Preta Rara releases book on the work experiences of hundreds of maids
“The modern slave quarters is the maid’s room”: A former maid, rapper/historian Preta Rara releases book on the work experieces of hundreds of maids When […]
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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 […]
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 […]
“We saw 3, 4 generations working in the same family as maids. Now we don’t have this anymore; my daughters are in college”
Note from BW of Brazil: With the first round of elections for president of Brazil now being narrowed down to just two, the incumbent Dilma […]
Brazilian woman who was employed as a maid in childhood leads social enterprise in London
Note from BW of Brazil: You have to love this type of story. A black woman who started off in a ‘place’ traditionally set aside […]
Separated from her family at the age of 5 to work as a maid in perpetual slavery, Josefina Serra is now a lawyer in the nation’s capital
Note from BW of Brazil: The following story of struggle in the life of an Afro-Brazilian woman is very common. It’s always great to […]
Employer to her maid: “I’m disgusted by your color and your hair”
Note from BW of Brazil: Really? But the question is, who is really surprised by this? If you haven’t noted by the endless examples on […]
Brazilian journalist says Cuban doctors arriving in Brazil look like “maids”
BW of Brazil: Since the initiation of Brazil’s “Mais Médicos” program to increase the country’s number of doctors per resident rate, a tidal wave of controversy […]
“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 […]
Reminiscing about the slavery era: Why the new maids’ law was necessary
Note from BW of Brazil: Much has been written about the new domestics law that extended new rights to the millions of people that work […]
89 year old black woman subjected to slavery in the city of Santos for 50 years
Note from BBT: From the time I started studying issues of race in Brazil, I became aware of the lengths that citizens would go to […]
Black Brazilians are advancing in the undergraduate programs that most train executives, but are still invisible to companies
Note from BBT: It is clear that things are changing for black Brazilians. After two decades of affirmative action policies, more access to higher education […]
Another black woman rescued from condition of slavery – 63-year old served Rio university professor for 41 years; professor’s identity still not revealed
Note from BBT: Another. Black. Woman. ENSLAVED. To be quite honest here, I don’t really even know what else can be said here. I actually […]
Anti-black blacks: Controversial black president of foundation removes 27 names of important Afro-Brazilians from list of honorees
Note from BBT: Every now and then I wonder what goes on in the lives of some black people that make then come across as […]