The “Tragic Mulata”: Rethinking The Mulata Category in Brazil
The “Tragic Mulata”: Rethinking The Mulata Category in Brazil Note from BBT: Ponder this question for a moment and then just think about. When you […]
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‘This Is Not A Mulata’ theater project discusses stereotypes and representations of the black woman
Note from BW of Brazil: The image is well cemented in the nation’s consciousness. The gyrating, frenetic dancing woman of visible African ancestry; the one […]
“To stop being a racist, my love, is not to fuck a mulata”: Considerations on racist compliments
Note from BW of Brazil: This latest post touches on many of the topics that have been previously discussed here at BW of Brazil. Brazilian-styled […]
Sexual connotations associated with the Brazilian black man and "mulata" woman: positive images or dehumanizing stereotypes?
Nielson Silva and Monica Rangel In modern day Brazil, the power and economic structure is dominated primarily by men of a European phenotype or […]
Carnival’s over: and now, how many black women will be on TV?
Note from BW of Brazil: Yes Carnaval has been over for a few weeks now but the question for the rest of the year, as […]
Black men and black women are loving each other: How Afrocentric relationships reverberate with processes of self-affirmation of black cultural identity
Note from BBT: When we speak of the question of black unity and why it is necessary, it appears to be a topic that’s pretty simple. […]
Brazil’s Black and Brown People and Their Superfluous Distinctions
Brazil’s Black and Brown People and Their Superfluous Distinctions Note from BW of Brazil: Very interesting what’s going on in terms of race, racial identity, […]
Lari old native of Rio: Showed How White Men can be Racist
Lari old native of Rio: Showed How White Men can be Racist Note from BW of Brazil: I’ve approached the topic of the hyper-sexualized image […]
Structural racism and sexism lead black women to Romantic exclusion
Structural racism and sexism lead black women to Romantic exclusion Note from BW of Brazil: It is a regular theme discussed on this blog and […]
Shame on Brazil! Black Brazilian players severely criticized with racist insults after defeat: World Cup Exposes Racist and Machismo Culture
Note from BW of Brazil: Sometimes it really seems that Brazilians have so little to celebrate on the world stage that every four years, they […]
Novela shows the racism practiced by whites and among blacks: Interracial romance of ‘O Outro Lado do Paraíso’ discusses different practices of discrimination
Note from BW of Brazil: Such a simplistic analysis of what’s going on in this novela. But, in reality, I don’t expect much when the […]
New generation of black women are putting the stereotype of the Carnival dancer in check in Rio de Janeiro
Note from BW of Brazil: If there is one thing that I’ve learned continuously in studying history and viewpoints; we must always consider the other […]
Is dancer /singer Inês Brasil a modern day Sarah Baartman? The body of black women exposed for enjoyment
Note from BW of Brazil: I must admit that even up to as recent as last year, I really didn’t know who the dancer/singer Inês Brasil even […]
Why are American women so bothered by the Globeleza commercial? For the same reasons many Brazilian women are. But exactly what does this image say about black women?
Note from BW of Brazil: Yes it’s that time of year again. Carnaval is coming! Of c0urse if you live in Brazil, you’ve already seen […]
