Brazil’s top TV network makes a mockery of the Month of Black Consciousness in a satirical skit
Note from BW of Brazil: As has been noted on a few previous posts this month, the month of November is celebrated as the Month […]
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How interracial marriages are one of the most glaring symptoms of Brazilian racism
Note from BW of Brazil: Historically, Brazil has always promoted itself as a “racial democracy” where races mixes in harmony without the racial conflict of […]
The invisibility of black couples in Brazilian novelas: How kissing a black woman in a public square can be a revolutionary act
Note from BW of Brazil: A recent American TV commercial by the US breakfast cereal maker Cheerios caused quite a commotion in online communities. The […]
Plus Size models step out of the shadows to fight prejudice against those who overweight
Many children and young people suffer daily bullying for being overweight, having different hair or wearing unusual clothes. The target of the jokes then usually […]
Actor/model Taiguara Nazareth finds other ways to get his hustle on: "It’s hard being a black actor"
Taiguara Nazareth, 35, the actor who starred in the 2001 miniseries Presença de Anita spoke with the column “Retratos da Vida”, from the newspaper Extra and talked about his […]
The battle over Affirmative Action in Brazil
Cotas (Quotas)* For the past decade, the implementation of a quota system to help more of Brazil’s non-whites get into public federal universities has been […]
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 […]
In over 430 issues of the Brazilian edition of Playboy, only seven black women have made the cover
In its 35 years in Brazil, Playboy magazine has put out more than 430 issues, and featured some of the most beautiful Brazilian women to grace […]
The "Brazilian Beyonces"!!
OK OK, so there really isn’t a such thing as a “Brazilian Beyonce”, right? But I guess everybody wants to be the queen on the […]
The "Brazilian Beyonces"!!
OK OK, so there really isn’t a such thing as a “Brazilian Beyonce”, right? But I guess everybody wants to be the queen on the […]
Katleen da Cruz Conceição: specialist in black skin
One of the most respected when the subject is black skin, Dr. Katleen da Criz Conceição is the Ambulatory Head of Dermatology in Black Skin […]
