“Pretos na Moda” Exposes racism in Brazil’s fashion industry
“Pretos na Moda” Exposes racism in Brazil’s fashion industry “Sorry, you don’t fit the brand’s profile”: Black model campaign “Pretos na Moda” (blacks in fashion) […]
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Being in an interracial relationship is not synonymous with Racism
Being in an interracial relationship is not synonymous with Racism Note from BW of Brazil: Sometime back in 2017, an African-American journalist and I were […]
Black Woman Teaching | Google displays pornography on This phrase
Black Woman Teaching | Google displays pornography on This phrase Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s article really hits home and it’s something that actually […]
Sasha Meneghel: A fashion student & Daughter of TV host in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: Have you ever heard the phrase, “you just can’t make this stuff up”? Well, I got another story that this phrase […]
Netflix series ‘Coisa Mais Linda’ Presents Issues of Racism & Sexism
Coisa Mais Linda (The Most Beautiful Thing): First season of new Brazilian series premieres Friday, March 22 By Marques Travae with information from JB and Vogue […]
“Because of being white, Elvis occupied the place of the blacks”: Singer Negra Li embroiled in controversy after statements about Elvis Presley – Apologizes, but what did she say wrong?
“Because of being white, Elvis occupied the place of the blacks”: Singer Negra Li embroiled in controversy after statements about Elvis Presley – Apologizes, but […]
The colors of the queen-mothers of Africa: A family of designers banking on the self-esteem of their black customers
Note from BW of Brazil: Well, as we can see, the tide continues to rise as Afro-Brazilians from across the nation continue to push for […]
White woman’s world? Why did a black actress mysteriously “disappear” from a popular shoe brand’s commercial?
Note from BW of Brazil: You really can’t make this type of stuff up! Of course I can already imagine that those who prefer not […]
African fashion designers show off their works with 25 black Brazilian models during São Paulo Fashion Week
Note from BW of Brazil: I like this idea. Year after year it is blatantly obvious how invisible black models are at Brazil’s top fashion […]
The fashion world needs to stop drawing inspiration in black culture to hire white models
“EVERYBODY WANNA BE BLACK, BUT DON’T NOBODY WANNA BE BLACK” – PAUL MOONEY Note from BW of Brazil: In the United States over the course of […]
Being a black model in a Brazil that prefers white skin
Note from BW of Brazil: This is no longer a surprising topic. If there’s a big fashion in Brazil you can believe that most of […]
Brazilian women dominate Victoria’s Secret bikini and fitness catalog
Note from BW of Brazil: The invisibility of black models during Brazil’s top fashion shows and black actresses on the television major networks is an […]
Successful model Samira Carvalho speaks on the “ethnic” label and being black in the modeling industry
Note from BW of Brazil: Let’s be clear about something. Brazil doesn’t have a shortage of black models. And, according to the comments this […]
18-year old model from Rio sets a record on the catwalks at Fashion Rio
Note from BW of Brazil: As this blog has highlighted several times over the past several months, black models are regularly under-represented in Brazil’s top […]
