The everyday benefits of whiteness in Brazil: Five recent examples
The everyday benefits of whiteness in Brazil: Five recent examples Note from BW of Brazil: From time to time the question will arise in the […]
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Victim of brutal lynching in northeastern state of Maranhão had no prior police record
Note from BW of Brazil: This is a followup report of a savage lynching that happened earlier this month in the northeastern state of Maranhão. Vigilante […]
Another case of white privilege? The attitudes toward perceived criminals when one is black and the other white
Note from BW of Brazil: One of the purposes for the existence of this blog is to show how race, or if you prefer, color, […]
When black elites sell out black activism: Female college professor fired over her protest of controversial TV series
Note from BW of Brazil: The controversial television series Sexo e as negas comes to a close as its final episode airs tomorrow night. The […]
Black skin (always) = “suspect”: Man in Salvador, Bahia removes his clothes to prove he hadn’t stolen anything
Note from BW of Brazil: Alright, so surely there will those who think that such a reaction is blowing things out of proportion, but […]
When blacks oppress other blacks: Black men among fans yelling racist insults at black goalkeeper
Note from BW of Brazil: We’ve all heard or witnessed this type of thing. Hundreds of years of racial oppression also contributes to African descendants […]
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 […]
Rio court determines maid has right to R$100,000 per assailant after assault; five men beat her after confusing her with a prostitute
Note from BW of Brazil: This case is actually around seven old but some recent news has brought it back to public consciousness. With the […]
The epidemic of popular justice and lynchings
Note from BW of Brazil: This is the second part of a two-part series on the surge of lynchings in Brazil. Although these mob attacks […]
Chaos in Rio as Military Police forcibly evict slum residents from abandoned business warehouses
Note from BW of Brazil: Why don’t we just call Rio de Janeiro for what it is: a war zone! Far from the beautiful […]
17-year old black teen surrounded and beaten to death by mob of 30 people; accused of rape, but there is no evidence of the crime
Note from BW of Brazil: Savage. That’s all I can really say at this point. Savage. Sometimes one just has to wonder what’s going […]
Social chaos: A recent history of Brazil in three violent acts
Note from BW of Brazil: This June all eyes will be on Brazil with the beginning of the 2014 World Cup. But until then, a […]
Rio, we have a problem!! Second black male found naked and tied to a pole; this time, face down in the scorching heat!
Note from BW of Brazil: Note of Correction. The photo above is from January of 2010. A recent event from earlier this week has reminded many […]
How Brazil treats its black people: Naked black male found pinned to a post by his neck in Rio
Note from BW of Brazil: And yet another example of how Brazil treats its black people. Last week, Huffington Post did a piece on the […]
