Excusing Racist Behavior: Brazil’s Top TV networks fires the director
Excusing racist behavior: One of Brazil’s top TV networks, Record, fires director of jouralism after he refused to fire journalists making racist jokes By Marques […]
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Groups of journalists: Share racist comments against black colleagues
Groups of journalists: Share racist comments against black colleagues At one of Brazil’s top TV networks, groups of journalists use WhatsApp to share racist comments […]
Being in an interracial relationship is not synonymous with racism being over
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 […]
Brazilian cartoon Monica’s Gang will be released as film on June 27th
Note from BW of Brazil: Before I get into today’s topic, I want to just mention how the idea of covering it came about. To […]
When racism starts in the family: One woman’s memories of a racist
When racism starts in the family: One woman’s memories of a racist Note from BW of Brazil: We’ve all heard the theories on interracial unions […]
Structural racism and sexism lead black women to Romantic exclusion
Structural racism and sexism lead black women to Romantic exclusion Note from BW of Brazil: It is a regular theme discussed on this blog and […]
“I only play with white people!” Actor perplexed after 4-year old refuses to play with his daughter because of her skin color and hair texture
So, tell me something. At what age do you think children become aware of differences associated with race? I would argue that children perceive these […]
Shame on Brazil! Black Brazilian players severely criticized with racist insults after defeat: World Cup Exposes Racist and Machismo Culture
Note from BW of Brazil: Sometimes it really seems that Brazilians have so little to celebrate on the world stage that every four years, they […]
Popular YouTuber Júlio Cocielo loses corporate sponsors after racist tweet about French futebol player Kylian Mbappé; busted, he deletes 50 thousand tweets
Note from BW of Brazil: Nothing shocking here. I look at it this way. If a master chef made a great pot of spaghetti and […]
“Who will defend our children against whiteness?”: How racist school experiences interfere with the positive self-images of black children
Note from BW of Brazil: Over the course of my experiences in Brazil, I have known quite a few people who would be classified as […]
Is there a double standard on beauty and “big hair”? Recent reactions to a black woman not being able to secure employment due to her hair seem to suggest yes
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s quite obvious that Brazil doesn’t like natural, cabelo crespo (kinky/curly) hair. It should be quite obvious by now. Recently, […]
A masculine status: The social obligation of the Brazilian man to show off a white wife with whom to start a family
Note from BW of Brazil: In reality, this really isn’t too hard to pick up on. If one were to hang out with enough Brazilian […]
The perfect crime! In court judgments of cases of racism, 67% of the cases are won by defendants and only 29% by the victims
Note from BW of Brazil: The numbers say it all. I’ve said in a number of past posts that Brazil has a very sufficient form […]
Still not forgotten: Singer and others still blasting medal winning gymnast for his racist past; reaction shows rising militancy of black Brazilians
Note from BW of Brazil: And now for the story that has only gotten bigger since gymnast Arthur Nory Mariano took was awarded a bronze […]
