Singer Anitta is accused of Cultural Appropriation | Black Brazil
Singer Anitta is accused of Cultural Appropriation | Black Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: Well, let me just quote what someone recently wrote in […]
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Why does Anitta’s “Vai Malandra” bother black people so much? Singer’s new video once again stirs up questions of racial identity and cultural appropriation
Note from BW of Brazil: So to tell you the truth, the idea of writing something about singer Anitta’s new video hadn’t even occurred to […]
Our everyday cultural appropriation: Singer Mallu Magalhães apologizes for video of song “Você Não Presta”; clip deemed racist due to its exploitative presentation of blacks
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s post is a follow-up to a story first presented here last week involving a white singer and the representation […]
‘In Brazil, no one is white’, says Anitta: Long accused of whitening her look, singer’s new look provokes comments of black cultural appropriation
Note from BW of Brazil: When I read about this story I knew that it would be necessary to discuss it on the blog as […]
Young white woman stirs up debate on cultural appropriation; after being confronted by black woman, reveals being a cancer patient dealing with her hair loss
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s story caused quite a debate when the incident took place a few weeks ago. At issue here is a […]
Black symbols of representation are on the rise, but they’re “in the hands of white people”: Patricia Anunciada talks about cultural appropriation & the importance of teaching Afro-Brazilian culture in schools
Note from BW of Brazil: The question of black representation has been one that has been on the Afro-Brazilian agenda for some time. As we […]
For a Carnaval without blackface or cultural appropriation: Blackness is not a prop
Note from BW of Brazil: As the month of February comes to a close, the yearly revelry that is Brazil’s highly celebrated Carnaval season (that […]
Black cultural misappropriation in black spaces: “They want black cultures, without black women and black men!”
Note from BW of Brazil: The photo above was taken several months ago and when it was posted in a social network, it provoked a […]
The danger of cultural appropriation – the ongoing whitening of Brazilian history
Note from BW of Brazil: This is a followup report to a piece from Friday night. Over the years we have seen numerous examples of […]
Is black in style now? Brazilian rap and funk, the latest black art forms to suffer cultural appropriation
Note from BW of Brazil: Today we re-visit an issue that should always be considered in the context of racist, Eurocentric, multi-racial societies: cultural appropriation. […]
‘My black’ is not like this: When black people cannot participate in the appropriation of their own culture
Note from BW of Brazil: A few weeks ago, we presented a story about a well-known party that is put on from time to time […]
President of popular Afro-Brazilian social/cultural organization Olodum criticizes Bahia’s Carnaval for ignoring black artists while giving major press and sposorship to white artist Ivete Sangalo
President of Olodum, João Jorge Rodrigues, criticizes dominance of white artists like Ivete Sangalo Speaking on an issue we have covered in past articles here […]
The continuous white appropriation of northeastern Afro-Brazilian Axé music
Claudia Leitte Carnaval campaign ad Earlier this year in February during Carnaval season, BW of Brazil published a short article entitled, “The dominance of the European […]
Anitta wins a VMA becoming the first Brazilian to win the award
Note from BBT: I can’t pretend to be a fan of her music, but I can admit that I admire and am impressed by her […]
