Brazilian journalist says Cuban doctors arriving in Brazil look like “maids”
BW of Brazil: Since the initiation of Brazil’s “Mais Médicos” program to increase the country’s number of doctors per resident rate, a tidal wave of controversy […]
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“I’m black!” Woman accused of committing fraud after entering a university through affirmative action even though she doesn’t look black
Note from BBT: I thought I had seen it all in terms of people defining themselves as black in order to take advantage of affirmative […]
Black woman must be a Maid: Black Racism in Brazil
“May I speak to the lady of the house?” Video satirizes Brazil’s belief that a black woman in a middle-class home must be a maid […]
black Little Mermaid: Why does a white Egypt not bother people?
Note from BW of Brazil: Well, I’m sure all of you have heard the controversy surrounding Disney’s choice of a young black woman portraying the […]
“You are black, do you think they’ll give you an (acting) opportunity that is not a slave or a maid?” – Black actors speak of difficulty working in Brazilian market
Note from BW of Brazil: The discussion over the actor/character representation of the Globo TV prime time novela Segundo Sol has been a hot topic […]
“You look at his face and don’t know if you hand over your phone or take off your panties”: White women rappers provoke cries of racist stereotypes with recent comments about Hip Hop group
Note from BW of Brazil: You know, if you didn’t know anything about Brazil, you might be surprised that these sort of controversies even happen. I won’t […]
How long will black women be maids in your novelas (soap operas)? Why Brazil’s media needs more black writers and directors
Note from BW of Brazil: The more things change the more they stay the same. That’s my basic assessment of black characters on Brazilian TV […]
“She has the face of a maid”: Black Miss Brasil suffers verbal offenses, but this has nothing to with race, right?
Note from BW of Brazil: In reality, there’s really nothing to see here. It’s just Brazil being Brazil. We’ve seen this time and time again […]
“I feel like I’ve been sent back to the whipping post!” Black woman lost her place in medical school when white students declared themselves black to take advantage of affirmative action program
Note from BW of Brazil: And on it goes. In recent years, I’ve posted a number of stories relating to the practice of white Brazilians […]
“We put people like you in the line of fire at the shooting range”: Black woman threatened in country club. Case again brings institutional racism that seeks to keep Afro-Brazilians in their ‘place’ to the forefront
Note from BW of Brazil: So many things come to mind when I think of the details involving today’s story. For one, it reminds me […]
Can we keep it real, Brazil? You don’t really love the Rafaela Silvas of the world; you only like this one temporarily because she won the gold!
Note from BW of Brazil: OK, so now that we have celebrated the exhilarating victory of judo artist Rafaela Silva bringing home Brazil’s first gold […]
How Brazil sees black people! Street sweepers, maids and social marginals – Series of advertisements demonstrate the “place” of black Brazilians in society
Note from BW of Brazil: Sometimes things in a society becomes such a normalized part of life that people don’t even notice its existence. This […]
Talk show host once again at the center of controversy after saying black senator looks like a ‘coffee server’; politician will take legal actions
Note from BW of Brazil: People often wonder how it is that racism and prejudice persists throughout Brazil and how. Well, the fact is that […]
The resentment of studying in the same classroom as the black maid’s daughter
Note from BW of Brazil: Brazil is a society constructed very much upon class and race. There’s imply no way to deny this (although people […]
