Basic Sanitation and black Brazilian: The Colonial Relationship
Basic Sanitation and black Brazilian: The Colonial Relationship Note from BBT: When I think of what material that I think is important for my readers […]
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Celebrity hairstylist provokes controversy with racist statement
Celebrity hairstylist provokes controversy with a racist statement Note from BW of Brazil: You can always count on it. The racism that is so widespread […]
“Bolsonaro will order to kill these stinking blacks” – With election of extreme right presidential candidate, many supporters call for death of black Brazilians: Is it time to wake up?
“Bolsonaro will order to kill these stinking blacks” – With election of extreme right presidential candidate, many supporters call for death of black Brazilians: Is […]
Black students learn less when we don’t believe in their potential – How some schools are improving grades by raising self-esteem of black children and teens
Note from BW of Brazil: Understanding the Brazilian education system is a key element to understanding how structural racism continuously undermines the black population. Of […]
‘Bleach bath’, clothes pins on the nose and ‘black monkey’: Study exposes racism in interracial families debunking one of Brazil’s greatest myths
Note from BW of Brazil: “How can we be racist? Our families are so mixed.” This is a typical statement one will hear when having […]
The final pillar of the debunked ‘racial democracy’? Post-doctorate research project exposes racism and racial hierarchies within interracial families
Note from BW of Brazil: In reality, I don’t know why this research would come as a surprise to anyone who has studied the issues […]
With an exciting blend of Pop and R&B, Warner Music is betting on the success of an up-and-coming Black Music diva, IZA.
Note from BW of Brazil: Really looking forward to seeing what this young lady will be able to do with her own original material! IZA, […]
“Preto” or “Negro”? In Portuguese both mean ‘black’, but which term should be used to define black people? Ghanaian-Brazilian man’s video on the topic goes viral
Note from BW of Brazil: In director Spike Lee’s 1992 epic film about the legendary human rights activist Malcolm X, there was an important scene […]
“In Brazil it’s normal to be racist, abnormal is to fight against it”
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s something we’ve pointed out in a number of previous posts here on the blog. There is nothing new about […]
‘Tell that one over there to reduce the volume of her hair’: young woman is target of racism on part of director of college in Rio
Note from BW of Brazil: So, how will those who are raised to believe that Brazil is a ‘racial democracy’ defend this one? “How is […]
Supermarket chain ordered to pay worker $500,000; black woman was humiliated by racist taunts of co-worker for 6 months and company did nothing
Note from BW of Brazil: So here’s yet another one from the “we Brazilians aren’t racists” archive! What really spoke to me about today’s case […]
Small number of blacks on TV leads to racism in childhood, experts say
Note from BW of Brazil: The day to day experiences of living in a country in which racism and white supremacy are prominent factors can […]
“Black women stink”?: After racist graffiti offending black women and a black professor at university, black students’ collective repudiate act and stand in solidarity
Note from BW of Brazil: So what else is new here? Manifestations of racism in Brazil and at a college campus. Calling black people ‘monkeys’? […]
How racism is continuously perpetuated in Brazilian society and its effects on black people
Note from BW of Brazil: As even a recent New York Times article recognized, Brazil is a country that is in denial over the severity […]
