Stop killing us: Police violence motivates protest in Rio de Janeiro
Note from BW of Brazil: Stop Killing Us. Three words that attract attention and get right to the point. It is a phrase that’s been […]
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“You won’t be able to study in this school anymore because it does not match your color; your family is black and you have to live apart from us”; 10-year old black girl told after “Brazilian Trump” is elected, she will need to find a new school
“You won’t be able to study in this school anymore because it does not match your color; your family is black and you have to […]
Rio man dies after being shot three times when his umbrella was mistaken for a rifle; community residents protests and accuse Military Police of the murder
Military Police in Rio kill man after mistaking an umbrella for a rifle, according to witnesses Rodrigo Alexandre da Silva Serrano was struck three times […]
Hell just got hotter! Government votes in favor of federal intervention in Rio; with decree, safety in the state will be placed in the hands of the Brazilian army
Note from BW of Brazil: So it seems that the Brazilian government wants to turn up the heat in a Rio de Janeiro that’s already […]
“Hell” de Janeiro! Residents complain about Armed Forces stops in the Rocinha favela: Shocking images from Rio’s slums show daily life under occupation
Note from BW of Brazil: If a picture is worth a thousand words, about 9,000 words of shocking photos give you a brief introduction to […]
Military Police in Rio caught on film executing men laying on ground; police involved in 37 so-called murders in acts of “resisting arrest”
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s often said that the criminal acts of police are not new. What IS new is that in this age […]
It’s the fifth year anniversary of the Black Women of Brazil blog!! Meet the site’s creator and editor!
The Black Women of Brazil blog first appeared on the web on November 18, 2011. So it’s been five years now! Wow! I guess you […]
24-year old black Economics student shot and killed by police; neighborhood protest is violently repressed by Military Police with tear gas and rubber bullets
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s been a while since this blog published a report about the murder of an innocent black man by Brazil’s […]
“War on drugs” claims yet another victim! This time 13-year old Christian Andrade, who was shot after attempting to help a woman that had hit the ground
Note from BW of Brazil: So this is how it works in Brazil. Consistently. Military Police wage a so-called “guerra às drogas” (war on drugs) […]
In Rio, police operation known as ‘Black Machine III’ hunt and gun down two more innocent black males, one of which was 12-years old
Note from BW of Brazil: I don’t really know that any words can suffice for the senselessness of the violence in Rio de Janeiro, but […]
Reflections on a Brazilian racism: the return of the ghosts that were never there
Note from BW of Brazil: The question of racism based upon understandings of race continues to be a difficult and delicate topic to discuss. There […]
In Rio, 11-year old black boy shot and killed by Military Police – police claim he had a gun – boy buried on what would have been his 12th birthday
Note from BW of Brazil: At some point outrage simply turns into a deep sadness and frustration that seems to have no end and no […]
March Against Black Genocide galvanizes 50,000 people throughout Brazil; where is the media coverage?
Note from BW of Brazil: Here at BW of Brazil, the consistent pattern of genocide being carried out against the black population of Brazil has […]
August 22: Brazil’s black movement organizes marches in 17 states against the genocide of Afro-Brazilians and in solidarity with Palestinians
Note from BW of Brazil: When will the madness of the destruction of human life end?!?! The struggle is international. Although the media refuses to […]
