From the slave quarters to the tourist post card: “Remove your labels from my black body!”
Note from BW of Brazil: Today, we wish to share a statement from a northeastern black women’s group known as Preta Simoa. On their […]
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Black men and black women are loving each other: How Afrocentric relationships reverberate with processes of self-affirmation of black cultural identity
Note from BBT: When we speak of the question of black unity and why it is necessary, it appears to be a topic that’s pretty simple. […]
Black model in the fashion industry: Lack of Representation and Racism
Black model in the fashion industry: Lack of Representation and Racism Note from BW of Brazil: I can say it. And this should be considered a […]
Coming to terms with female palmitagem (preference for whiteness): “Deeply hurt and exploited, I no longer want to be used as a sex hole for white boys”
Note from BW of Brazil: I’ve been wanting to post this piece as soon as I read it. It is a very important piece in […]
“You look like someone who has good sex”: Can the black man be allowed to enjoy full humanity without extinguishing certain stereotypes?
Note from BW of Brazil: Reading today’s post brought to mind a conversation I had with a friend, also a black man, several years ago. […]
Black male corporeity and the crisis of affection: The necessity of the re-signification of the black male body
Note from BW of Brazil: As the focus and title of this blog is black women of Brazil, I spend a lot of time giving […]
The incredible case of a black ‘palmiteiro’: He doesn’t want a ‘commitment’, but radically changes his mind when a white woman enters his life
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s a dialogue that desperately needs to happen! In Brazil today, the black population is waking up by the hundreds […]
Enegrecendo (blackening) YouTube: doing what TV has never done – Afro-Brazilians use the internet for a black representation that the media pretends doesn’t exist
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s really not hard to see. This very blog has been talking about it from nearly the beginning. What are […]
From the “mulata” dancing nude on TV to the killing of youth, black people are stereotyped and tossed aside in the Brazilian social imaginary
Note from BW of Brazil: In the interview below, poet/musician Ronald Augustus takes on a number of topics that are important to this blog and that […]
The perverse connection between the stereotype and racism: 14 reasons NOT to watch the “Sexo e as negas” series
Note from BW of Brazil: Last night, the controversial new Globo TV series Sexo e as negas took its second episode on the air. The debate […]
“Globo TV, I am not one of your nêgas”: Afro-Brazilian woman reacts to latest TV show that reduces black women to their sexuality
Note from BW of Brazil: Sound the alarm, for there’s another fire brewing in Brazil! Once again, the object scorn is the long time […]
Actor’s comments perpetuates the sexual/violent image of the “negão”: the big black man
BW of Brazil: In Brazil, as in any other country, myths and stereotypes hold a certain sway in the imagination of the society. In a […]
