Brazil: One big, happy mixed family? Not exactly…The shame and dehumanizing of its black population
Note from BW of Brazil: OK, so by now, you must already know the story. Brazil, the great melting pot where everyone is a mixed […]
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“We are not all monkeys!”: Bananas, publicity and a nation’s peculiar way of dealing with racism
Note from BW of Brazil: By now many people around the world are familiar with the problem of racism in European soccer stadiums. For the […]
When rappers crossover: new video by rapper MV Bill provokes accusations of sell-out, whitening and elitification of Brazilian Hip Hop
Note from BW of Brazil: What do BET (Black Entertainment Television), American rapper Ja Rule and Brazilian Hip Hop have to do with each other? […]
Blackface, jokes and denial: How racism continues to thrive in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: Two recent incidents that occurred within days of each other provide telling examples of how racism can be naturalized and […]
White women for marrying and the Brazilian solution to race: the elimination of the black race
Note from BW of Brazil: Below is a piece written by George Oliveira that takes yet another look at interracial relationships in Brazil and a […]
Rio funk rapper Mr. Catra welcomes his 22nd child with number 23 on the way
The funkeiro is 44 years old by Papelpop Last week, Rio funk rapper Mr. Catra, 44, saw his brood of 21 children increase once more. According to […]
Roundtable discussion: Why do black Brazilian men prefer blond/white women?
The first three parts of our series on the issue of black Brazilian men and an apparent preference for white women, specifically blondes, continues to […]
Why do black Brazilian men prefer blondes? Part 3 – “They are more beautiful, more seductive, more cultured", says one
Léo Moura of Flamengo, wife Camila This is part 3 of our series; see part 1 and part 2 “It is the blondes who prefer black men” With […]
Dancer Aline Barbosa
This Rio de Janeiro native spent eight years as part of the Balé do Domingão all-female dance troupe on the popular Globo TV variety show Domingão […]
Wife of Rio rapper Mr. Catra openly discusses polygamy; she is one of his four “wives” and mother of 4 of his 21 children by 14 women
She openly discusses polygamy as a reality and says that families of middle class neighborhoods are the ones deceiving themselves. Silvia Regina says that in […]
Sexuality, racial imagery and the fetishization of the black male body in Brazil, Part 1
Brazilian Model Sacramento on the cover of a special edition of Top magazine featuring only black models In the 21st century, relationships and sexuality that […]
Sexuality, racial imagery and the fetishization of the black male body in Brazil, Part 1
Sexuality, racial imagery and the fetishization of the black male body in Brazil, Part 1 In the 21st century, relationships and sexuality that intersect with the […]
Black men, white women in Brazil: Although common, still a taboo
Soccer player Robinho and wife Vivian Junes Research shows how prejudice manifests itself in interracial relationships The basis of this article is an interpolation of […]
Black men, white women in Brazil: Although common, still a taboo
Soccer player Robinho and wife Vivian Junes Research shows how prejudice manifests itself in interracial relationships The basis of this article is an interpolation of […]
