severely criticized with racist insults after defeat: World Cup Exposes Racist and Machismo Culture
Note from BW of Brazil: Sometimes it really seems that Brazilians have so little to celebrate on the world stage that every four years, they […]
Can we finally put this fallacious phrase to rest? These seven women explain why it is racist to say that “we are all equal” in a society that is so unequal in terms of race
Note from BW of Brazil: It is a phrase that this writer has rallied against for some time now. The utterance of this phrase in […]
‘I prefer that the blonde serve me’, says customer to black attendant in a restaurant – Are you sure we’re all still equal in Brazil?
Note from BW of Brazil: Another day, another example of why Brazilians are not “all equal”. It’s just funny that perhaps millions of people around […]
For blacks, the end of the line: a panorama of racial inequality in the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul is evident in job opportunities, income and politics
Note from BW of Brazil: As has been documented time and time again, it is not only the numbers that prove the profound racial inequalities […]
In Brazil, the black entrepreneur is denied credit three times more than a white entrepreneur
Note from BW of Brazil: Repeat after me. In Brazil, “somos todos iguais” (we are all equal)! You believe me, don’t you? Of course, the […]
