Study finds that 99% of Brazilian diplomats and federal university professors are white
Note from BW of Brazil: In yet another stunning example of racial inequality in Brazil, a 2005 study found that 99% of Brazil’s diplomats and […]
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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 […]
Trajectory of the documentary “Raça” features three black personalities in the struggle for racial equality
Note from BW of Brazil: The BW of Brazil blog has featured the work and opinions of filmmaker Joel Zito Araújo in a number of posts. […]
Study shows black women are a minority in Brazilian journalism
Note from BW of Brazil: This report is yet another confirmation of the types of data that makes a blog like Black Women of Brazil […]
Race relations in Brazil: a mixture of openness and acceptance, discrimination and exclusion
Associated Press/Felipe Dana – This photo taken Feb. 25, 2013, shows Nubia de Lima, 29, posing for a photo in her Rio de Janeiro apartment […]
Where are the black women in Brazil’s teen magazines?
by Lola Aronovich* and Carolina dos Santos de Oliveira (Taken from the blog Escreva Lola Escreva) It’s been awhile since I received from a reader a beautiful book […]
Neymar’s blond ambition and the question of racism, identity and marketability of black public figures
Three weeks ago, Brazil’s latest soccer sensation was at the center of another controversy in regards to the question of race. Santos soccer club/Brazilian national […]
Popular African-American actress Tichina Arnold of "Martin" and "Everybody Hates Chris" fame is coming to Brazil!
Actress Tichina Arnold Today, in the midst of all of the craziness of Carnaval, we received conformation that another famous African-American public figure will be […]
After much promise and hype of 90% black cast, Subúrbia TV series descends into familiar clichés and stereotypes about black Brazilians
Back in September when I first read the news that Brazil’s biggest TV network, Globo, was producing a new TV series that featured a 90% Afro-Brazilian […]
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 […]
Blacks stage protest on the first day of Fashion Rio
A group of models staged a protest at the door of the popular Rio event minutes before participants modeled on the event’s first day. They […]
Blacks stage protest on the first day of Fashion Rio
A group of models staged a protest at the door of the popular Rio event minutes before participants modeled on the event’s first day. They […]
In unanimous decision, Brazilian Supreme Court rules Affirmative Action policies are constitutional
The issue of affirmative action and quotas to increase access of Afro-Brazilians to Brazil’s finest universities has been a hotly debated topic in Brazil for the […]
