Report shows that Brazilian media still has trouble covering the issue of racism
Parliament and Racism in the Media Occasionally here on the BW of Brazil blog, someone will ask a question or make a comment about the […]
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Race relations in Brazil: a mixture of openness and acceptance, discrimination and exclusion
Associated Press/Felipe Dana – This photo taken Feb. 25, 2013, shows Nubia de Lima, 29, posing for a photo in her Rio de Janeiro apartment […]
Seminar "Blacks in the Media": Even with progress, whiteness remains the standard; blacks advance only when validated by the white system
Seminar “Blacks in the Media” featuring journalist Joyce Ribeiro (right) “I got into TV through an opening: let’s put a black on presenting the […]
Blond ambition: the Brazilian Media’s Manufacturing of the white woman as standard of beauty and the place of black women
Top row: Sabrina Sato, Luciana Gimenez, Angélica, Eliana Bottom row: Renata Fan, Amanda Françoso, Patrícia Poeta “In a society aesthetically governed by a white paradigm…the […]
Short film explores race, exclusion and the deferred dreams of black children living under Brazil’s "dominance of whiteness"
Cores e Botas (Colors and Boots) is a short film by Juliana Vicente (See film at bottom of page) It focuses on the aspirations of a […]
In 2022, the World Cup starts on Black Consciousness Day and revives memory of the anti-racist struggle in Brazil
Note from BBT: How fitting it is that the 2022 World Cup is starting in the month of November. I say this because, for those […]
Juliana Nalú continues to be one of the great Brazilian models abroad; now being featured in brands of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, she is destined to become a top model
Note from BBT: You know, I always have to applaud Brazilians who manage to make it to the big time. I mean, as hard as […]
Still treating black people like slaves: Young man seen handcuffed and dragged in street tied to back of police motorcycle
Note from BBT: By now, for black Brazilians, this story is old news of a familiar situation. A young black male being humiliated by police […]
Black singers shine on ‘The Voice Brasil’; recent death and career overview of musical maestro demonstrates huge influence of black Brazilian musicians
Note from BBT: The sudden death of the musician, arranger, producer and bandleader Letieres Leite last month saddened me for several minutes when the news […]
From Luedji Luna to Martinho da Vila, to Orquestra Afrosinfônica and Tuyo, meet the black Brazilians nominated for Latin Grammy awards
Note from BBT: Black Brazilian musical artists are finally beginning to get their just due. As Brazilians and as black. This may not sound like […]
New biography sheds light on the life of Brazil’s first black ambassador, Raymundo Souza Dantas, and exposes deep-seated racism in Brazilian diplomacy
New biography sheds light on the life of Brazil’s first black ambassador and exposes deep-seated racism in Brazilian diplomacy By Marques Travae Back in the […]
‘’This business of social inclusion is effed up’!’’: Young black woman denounces racial slurs after winning beauty contest
Note from BBT: It always blows me away when I hear people make these types of comments. You can read the comment to which I refer […]
Abolition of slavery in Brazil ”wasn’t a gift given from whites”, says historian Wlamyra Albuquerque; blacks played a huge role in the end of human bondage
Note from BBT: As we’ve often been told and in general is agreed upon, history is told from the perspective […]
“Kinky/curly hair must be exalted”: black Brazilian women discuss their struggles in a society that rejects natural black hair
Note from BBT: It’s been a while since I posted something that was directly tied to the politics of hair. For many years, the question […]
