Brazil’s top TV network makes a mockery of the Month of Black Consciousness in a satirical skit
Note from BW of Brazil: As has been noted on a few previous posts this month, the month of November is celebrated as the Month […]
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Becoming a black woman: an identity in process
Note from BW of Brazil: If you have followed this blog for any amount of time you’ve probably noticed that the question of identity is […]
Economic Affairs Committee rejects Senate bill of reparations for slavery; estimation of payments valued at US$8 quadrillion
Note from BW of Brazil: The topic of reparations for the horrors, violations and damages due to the inhumane practice of slavery has been a […]
May 13, 2013, 125 years since the abolition of slavery, but today 8 of 10 people working in conditions analogous to slavery are of African descent
Note from BW of Brazil: Today, May 13th, marks the 125th year of the abolition of slavery in Brazil which lasted about 350 years until 1888. […]
"Stop and Frisk" Brazilian style? Military Police captain gives order to approach black and brown suspects
Instruction based on the description of an assault victim in an upscale neighborhood by Thais Nunes Since December 21st of last year, police officers of […]
Invisibility in school curriculum leads to fragmentation and rejection of black children’s identity
Taken from original text entitled: “A educação infantil e as crianças negras (Early childhood education and black children)” by Adomair O. Ogunbiyi The verification of the […]
Dr. Petronilha Beatriz Gonçalves e Silva: "Racism expels the black child from school"
Dr. Petronilha Beatriz Gonçalves e Silva, Ph.D in Education and Humanities, is a researcher and professor of Curriculum & Instruction and Ethnic-Racial Relations at the […]
Dr. Petronilha Beatriz Gonçalves e Silva: "Racism expels the black child from school"
Dr. Petronilha Beatriz Gonçalves e Silva, Ph.D in Education and Humanities, is a researcher and professor of Curriculum & Instruction and Ethnic-Racial Relations at the […]
Racist grafitti and Neo-Nazis in Brazil: The evidence that can’t be denied
“Fora crioulo (Out with the crioulos/blacks)” Last week on May 1st, several news outlets in Brazil reported that the front of a building located across the […]
Racist grafitti and Neo-Nazis in Brazil: The evidence that can’t be denied
“Fora crioulo (Out with the crioulos/blacks)” Last week on May 1st, several news outlets in Brazil reported that the front of a building located across the […]
