For a Carnaval without blackface or cultural appropriation: Blackness is not a prop
Note from BW of Brazil: As the month of February comes to a close, the yearly revelry that is Brazil’s highly celebrated Carnaval season (that […]
Note from BW of Brazil: As the month of February comes to a close, the yearly revelry that is Brazil’s highly celebrated Carnaval season (that […]
Note from BW of Brazil: The understanding of racism, the myth of racial democracy and how everyday Brazilians deny its existence or being racists themselves […]
Note from BW of Brazil: Hmm, OK, so how should we file this? Should we label it under “we Brazilians aren’t racists”? The “difficulty of […]
Note from BW of Brazil: The idea of Afro-Brazilian entrepreneurial enterprise is one that has taken off in recent years with a number innovative […]
Note from BW of Brazil: OK, seriously, what’s going here? This blog is perhaps the first to present this issue to an English-speaking audience about […]
Note from BW of Brazil: Very creative text! Today’s piece is a work of fiction written by Stephanie Ribeiro who has been featured on the […]
Note from BW of Brazil: Just a few days ago, we posted another example of Brazil’s shameful practice of white actors painting their faces black […]
Note from BW of Brazil: Needless to say, this beyond annoying! Even more annoying are the tired attempts of defending this behavior! It’s Carnaval time […]
Note from BW of Brazil: As has been shown on this blog, the Brazilian media and school system play important roles in the development of […]
So yet another popular Brazilian novela (soap opera) has come to a close as the final chapter of the Record TV (Rede Record) network’s Dona […]
Actress Roberta Rodrigues who first became famous in her role as Berenice in the 2002 hit film Cidade de Deus (City of God) has decided to go […]
Back in September when I first read the news that Brazil’s biggest TV network, Globo, was producing a new TV series that featured a 90% Afro-Brazilian […]
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