Documentary project ‘Brasil: DNA África’ helps 150 Afro-Brazilians trace their ancestral roots
Note from BW of Brazil: For decades, Brazil has developed its reputation as one of the most racially diverse countries in the world. After centuries […]
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“The black is the only individual in Brazil who has to assume his race/ethnicity”: Yasmin Thayná discusses how the experience of the black woman influenced her upcoming short film ‘K’Bela’
Note from BW of Brazil: The representation of the experience of being a Brazilian citizen is one that is often determined by one’s social class […]
Brazil’s billionaire and multi-millionaire media moguls: Can we now understand the media’s lack of racial diversity?
Note from BW of Brazil: Over the course a little more than three years that this blog has existed, the issue of the extreme under-representation […]
50 years ago, Vera Lúcia Couto became the 1st black woman to represent her state in the Miss Brasil contest
Note from BW of Brazil: Vera Lúcia Couto is now 70 years old, but fifty years ago, at the age of 20, on June 27th, she […]
After spending 16 days in jail for a crime he didn’t commit, actor/psychologist is freed in Rio
Note from BW of Brazil: So really, when can black Brazilians get justice, or at least get a break? In a news story that has […]
Black professionals reveal their experiences with prejudice in a new book
Stories of discrimination experienced by black professionals organized into a book A television reporter who has lost count of how many times she’d been mistaken […]
Though vastly underrepresented, these Afro-Brazilian journalists excel and bring a little diversity to Brazil’s airwaves
By Cuca Lazarotto * They are journalists, communicators, opinion makers, teachers, singers and warriors. Black women! Getting there was not easy. And it’s really not […]
