In the great mixed race nation Brazil, equality is for whom? Certainly not blacks
Note from BW of Brazil: Brazil is a nation that for the greater part of the 20th century declared itself a “racial democracy” where all […]
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Debate: One of the most diverse programs on Brazilian TV, is ‘Esquenta’ also the most racist show on television?
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s post has been a long-time coming. Originally I wanted to contribute this post to BW of Brazil back in […]
How Brazil’s media keeps black women in their place: silent and in the kitchen
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s post has actually been a long time coming as I’ve been meaning to post it since about August when […]
Popular novela contributes to Brazil’s invisibility and stereotyping of blacks: Yet another example of “bamboozling”?
So yet another popular Brazilian novela (soap opera) has come to a close as the final chapter of the Record TV (Rede Record) network’s Dona […]
Racism and television: New prime time soap opera features 56 characters, none of which are black
Note from BW of Brazil: The idea of black exclusion and the concept of whiteness has been a frequent topic on this blog over the […]
New film, Raça (race), presents blacks as the central theme in the fight for racial equality and makes history in Brazilian cinema
Film produced by Joel Zito Araújo is in theaters all over Brazil. (See trailer, with English subtitles and a description at bottom of article) Please […]
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 […]
Psychologist and psychotherapist Maria Lúcia da Silva discusses the effects of racism and whiteness on mental health, identity and self-image of Afro-Brazilians
Psychologist and psychotherapist Maria Lúcia da Silva discusses the psychic conflicts that involve racism and discusses how prejudice is reflected in the lives of blacks in Brazil […]
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 […]
The benefits of whiteness: blue-eyed white beggar becomes a sensation in a country where black beggars are routinely ignored
This story, like so many others we have posted here at BW of Brazil, is a very revealing portrayal of white privilege in Brazil, […]
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 […]
Do you think of Brazil as a white nation? You would if you watched Brazilian television
Novelas portray a white image of Brazil, says Mozambican writer “For us, Mozambicans, Brazil’s image is that of a white country, or at best, […]
“Teacher, to be a princess, you have to be white”; Bahian teacher shocked by comment made by one of her young students
Note from BBT: Obviously, this is a topic that I’ve been familiar with for some time. If you happen to be black or just non-white […]
