Students in defense of the Quotas Law For the guarantee of rights
Students in defense of the Quotas Law For the guarantee of rights Note from BW of Brazil: On May 30th, in the second national demonstrations against […]
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Photo of black college students wearing graduation gowns goes viral; image shows that even after nearly two decades of quotas, graduations remain mostly white
Note from BW of Brazil: Images such as these featured here today are reasons for why the issue of quotas and affirmative action policies have been […]
Members of affirmative action judgment committee at university quit after dean declares that anyone with a black grandparent is eligible for quotas
Note from BW of Brazil: The roots and backdrop of today’s story can be found in previous posts where I discussed a man, who for […]
Ph.D student wins international award for her study on the struggle of black rights groups for the implementation of quotas in Brazil’s universities
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s funny but there are still, probably millions of people who don’t believe that the country’s African descendants deserve the […]
African descendant when convenient: Candidate says he is ‘brown’ to enter a career in Brazil’s Foreign Ministry through racial quotas; is barred, but gets an injunction
Note from BW of Brazil: This is really beginning to get ridiculous! We’ve been following these developments of white Brazilians declaring themselves to be ‘pardos’, […]
Due to the phenomenon of white students declaring themselves black, Coletivo Negrada launches campaign against fraud in racial quotas
Note from BW of Brazil: The implementation of quotas in Brazil’s public universities has been one of the most hotly debated topics in the nation’s history. […]
“I know I look white, but I’m actually black”: Coletivo Negrada denounces 40 cases of fraud in racial quotas at Federal University of Espírito Santo
Note from BW of Brazil: Yet another controversy has arisen in the drama that is race relations in Brazil. It involves a topic that has […]
Doctor declares himself black and passes into 1st place in selection process through system of quotas
Note from BW of Brazil: So here we go again! The article below actually surfaced about a month ago but is very pertinent to a […]
Courts decide that a candidate must look black in order to qualify for racial quotas
Note from BW of Brazil: And the drama continues! Now for those of you who simply looked at the title of this article without considering […]
The enduring power of myth: Journalist proclaims there was no racism in Brazil until quotas were implemented
Note from BW of Brazil: This blog often deals with the enduring power of the “racial democracy” myth that has existed in the minds of […]
At Brazil’s top university, black militants invade a class and initiate a debate on quotas and racism
Note from BW of Brazil: So the debate rages on! Nowadays it’s impossible to get an understanding of how people see race, class and privilege […]
Fashion Rio’s invisible black model and the battle over quotas
Scarcity of black models at Fashion Rio reopens debate on quotas As I mentioned in an article a few days ago, all eyes were […]
Fashion Rio’s invisible black model and the battle over quotas
Scarcity of black models at Fashion Rio reopens debate on quotas As I mentioned in an article a few days ago, all eyes were […]
Juliana Nalú continues to be one of the great Brazilian models abroad; now being featured in brands of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, she is destined to become a top model
Note from BBT: You know, I always have to applaud Brazilians who manage to make it to the big time. I mean, as hard as […]
