Day of Black Consciousness 2012: photos of festivities in cities throughout Brazil
November 20this said to be the day that the great Palmares quilombo (maroon society of runaway slaves) leader, Zumbi, was killed in 1695. In 1971 a group […]
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March to denounce the extermination of black youth: in the state of Espírito Santo homicide of black youth is 364% higher than that of white youth
Sign: 93% of youth killed in (state of ) Espírito Santo are black In our continuing coverage of the genocidal rates of homicide of black […]
Revisiting the black Brazilian middle class of 1999
With recent reports about the surge of Brazil’s black middle class and its buying power in the past decade, we thought it would be interesting […]
For black men and women, discrimination in Brazil’s banking industry is still a harsh reality
by Marcela Brito Although the day of the abolition of slavery in Brazil is celebrated on May 13th, the reality is that society continues […]
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 […]
Actress/lawyer Dandara Albuquerque: "Black beauty should be recognized and appreciated, but this will only happen when blacks themselves are proud of it"
The daughter of a white father and black mother, Dandara Albuquerque is 23 and lives in the famed Copacabana region of Rio de Janeiro. This […]
Brazilian TV network’s usage of blackface and stereotypes causes outrage in online community
Once again, the Brazilian media has been accused of promoting demeaning images of its black population. The online social network, Correio Nagô, that presents itself as […]
Brazilian TV network’s usage of blackface and stereotypes causes outrage in online community
Once again, the Brazilian media has been accused of promoting demeaning images of its black population. The online social network, Correio Nagô, that presents itself as […]
Black men, white women in Brazil: Although common, still a taboo
Soccer player Robinho and wife Vivian Junes Research shows how prejudice manifests itself in interracial relationships The basis of this article is an interpolation of […]
Black men, white women in Brazil: Although common, still a taboo
Soccer player Robinho and wife Vivian Junes Research shows how prejudice manifests itself in interracial relationships The basis of this article is an interpolation of […]
