What is the weight of racism on students’ mental health?
What is the weight of racism on students’ mental health? Note from : Without a doubt, Brazil has a LLOONNGG ways to go to openly […]
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“Racism generates anxiety, insecurity and deep anguish”: The importance of black professionals caring for the mental health of those oppressed by racism
Note from BW of Brazil: In my regular interactions with both black people and white people over the years, both in the United States as […]
Psychologist and psychotherapist Maria Lúcia da Silva discusses the effects of racism and whiteness on mental health, identity and self-image of Afro-Brazilians
Psychologist and psychotherapist Maria Lúcia da Silva discusses the psychic conflicts that involve racism and discusses how prejudice is reflected in the lives of blacks in Brazil […]
May 13: What abolition? 133 years after the end of slavery in Brazil, racism and state violence still plague the black population
Note from BBT: Having been forced to take a brief hiatus in this past week, there has been a mountain of news stories that I’ve […]
The “angry black woman”, the effects of internalized racism, misplaced militancy, black females beefing: reality show displays complexities of blackness
Note from BBT: In recent weeks, with the elimiantion of several of the black participants on the Big Brother Brasil reality show saw a sharp […]
Ângelo Assumpção on How Racism Derailed His Career | Black Balled Gymnast
Black balled: Gymnast Ângelo Assumpção on how racism derailed his career Note from BBT: Black balled? In the 21st century. It’s a reality. When I became […]
Black Lives Matter: Protests Raise Tone Against Racism in Brazil
Black Lives Matter: Protests Raise Tone Against Racism in Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: With some questioning the effectiveness of protests and marches (myself […]
Oil spill disaster in Brazil: Environmental Racism of the government
Oil spill disaster in Brazil: Environmental Racism of the government Note from BW of Brazil: It’s been almost two months since I first received a […]
A Good Black is Dead black: Racism at State Capital City Hall
A Good Black is Dead black: Racism at State Capital City Hall Note from BW of Brazil: I must say that this situation is twisted. […]
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 […]
Racism in medicine in Brazil: From eugenics to unequal treatment, Brazilian medicine has a racist past; eradicating it is still a huge challenge
Note from BW of Brazil: I was first exposed to the history of eugenics in Brazil by way of the book Diploma of Whiteness: Race […]
Beyond the Disney fairy tales: When we ignore that the real cause of the result of black relationships is a consequence of racism
Note from BW of Brazil: I know that a lot of us tend to believe that relationships across races and cultures are a demonstration of […]
Racism is bad for health: Black women and men speak of importance of ‘care’, respecting pain & infirmities, to cope with imposition of struggle and resilience
Note from BW of Brazil: I must say, although this article was short, it was profound and very thought-provoking. In the daily lives of black […]
Actress Vaneza Oliveira of the Netflix series ‘3%’ records a video discussing the racism she experienced as a child in school; the subject Brazil still doesn’t take seriously
Note from BW of Brazil: This blog alone has already exposed the topic over and over again: racism in the Brazilian school system. Experiencing racism […]
