Report shows that Brazilian media still has trouble covering the issue of racism
Parliament and Racism in the Media Occasionally here on the BW of Brazil blog, someone will ask a question or make a comment about the […]
Search Results for whiteness blond
Zileide Silva: One of Brazil’s top black journalists
Zileide Silva is one of the most prominent black journalists on the Brazilian airwaves. Her success, along with that of Glória Maria, has paved the way […]
White couple accuses BMW dealership of racism against 7-year old adopted black child in Rio
Ronald and Priscilla Munk: couple’s black child told to leave a BMW store Store representative apologized and said it had been a ‘misunderstanding’. ‘This is […]
Racism in Latin American children’s programs
On Brazilian television, it’s very common to see television shows and movies made outside of the country being shown on TV stations. In many of […]
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 […]
Lucyana: What it means to be black – "many blacks grow up thinking that whites are synonymous with superiority"
Lucyana da Silva This commentary written by Lucyana da Silva from the city of Campos dos Goyatcazes in Rio de Janeiro state, is an example […]
The continuous white appropriation of northeastern Afro-Brazilian Axé music
Claudia Leitte Carnaval campaign ad Earlier this year in February during Carnaval season, BW of Brazil published a short article entitled, “The dominance of the European […]
Why is the black woman seen as a sex object?
Photo: “Black women are not meat” Simple, thought-provoking and straight to the point post by Brazilian journalist Carol Patrocínio. In this piece, she touches on many […]
Which contest excluded black women this time? Oh, Miss Bumbum. Of course, there are no black women with shapely butts, right?
Competitors for Brazil’s “Miss Bumbum 2012” contest* Well, this certainly isn’t a surprise, but then, maybe it is. If you’ve followed any of the posts […]
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 […]
Do you think of Brazil as a white nation? You would if you watched Brazilian television
Novelas portray a white image of Brazil, says Mozambican writer “For us, Mozambicans, Brazil’s image is that of a white country, or at best, […]
The meaning of Whitney Houston and the obstruction of a black female pop superstar in Brazil
Whitney Houston (1963-2012) With the recent passing of pop music superstar Whitney Houston, radio stations have been playing Houston’s hits around the clock, as is […]
Racial classification and terminology in Brazil
In Brazil, there five racial classifications on the official census: pardo, loosely meaning brown or mixed race, preto (black), branco (white), amarelo (Asian) and indio […]
