TV series Subúrbia, featuring a 90% black cast, being hailed as groundbreaking for Brazilian television
Series promises to be a landmark for Brazilian TV With the presence of almost the entire cast of over 40 people and […]
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Why is the black woman seen as a sex object?
Photo: “Black women are not meat” Simple, thought-provoking and straight to the point post by Brazilian journalist Carol Patrocínio. In this piece, she touches on many […]
"What are you blacks doing here?": Three black men beaten and electroshocked by security – How racism works in Brazil
A few weeks ago, three black men were assaulted, beaten and given electroshocks from a stun gun by security guards at a concert in southern […]
White female soccer fans on dating black players: "If he weren’t a player, I’d stay with my little white guy"
Soccer superstar Ronaldinho Gaúcho “O homem negro é melhor aceito como par quando tem status superior ao da esposa branca, o que serve para “compensar” a […]
The "negão" and the fetishization of interracial sex in Brazil
How do stereotypes, perceptions and expectations influence how men and women interact with each other when they are of different races or ethnic backgrounds? In […]
The "negão" and the fetishization of interracial sex in Brazil
How do stereotypes, perceptions and expectations influence how men and women interact with each other when they are of different races or ethnic backgrounds? In […]
The Brazilian mulata: black woman or something entirely different?
Soccer star Vagner Love surrounded by five mulatas Last week I had a discussion about Brazil with an African-American graphic designer. He was putting […]
Black Brazilians begin to fight back
Ivete Sacramento, who became Brazil’s first black president of a major university in 1998, said she’s saddened every day when she looks out the balcony […]
The Capulanas Black Art Company bring the anxieties, perceptions and representation of black women to the Brazilian theater
The hybrid art of the Capulanas Black Art Company by Elizandra Souza Four black women, four stories fermenting, four bodies performing on the same stage: […]
Actress, writer and educator Cristiane Sobral on the challenges facing Afro-Brazilian women
Actress, writer and educator, Cristiane Sobral was the first black woman to graduate in Theatrical Interpretation at the University of Brasília (UnB). Born in the Coqueiros […]
Student is barred because of her hair and clothes; accuses school of racism
As you might have noticed by now, the topic of hair in Brazil continues to be a hot topic that sparks debate and controversy; especially […]
Devassa beer and the objectification of the black body
Rewinding the clock almost exactly one year, it was on December 15th, 2010, that I learned of the outrage caused by an advertisement of […]
