The black man and the myth of male privilege
Note from BBT: I want to start today’s post off with a question. When was the last time you had a discussion or debate with […]
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“Identity is my perception, not yours”: Running for São Paulo’s city council, João Paulo Demasi declares himself black
Note from BBT: One of these topics is something I’ve been wanting to talk about for some time. The other is one of the “here […]
Passing for black? After new political campaign funding equality ruling, numerous white candidates “become black”
Note from BBT: Brazil, Brazil. What would Brazil be without some race controversy? But then, what would you expect from a country that simultaneously has […]
“I’m black!” Woman accused of committing fraud after entering a university through affirmative action even though she doesn’t look black
Note from BBT: I thought I had seen it all in terms of people defining themselves as black in order to take advantage of affirmative […]
“I’m not parda (brown/mixed)! | I’m black and I have a right to this identity!”
Note from BW of Brazil: This is always an intriguing debate/discussion and I’ll say it again: I don’t think there will ever be complete consensus […]
The Majority in Public Universities of Brazil Are Black | Black Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: For the past few days, a hot topic that has been discussed is the news being divulged in major media outlets […]
“Black? Who me?! It took me over 30 years to learn to be black”: A journalist explains the process that led her to becoming a black woman
Note from BW of Brazil: Brazil has a very sophisticated form of racism. In it, you will find both the subtle and difficult to detect forms […]
Court declares one must “look like an African descendant in the eyes of the average man” to qualify for affirmative action, rejecting another case of a white student “passing” for black
Court declares one must “look like an African descendant in the eyes of the average man” to qualify for affirmative action, rejecting another case of […]
Black activists of federal university occupy dean’s office against ‘destruction’ of racial quota policy; should a white grandchild of a black grandparent be allowed access to affirmative action?
Note from BW of Brazil: So you see, today’s story is really at the crux of the matter when one speaks of race and policies […]
Why does Anitta’s “Vai Malandra” bother black people so much? Singer’s new video once again stirs up questions of racial identity and cultural appropriation
Note from BW of Brazil: So to tell you the truth, the idea of writing something about singer Anitta’s new video hadn’t even occurred to […]
Is Meghan Markle black? Depends. Do you live in the US or Brazil? (although the two are more similar than one may think): Daniela Gomes breaks it down
Note from BW of Brazil: Ya know, I never intended on touching on this topic of the black American girl who was going to become […]
Popular Samba musician Dudu Nobre teaches his children about racial identity: “If you can’t pass for white, you are black”
Note from BW of Brazil: The development of today’s piece is the result of three different incidents. The first is the highly publicized cases of […]
Journalist calls black Minister of Racial Equality a tapir; comments speak not only racist idea of “place” but also contradictions of race in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: For those of you who don’t really understand the intricacies of how race, racism and racial classification play out in […]
When I took my blackness “out of the closet”: denial, recognition and pride
Note from BW of Brazil: The question of race and racial identity in Brazil has been historically explained and promoted as the extreme opposite of […]
