The price of success for black Brazilians – Career ascension is not a shield against racism
Note from BW of Brazil: Racism in Brazil is quite a peculiar thing. Well, perhaps racism itself is not what’s peculiar, but what is peculiar […]
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The return of the lynch mob: Another man tied to a pole, kicked beaten and stoned to death by angry mob – Brazil #1 in the world in vigilante justice murders
Note from BW of Brazil: Once again, a black man is tied to a pole and brutally beaten to the death by an angry mob. Another […]
Brazil’s Workers’ Party has been in power since 2002 with strong support from Afro-Brazilians – But does the party simply exploit the black vote to remain in power?
Note from BW of Brazil: In reality, if we study other situations around the world, this scenario is quite familiar. Underprivileged black populations lend their […]
8 pieces of data showing the social gap between blacks and whites
Note from BW of Brazil: Social inequality influenced by the race factor is a regular feature here at BW of Brazil. And while many will […]
Number of black college students grew 230% over the last 10 years; vast salary inequality persists
Note from BW of Brazil: The system of affirmative action policies has been one of the hottest topics in Brazilian society for over a decade […]
Activist says President Dilma Rousseff is the best choice for Afro-Brazilians in election, but why is there no caucus to advocate for black issues?
Note from BW of Brazil: With only two days left to the presidential election in Brazil, the latest data suggest that Dilma Rousseff (PT) will […]
As Marina Silva’s chances of becoming Brazil’s first black president fade, differences with the Obama scenario reveal much
Note from BW of Brazil: Today is election day all over Brazil. And as Brazilians go to the polls, the support for Marina Silva has […]
“I’m not racist, I’ve already been with a black guy” – the privilege of white racism, contradiction of black pride and other peculiarities of how Brazil deals with race
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s post is a continuation of a controversial story that made national headlines last month and continues to be a […]
The only black presidential candidate, Marina suffers resistance among Afro-Brazilians
Note from BW of Brazil: With black Brazilians being nearly invisible in Brazil’s sphere’s of power, one would think that the strong possibility of Marina […]
Neymar and Dani Alves: Brazil’s “blond bombers” and the ongoing whitening of blackness in Brazil
“White Americans find it as difficult as white people elsewhere to divest themselves of the notion that they are in possession of some intrinsic value […]
A princess with an afro struggles against racism
Note from BW of Brazil: Dealing with racism in a country like Brazil can be a challenging daily struggle, particularly as most of the […]
Popular TV host sets off a firestorm after comparing a black woman’s hair to a “witch’s broom”
Photo of dancer Arielle Macedo and TV host Fausto Silva Note from BW of Brazil: OK, so here we go again! It seems that it’s […]
Why do black soccer players who denounce experiences with racism always seem to have white wives?
Note from BW of Brazil: Before I start this post let me acknowledge the fact that I’m not a huge soccer fan. For me, sports […]
One black writer among 70 Brazilians at Frankfurt Book Fair highlights historic black invisibility in the world of literature as well as society
Note from BW of Brazil: This is a follow analysis of the near complete exclusion of Afro-Brazilian writers at the prestigious Frankfurt Book Fair in […]
