In Rio de Janeiro, a group formed by five black women doctors opens their own clinic
Note from BBT: Often times when I come across headlines online that show black men or black women as individuals or as a group accomplishing […]
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Black journalist receives racist message, responds with thought-provoking poem; anchor thanks father for his success and speaks on black representation
Globo TV journalist received racist message, responds with thought-provoking poem; anchor thanks father and speaks on black representation By Marques Travae Let’s all say it […]
Bike riding while black: YouTuber recording video for channel interrupted when police approach him with guns drawn
Note from BBT: What more can anyone say beyond ‘why?’. As what happens on social networks these days, on Sunday I saw this video being […]
“Just showing concern will not solve the problem’’, says Ricardo Silvestre, of Black Influence agency on advertisers’ interest in the black community
Note from BBT: I’m not a person that can’t recognize positive changes when I see them, I just tend to look a little closer into […]
Mariah Nala: Meet the talented singer with the angelic voice that captured the hearts of Brazilians with her rendition of Beyoncé’s “Pretty Hurts”
Note from BBT: It’s happened numerous times over my time posting material to this blog that I set out to do a particular article and, […]
Guinea pigs? Popular TV host Xuxa suggests prisoners be used to test vaccines instead of animals; Brazil’s prison population is nearly 2/3 black and brown
Note from BBT: Have any of you ever noted how quickly people are to apologize for things they say when it provokes public outrage? I mean, […]
“Unsubmissive black women are the terror of Brazil”: Filmmaker Sabrina Fidalgo comments on black personalities that Brazil doesn’t tolerate
Note from BBT: I haven’t been able to adequately address or break down what the elimination of rapper Karol Conká from the Big Brother Brasil […]
“He’s not doing well psychologically”: After catching venom from participants on every sides, Lucas Penteado exits the Big Brother Brasil reality show
Note from BBT: With all of the action going on this season of the Big Brother Brasil 21 reality TV series, you don’t even really […]
56 years without Al Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz: How Malcolm X’s ‘dangerous mind’ helped shape Brazilian rap in the 1990s
Note from BBT: Today, February 21, 2021, marks the 56th anniversary of the murder of one the greatest anti-racist activists of all-time, Malcolm X. I […]
Big Brother Brasil 21: From adored to hated – Popular rapper becomes the scorn of Brazil after arrogant behavior, abuse of colleagues on top rated reality show
Note from BBT: I’ll say it again. It’s just too much. This 21st season of Big Brother Brother that started off with so much promise […]
In its 21st season, Brazil’s most popular reality show, Big Brother Brasil, will have largest number of black participants in its history
Note from BBT: I was trying to figure out what was going on. On one of my social network accounts, I read that rapper Karol […]
New Afro.TV platform brings content and black narratives targeting the Afro-Brazilian population
Note from BBT: A number of things came to my mind after reading the contents of today’s story. The first thing was, after having finally […]
Snoop Dogg shares video by Brazil’s SBT-TV owner Silvio Santos; but does rapper know racial issues black Brazilians have with the media mogul?
Note from BBT: It’s always funny to me when I come across two or more stories that, on the outside, don’t seem related, but then […]
‘One goes up and pulls up the other’: What you need to understand about black victories on reality shows in 2020
Note from BBT: Today’s piece should really be considered a followup to the article I posted a few days ago about the black winners of […]
