Happy Birthday, Lélia Gonzalez
Happy Birthday, Lélia Gonzalez Today, February 1st, Idedicate this post to what would have been the 77th birthday of Lélia Gonzalez, an important militant of […]
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Happy Birthday, Lélia Gonzalez
Lélia Gonzalez (1935-1994) Today, February 1st, I dedicate this post to what would have been the 77th birthday of Lélia Gonzalez, an important militant of […]
Sonia Guimarães: first black Brazilian woman with a Ph.D in Physics
Sônia Guimarães Being cheerful and good-natured, and thus perhaps deflating the stereotype of the grim and grumpy scientist, Sônia Guimarães overcame many obstacles to become […]
Sonia Guimarães: first black Brazilian woman with a Ph.D in Physics
Being cheerful and good-natured, and thus perhaps deflating the stereotype of the grim and grumpy scientist, Sônia Guimarães overcame many obstacles to become the first […]
Afro-Brazilians suffer ‘institutionalized discrimination’ in health services, says director of NGO
Besides having less access to health care than whites, the black population also suffers from an”institutionalized discrimination” in public health services in the country, according […]
Good hair, bad hair? Black Brazilian women and girls also struggle with this hegemonic ideology
“I have hard/nappy hair and I’m beautiful” Good hair, yes sir! Brazil is experiencing a peak of racism where prejudice against curly/kinky hair harms […]
Affirmative Action has already placed a half million Afro-Brazilians into universities
Affirmative Action has already placed a half million Afro-Brazilians into universities* Affirmative Action has placed about 500,000 Afro-Brazilians into universities according to the SEPPIR (Secretaria […]
Affirmative Action has already placed a half million Afro-Brazilians into universities
Affirmative Action has already placed a half million Afro-Brazilians into universities by Letícia Casado Affirmative Action has placed about 500,000 Afro-Brazilians into universities according to […]
Karen and Karina Ferreira: Representing black Brazilian beauty in the world of modeling, Part 1
Karen Maria Ferreira Flores and Karina Eugênia Ferreira Flores are identical twins, 15 years old, born in the capital city of Brasília, models, students of the […]
Movimento Negro holds protest in front of college where black student was intimidated and discriminated against
Sign: “My hair is kinky, it’s free and it’s good!: What’s bad is racism! Following up on a story first reported on this blog last […]
Movimento Negro holds protest in front of college where black student was intimidated and discriminated against
Sign: “My hair is kinky, it’s free and it’s good!: What’s bad is racism! Following up on a story firstreported on this blog last […]
The Black Women of Distinction Awards honors unique accomplishments of black women of the city of Florianópolis
Santa Catarina is a small state located in the southern portion of Brazil. It is one of three states located in this region that, along with […]
Black female worker at São Paulo college says she was discriminated against because of her hair
Following up on a story posted here a few days ago, the black woman who accused her employer of demanding that she straighten her hair in order […]
Natural black hair and the politics of "good appearance" in Brazil
Whenever the topic is the existence of racism in Brazil, usually there are a few consistent reactions. 1) Some Brazilians will consistently claim the belief […]
