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Rivalry between singers Ludmilla and Anitta escalates | Funk feud?
Funk feud? Rivalry between singers Ludmilla and Anitta escalates after Ludmilla is booed and called ‘monkey’ at Prêmio Multishow award ceremony By Marques Travae Depending […]
“É uma coisa de preta!” (It’s a Black Thing): In front of near all-black audience, six Afro-Brazilian comics debut black stand up comedy making light of racism
“É uma coisa preta!” (It’s a Black Thing): In front of near all-black audience, six Afro-Brazilian comics debut black stand up comedy making light of […]
Two famous mothers, one black, the other white, denounce racism, but only one is taken seriously; the advantage of whiteness even in denouncing racism
Note from BW of Brazil: In today’s post, we revisit a pair of incidents that went down late last year that provides us with still […]
Popular variety show guest Luane Dias target of racist comments; second time in less than a week that pejorative comments come from another black person
Note from BW of Brazil: When I first set out to create a blog about black Brazilian women for the English-speaking world, I also knew […]
“This neguinha can’t sing worth sh*t!”: 14-year old Franciele Fernanda, a contestant on the ‘The Voice Kids’ talent reality show, is a target of racism on the web
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s a shame, but it comes as no surprise that even black children and teens aren’t immune to racist insults […]
Black, poor, female, HERO: Rafaela Silva wins Brazil’s first gold medal at home in the 2016 Olympic Games
Note from BW of Brazil: What can we say? Simply proud, proud, proud! By now, everyone who has been following the 2016 Olympics in Rio […]
“For some time now, racism is no longer veiled in Brazil”, says rapper Dexter
Note from BW of Brazil: Well, this should in fact come as a surprise to no one; at least people who have followed the content […]
“I just play futebol”: After racist taunts during game in Spain, Neymar continues Pelé’s shameful history of silence on race issues
Note from BW of Brazil: He’s back!!! It’s funny, in our year-ending New Year’s Eve post featuring our most viewed posts of the year, futebol […]
When will racism in Brazil end up with imprisonment and instead of these “we are all such and such” campaigns?
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s a question we’ve long pondered here at BW of Brazil. In our almost four years of existence we’ve documented […]
Do Brazilians really believe that “we are all equal”? Actress Taís Araújo is latest victim of racist attacks on the internet
Note from BW of Brazil: If this were a criminal investigation, perhaps we would title it “The Latest from the Land of Racial Democracy, Exhibit […]
Fabiana Claudino, captain of Brazil’s gold medal women’s volleyball team, the victim of racist heckling in recent match
Note from BW of Brazil: Realistically, who’s surprised by this? There are plenty of stories on this blog that expose the racism that many many […]
“Brazilian television doesn’t portray blacks”, says journalist Luciana Barreto: TV remains far from a “racial democracy”
Note from BW of Brazil: It is a common theme among activists and also on this blog. Foreigners such as African-American activist Angela Davis, Mozambican writer Paulina […]
Pelé was the target of racism during his career, but chose to ignore the anti-racist struggle
Note from BW of Brazil: Any fan of futebol around the world surely knows of the legend of the great Edson Arantes do Nascimento, or Pelé, […]
