Filmmaker Eliciana Nascimento’s film project “On the Day Matthew Was Born”; a rare Afro-Brazilian story
Note from BW of Brazil: The mission here at BW of Brazil has always been to give more exposure to the millions of invisible black […]
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In study, 10-year old black girls reject their features and imagine the fairy tale “charming prince” to have blond hair and blue eyes
Black girls in study imagined the “charming prince” to have blond hair and blue eyes. Top photo courtesy of HDA Models in São Paulo Note […]
Ordinances for funding of black cultural projects struck down by judge; Minister of Culture calls decision “racist”. Ordinances valued at US$4.5 million
Note from BW of Brazil: In yet another example of Brazil’s willingness to maintain racial inequality and an unequal representation, a judge strikes down an ordinance that would have […]
Lovely actress Erika Januza, protagonist of TV series Suburbia, shows off the color of summer
The actress, who brought life to the character Conceição in the Globo TV Suburbia series poses in a photo shoot in blue, one of the best bets […]
Brazil perpetuates the updating of racism by not discussing the concept of “whiteness”
In school, a discriminatory institution, being white is to be an example, perpetuating the idea of racial superiority by Agência USP In debates about races […]
Brazilian production of The Lion King requests black kids for lead parts; finalists in auditions are artificially tanned white kids
On the right, gospel singer Jotta A. (Originally posted on December 26, 2012; updated on July 11, 2013) On the heels of our recent post […]
Seminar "Blacks in the Media": Even with progress, whiteness remains the standard; blacks advance only when validated by the white system
Seminar “Blacks in the Media” featuring journalist Joyce Ribeiro (right) “I got into TV through an opening: let’s put a black on presenting the […]
Racism in the retail store window displays
by Ana Rita Dutra Sometimes when I walk through a few corridors of shops in the malls of Porto Alegre, I’m don’t feel Brazilian. In […]
The benefits of whiteness: blue-eyed white beggar becomes a sensation in a country where black beggars are routinely ignored
This story, like so many others we have posted here at BW of Brazil, is a very revealing portrayal of white privilege in Brazil, […]
Revisiting the black Brazilian middle class of 1999
With recent reports about the surge of Brazil’s black middle class and its buying power in the past decade, we thought it would be interesting […]
Lemylie Sozah: A Brazilian model finds success in Argentina
Lemylie Sozah is the stage name of Brazilian model Emilienne de Souza. Born on July 6, 1981 in the City of Rio de Janeiro, she […]
Lemylie Sozah: A Brazilian model finds success in Argentina
Lemylie Sozah is the stage name of Brazilian model Emilienne de Souza. Born on July 6, 1981 in the City of Rio de Janeiro, […]
