Beauty and Magazine Covers in Brazil: The Overwhelming Dictatorship of Whiteness
Sometimes it amazes me when white people look at events or certain media that is aimed at and features specific segments of a population and […]
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Beauty and Magazine Covers in Brazil: The Overwhelming Dictatorship of Whiteness
Sometimes it amazes me when white people look at events or certain media that is aimed at and features specific segments of a population and […]
Dear white people: wearing an anti-racism t-shirt won’t change the system of white supremacy – TV host seems to have forgotten the years of whiteness on her show
Note from BW of Brazil:This always amazes me. I won’t attempt to point out all reactions and types of white people in terms of the […]
Leader of black Bahia’s most important symbol of black culture and pride talks about resistance under military dictatorship
Note from BW of Brazil: Last week throughout Brazil there were various television reports, magazines and newspapers devoted to the 50th year anniversary of a […]
As preparations for World Cup continue, “apartheid” looms in Brazil’s soccer stadiums as critics make note of the whiteness of fans in stadiums
Note from BW of Brazil: As preparations for the 2014 World Cup continue in the face of recent protests, critics who have taken in the […]
The benefits of whiteness: blue-eyed white beggar becomes a sensation in a country where black beggars are routinely ignored
This story, like so many others we have posted here at BW of Brazil, is a very revealing portrayal of white privilege in Brazil, […]
December 25: The day of the African orixá Oxalá
Note from BBT: I know that millions of people around the world are celebrating or celebrated today as Christmas, but as I thought about what […]
Afro Fashion Day: The 6th edition of the “Blackest Runway in Brazil” shines spotlight on black models and black designers
Note from BBT: All I can say is that I wish I could have been there. Well, maybe not this year as this whole Covid-19 […]
2017 winner Monalysa Alcântara says people didn’t accept a black Miss Brazil: “I suffered a lot’’
Note from BBT: Sixty-seven years, three black Miss Brasil winners. All of the other winners of the beauty contest have been white, or something close […]
Singer Margareth Menezes: “Brazil’s music industry is a ‘privilege machine’
Singer Margareth Menezes: “Brazil’s music industry is a ‘privilege machine’ for white artists Note from BBT: It’s funny, but the arts and athletics are supposedly […]
Singer Offered a gig but only if She Straightened her hair | Black Brazil
Singer Offered a gig but only if She Straightened her hair Note from BW of Brazil: What is Brazil without its anti-black, racist sentiments? I […]
Loving A Black Man can Hurt “To Get Ahead in Life” | Black Brazil
Loving A Black Man can Hurt “To Get Ahead in Life” Note from BW of Brazil: When I first started digging into the issue that […]
Black People as a form of Militancy: Photographer sees his portraits
Black People as a form of Militancy: Photographer sees his portraits Note from BW of Brazil: When black people have access to certain things, they make […]
TV host Silvio Santos accused of racism after overruling audience choice
TV host Silvio Santos accused of racism after overruling audience choice Note from BW of Brazil: The origins of today’s piece actually started in a […]
