The veiled racism of advertising agencies
Note from BW of Brazil: Advertising in Brazil follows a similar standard that one finds in most other important areas: a preference for white skin. […]
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Roots of Racism: Brazil Maintains the Colonial Project of Subordination
Roots of Racism: Brazil Maintains the Colonial Project of Subordination Note from BW of Brazil: It’s always amazed me how it is that Brazil sees […]
Brazil’s advertising industry Continues to Value Whiteness
Brazil’s advertising industry Continues to Value Whiteness Note from BW of Brazil: Last month, on December 24th, made 20 years since I developed an interest […]
Black model in the fashion industry: Lack of Representation and Racism
Black model in the fashion industry: Lack of Representation and Racism Note from BW of Brazil: I can say it. And this should be considered a […]
Racism in Interracial Relationships: Taught to overvalue whiteness
Racism in Interracial Relationships: Taught to overvalue whiteness Note from BW of Brazil: You know the story. Well, if you’ve been paying attention for any […]
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 […]
Ministry of Education accused of racism after releasing ad of Black
Ministry of Education accused of racism after releasing ad of Black Note from BW of Brazil: Honestly, after seeing what so many openly racist ads for […]
Racism is a Rare Thing in Brazil, Says Bolsonaro in an Interview
Racism is a Rare Thing in Brazil, Says Bolsonaro in an Interview Note from BW of Brazil: He said what?!?! You know something that’s pretty […]
Supermarket accused of racism after associating black woman with broom
Note from BW of Brazil: Sometimes, you really do have to wonder. How do these types of things come to fruition without somebody involved stopping […]
Protagonist of the blockbuster ‘Cidade de Deus/City of God’ film is now an Uber driver; and this exposes our most perverse racism
Note from BW of Brazil: The years 2012 and 2017 made the 10th and 15th year anniversaries of the release of the film Cidade de […]
Although there have been improvements, Brazil’s advertising industry still reinforces stereotypes about the black population, study says
Note from BW of Brazil: Needless, advertising in Brazil leaves much to be desired if were expecting a fair representation of the Brazilian population. It […]
20 reports of racism that sound like true horror stories; except these stories aren’t fiction
Note from BW of Brazil: Another reason for the creation of this blog was to blow the lid off the idea that Brazil didn’t and […]
Still seen as being ‘out of place’ by many in Brazilian society, black students face the racism of professors and colleagues in universities
Note from BW of Brazil: The presence of black bodies on college and university campuses nowadays is far more than what one would have observed […]
Actress Taís Araújo target of prejudiced attacks after TEDTalk speech on racism
Note from BW of Brazil: What can be said about this story except that it’s not surprising. I mean, covering incidents of racism has been […]
