Black Brazilians learn from South African leader Steve Biko
By Alejandra Martins Steve Biko sought to set black South Africans free from oppression and he died for it. He probably never imagined that 30 […]
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The Brazilian mulata: black woman or something entirely different?
Soccer star Vagner Love surrounded by five mulatas Last week I had a discussion about Brazil with an African-American graphic designer. He was putting […]
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 […]
In over 430 issues of the Brazilian edition of Playboy, only seven black women have made the cover
In its 35 years in Brazil, Playboy magazine has put out more than 430 issues, and featured some of the most beautiful Brazilian women to grace […]
Murder of an Angolan woman and the roots of anti-black, anti-African ideologies in Brazil
Angolan woman Zumira de Souza Borges Cardoso was murdered in São Paulo In yet another example of Brazil’s centuries long anti-black, anti-African ideology, an Angolan university student […]
Black Brazilians begin to fight back
Ivete Sacramento, who became Brazil’s first black president of a major university in 1998, said she’s saddened every day when she looks out the balcony […]
How Brazilian ideologies of racial stereotypes apply to Viola Davis and the Oscars
The Oscars and Viola Davis in “The Help” So once again, Oscar time is upon us, and as usual, the media is clamoring and hyping […]
The meaning of Whitney Houston and the obstruction of a black female pop superstar in Brazil
Whitney Houston (1963-2012) With the recent passing of pop music superstar Whitney Houston, radio stations have been playing Houston’s hits around the clock, as is […]
A discussion of Black Women in Cinema
In the spring of 2010 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, three black Brazilian actresses came together to discuss the presence of black Brazilian […]
A discussion of Black Women in Cinema
In the spring of 2010 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, three black Brazilian actresses came together to discuss the presence of black Brazilian […]
Luislinda Valois
Luislinda Valois became the first black woman to become a judge in Brazil in 1984. Born in the northeastern state of Bahia, a state with […]
Luislinda Valois
Luislinda Valois became the first black woman to become a judge in Brazil in 1984. Born in the northeastern state of Bahia, a state with […]
