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 […]
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Bombril is accused of racism due to campaign featuring a black maid
Note from BW of Brazil: So what else is new here? Before addressing this latest controversy, allow me to refer to a comment posted on […]
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 […]
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 […]
“Only in a highly unequal society do people serve others 24 hours a day”: In the capital city region, study shows that 80% of maids are black
Note from BW of Brazil: With reports such as this is there any wonder so many Afro-Brazilian women are calling for a change in the […]
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 […]
Suzane had everything to be a great babysitter, cleaning woman or maid (as Brazil expects of black women). But she wanted to be a doctor!
“Suzane had everything to be a great babysitter, cleaning woman or maid. But she wanted to be a doctor, earned a scholarship from Prouni (with quotas […]
Told she’ll only be a maid, or will need to use her “black sexuality” to move up in life, quota student fires back on why Brazil owes its black citizens
Note from BW of Brazil: The racial situation continues to heat up in Brazil as everyday there are more manifestations of rejection to the ascendance […]
Black girls, aged 10-14, descendants of runaway slave communities, victims of rape; worked as maids in middle-class homes of powerful white elites
Note from BW of Brazil: To say the least, this is quite a disturbing story! These types of reports once again makes one ask if […]
Actress Lucy Ramos turns down slum character to play psychologist in another: “We, blacks, always interpret maids, slaves or we are in inferior situations”
Note from BW of Brazil: Although actress Lucy Ramos is not quite a household name among actresses in Brazil, she’s had a consistent presence on […]
“Black women take care of white women’s children when no one else is there”: Creuza de Oliveira, president of the domestics union, talks about the importance of Brazil’s new maid law
Note from BW of Brazil: This blog has covered the maid/employer relationship extensively as momentum for the new domestics law continued to grow in anticipation […]
