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Black balled: Gymnast Ângelo Assumpção on how racism derailed his career

September 14, 2020 Marques Travae 0

Black balled: Gymnast Ângelo Assumpção on how racism derailed his career Note from BBT: Black balled? In the 21st century. It’s a reality. When I became […]

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Black balled: Gymnast Ângelo Assumpção on how racism derailed his career

Justice for Miguel: Celebrities and activists demand justice for death of child who fell nine stories from building; child was under mother’s boss’s care

Model denounces hairdresser’s racist comment; stylist said her hair was the result of a slave master fu**ing his slave

“It’s beautiful and necessary to see black men and women loving each other”: On love, affection and prejudice

Afrodengo: Social network brings together black men and black women for relationships and strengthening of the black community against racism

“We blacks are born and raised so that we don’t want to marry each other”: Interracial relationships, eugenics and militancy

Maestro Joel Barbosa has conducted orchestras in and outside of Brazil

Black balled: Gymnast Ângelo Assumpção on how racism derailed his career

Singer Ludmilla becomes 1st black Latina woman with 1 billion streams on Spotify

The hero of a people: Afro-Brazilian celebrities pay homage to actor Chadwick Boseman, star of the film ‘Black Panther’, a box office smash in Brazil

Carlos Dafé, Brazil’s ‘Prince of Soul’ in the 1970s, explains how the Military Dictatorship shut down Soul music due to the fear of a rising movement of blacks

Bombril scouring pad “Krespinha” re-released; product debuted in 1950s using racist image of a black girl – stereotypes associate product with black hair

“Where are the Brazilian children?”: Brazilian governmental campaign for economic recovery features all white-skinned children with Caucasian features

“Advertising itself was born racist”: Brazil’s advertising industry continues to value whiteness, but black presence has recently increased, what does this mean?

With November being the Month of Black Consciousness in Brazil, recently released study provides insight into the most pressing issues of the black population

Only 7.4% of commercials feature black women in leading role, research reveals