beauty in black bodies: Deconstructing the ideal standard of whiteness
Note from BW of Brazil: It is an honest and necessary question: Why is it so difficult to see beauty in black bodies? It is […]
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Brazilian women don’t identify with standard of beauty shown on TV, says survey
Note from BW of Brazil: For the past year and half or so this blog has consistently given examples of Brazilian media’s refusal to more […]
Psychologist and psychotherapist Maria Lúcia da Silva discusses the effects of racism and whiteness on mental health, identity and self-image of Afro-Brazilians
Psychologist and psychotherapist Maria Lúcia da Silva discusses the psychic conflicts that involve racism and discusses how prejudice is reflected in the lives of blacks in Brazil […]
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 […]
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 […]
Blond ambition: the Brazilian Media’s Manufacturing of the white woman as standard of beauty and the place of black women
Top row: Sabrina Sato, Luciana Gimenez, Angélica, Eliana Bottom row: Renata Fan, Amanda Françoso, Patrícia Poeta “In a society aesthetically governed by a white paradigm…the […]
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, […]
Meet WD, the singer with the soaring voice who became a favorite after singing ‘Eu Sou’, his song about resistance, race and prejudice on ‘The Voice Brasil’
Note from BBT: When I became aware of the subject of today’s post, I thought that it was very fitting that he would be featured […]
Popular blond TV host Xuxa says in the next life she wants to come back as a black woman; actress Taís Araújo gives her a reality check
Note from BBT: Hol´lup. Xuxa said WHAT?, in my best DMX voice (RIP). When news broke in social networks a few days ago that the […]
From the favela slums of Salvador, Bahia, to international runways, the story of model Carlos Cruz is the subject of a documentary
Note from BBT: Several months ago I was having a conversation with a friend about the docu-series about the six championships won by Michael Jordan […]
In a nation where the standard has always been white, self-esteem for black women is a survival strategy
In a nation where the standard has always been white, self-esteem for black women is a strategy of survival Note from BBT: Brazil has never […]
Black Brazilian men and women accuse each other of having white preferences
Black Brazilian Men and Women Accused Of Having white Preferences Note from BW of Brazil: The relatively recent debate over palmitagem isn’t actually new at […]
Popular Entrepreneur Diminishes Success of 2 Black Women
“She’s horrible! You only like her because she’s black!”: Popular Entrepreneur Diminishes Success of 2 Black Women By Marques Travae I often say that I […]
Being in an interracial relationship is not synonymous with racism being over
Being in an interracial relationship is not synonymous with Racism Note from BW of Brazil: Sometime back in 2017, an African-American journalist and I were […]
