“Relax…It’s just a joke!”: NO! “Humor” on Brazilian television is a racist tragedy
Note from BW of Brazil: The absurdity of Brazilian television is something that one really has to watch to believe. I admit, I don’t spend […]
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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 under-representation of Afro-Brazilians on television
Note from BW of Brazil: Throughout the history of television in Brazil, persons of visible African ancestry have been largely invisible, under-represented or presented in tried […]
HBO series “Filhos do Carnaval”: a rare moment in Brazil’s blond television programming
Note from BW of Brazil: I open this post simply to introduce the HBO series of which only a few episodes I was able to […]
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 […]
From the kitchen to the bedroom: A brief historical analysis of the role of black women in Brazilian novels, television and film
Note from BW of Brazil: With the debut of the new Globo TV series entitled Sexo e as negas and its accompanying controversy, it is […]
Upcoming television “Sex and the Negress” provokes concerns over the continuous stereotyping of black women
Note from BW of Brazil: As the vast under-representation and stereotyping of black women and black Brazilians in general in Brazil’s super-white media is one […]
Debate: One of the most diverse programs on Brazilian TV, is ‘Esquenta’ also the most racist show on television?
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s post has been a long-time coming. Originally I wanted to contribute this post to BW of Brazil back in […]
Name that stereotype: In its latest offering, network promotes more of the same in terms of black characters
Note from BW of Brazil: Brazilian novelas are an important cultural phenomenon for which to analyze the society. It’s almost impossible to really know Brazil […]
After much promise and hype of 90% black cast, Subúrbia TV series descends into familiar clichés and stereotypes about black Brazilians
Back in September when I first read the news that Brazil’s biggest TV network, Globo, was producing a new TV series that featured a 90% Afro-Brazilian […]
TV series Subúrbia, featuring a 90% black cast, being hailed as groundbreaking for Brazilian television
Series promises to be a landmark for Brazilian TV With the presence of almost the entire cast of over 40 people and […]
Sexual connotations associated with the Brazilian black man and "mulata" woman: positive images or dehumanizing stereotypes?
Nielson Silva and Monica Rangel In modern day Brazil, the power and economic structure is dominated primarily by men of a European phenotype or […]
Brazilian TV network’s usage of blackface and stereotypes causes outrage in online community
Once again, the Brazilian media has been accused of promoting demeaning images of its black population. The online social network, Correio Nagô, that presents itself as […]
Brazilian TV network’s usage of blackface and stereotypes causes outrage in online community
Once again, the Brazilian media has been accused of promoting demeaning images of its black population. The online social network, Correio Nagô, that presents itself as […]
