American racism vs. Brazilian racism: What do representations of black women tell us?
Note from BW of Brazil: In Brazilian society, when the discussion is racism, many people are still quick to point to the United States as […]
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Black dolls teach the combat of racism while playing
Note from BW of Brazil: As has been shown on this blog, the Brazilian media and school system play important roles in the development of […]
Groups repudiate racist image associating black people with monkeys in college social network group
Note from BW of Brazil: Another day, another racist act; so what else is new? As has been regularly pointed out on this blog, in […]
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 […]
White Brazilians want to know: ‘If blacks can wear “100% negro” t-shirts, why can’t we wear a “100% branco” (white) t-shirt?’; black Brazilian woman responds
Note from BW of Brazil: The topic of this post is a subject that has been debated in Brazil nearly as passionately as the question […]
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 […]
Psychoanalyst accused of racism is acquitted but found guilty of a racial slur; he told a black cinema attendant to “go back to Africa” and “take care of orangatans”
Note from BW of Brazil: A lot of people like to say that in Brazil, “there is a law against racism” when the discussion is […]
Black women’s organizations and website protest and demand public apology for display of black boy mannequin with shackles on its feet in supermarket
BW of Brazil: Who comes up with this stuff? Sometimes one really has to wonder if these types of things are oversights, carelessness, lack of […]
Crossover appeal: How racially stigmatized music is accepted when the face is white – The case of singer Anitta
Note from BW of Brazil: OK, so there’s a lot going on here in this post. The posts touches on many of the topics that […]
American “men’s entertainment” magazine targeted at black men on sale at Brazilian bookstore.
Note from BW of Brazil: Perusing through a popular Brazilian bookstore recently I came across the popular “men’s entertainment” magazine SMOOTH. The magazine is very […]
Bridal magazine disregards black brides (and sees nothing wrong with it)
Note from BW of Brazil: Below is a critique of a Brazilian women’s magazine for women who plan to get married and want just the […]
Three men suspected of being part of neo-Nazi group attack 71-year old black man in Rio Claro, Brazil; victim remains hospitalized
One said to a municipal guard that ‘blacks had to die anyway’. Note from BW of Brazil: Although this blog was created to give important […]
In Brazil’s capital city region, a 12 year-old girl is beaten up by four assailants simply for being black
Márcia Pereira do Nascimento consoles her daugther after she was viciously assaulted Well, it’s been a banner week in Brazil! On the 17th there […]
Commenter blames outrage against steel wool/scouring pad hair incident on "hysterical atittudes of americans" while completely ignoring Brazilian militancy: Black Women of Brazil responds
UNEafro rally (left), Black is Back rally (right): taking militancy to the streets It comes as no surprise that people were outraged by what […]
