With ever increasing acts of racism in soccer stadiums, the silence of the great Pelé is deafening
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All Hail the King: Pelé, The Greatest soccer player of all-time, turns 80
All Hail the King: Pelé, The Greatest soccer player of all-time, turns 80 Note from BBT: I can’t say with any certainty when I first […]
Futebol Star Neymar Ejected After Brawl | Racism in Sports
Futebol star Neymar ejected after brawl; says opposing player called him ‘monkey’ By Marques Travae When the topic is soccer, to tell you the truth, […]
Bordered on Absurdity: Black man charged with ‘Reverse Racism’
Bordered on Absurdity: Black man charged with ‘Reverse Racism’ Accused of inciting hate, being “disgusted with whites”, Bordered on Absurdity: Black man charged with ‘Reverse […]
Singer Neguinho da Beija Flor details racism in Brazil’s music industry
“They offered me $25,000 to use my song, but offered a white songwriter friend $350,000; They don’t want to let the blacks win” – Samba […]
When racism starts in the family: One woman’s memories of a racist
When racism starts in the family: One woman’s memories of a racist Note from BW of Brazil: We’ve all heard the theories on interracial unions […]
Before Neymar, Joel Camargo was the French PSG futebol team’s first Brazilian; a good player, but after speaking out on racism, he died poor, sick and forgotten
Note from BW of Brazil: Let me start this article off by stating that I am not a big sports enthusiast. This is not to […]
“I just play futebol”: After racist taunts during game in Spain, Neymar continues Pelé’s shameful history of silence on race issues
Note from BW of Brazil: He’s back!!! It’s funny, in our year-ending New Year’s Eve post featuring our most viewed posts of the year, futebol […]
Pelé was the target of racism during his career, but chose to ignore the anti-racist struggle
Note from BW of Brazil: Any fan of futebol around the world surely knows of the legend of the great Edson Arantes do Nascimento, or Pelé, […]
“I’m not racist, I’ve already been with a black guy” – the privilege of white racism, contradiction of black pride and other peculiarities of how Brazil deals with race
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s post is a continuation of a controversial story that made national headlines last month and continues to be a […]
Pelé’s latest downplay of racism updates his status as “house negro” – Message to “the King”: Please SHUT UP!!
Note from BW of Brazil: So what is another headline making piece about Brazilian racism without a ridiculous statement by our dear “King of futebol”, Pelé? […]
Neymar and racism: a tragedy in four acts
Note from BW of Brazil: OK so there’s no way to avoid the obvious: The World Cup is HERE!! Cities are crazy, traffic, fireworks blowing […]
“We are not all monkeys!”: Bananas, publicity and a nation’s peculiar way of dealing with racism
Note from BW of Brazil: By now many people around the world are familiar with the problem of racism in European soccer stadiums. For the […]
Why do black soccer players who denounce experiences with racism always seem to have white wives?
Note from BW of Brazil: Before I start this post let me acknowledge the fact that I’m not a huge soccer fan. For me, sports […]
