Category Archives: Brasília
“What Brazil really wants to be is blonde,” says researcher of racial inequality
Photo: Top, left to to right: Rafaella, sister of soccer star Neymar, actress Aparecida Petrowky, soccer star Neymar and singer Juliana Diniz. Bottom, left to right: Singer/actress Thalma de Freitas, actress … Continue reading
Man assaulted by neo-Nazis in Niterói (metro Rio area); researcher shows that neo-Nazism has grown dramatically in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: There has been yet another report of a Neo-Nazi attack in Brazil. Although Brazil has for many years promoted itself as the land of “racial … Continue reading
The first “Black Women Tell Your Story Awards” honors writers bringing visibility to the experience and struggle of black Brazilian women
Note from BW of Brazil: Following up on a story presented here back in January, on April 23, the first “Black Women Tell Your Story Awards” took place in the … Continue reading
Mother puts school on blast and seeks the police after 8 year old son suffers racist verbal assault
Classmate said he would never get a girlfriend because he is “preto, sujo, feio e fedido (black, dirty, ugly and stinking)”; the boy had been verbally abused by a colleague at … Continue reading
Supermarket employee who was called "monkey" and humiliated in front of other employees awarded US$50,000 in severance
Having been called “macaca” (monkey) in front of other employees and humiliated because of her skin color and being a woman, Sylvia Barcellos is still trying to overcome the trauma … Continue reading
Overcoming all prejudice, Ellen Oléria, the overweight, black, lesbian, afro-rockin’ sista, wins The Voice Brazil competition
BW of Brazil has been wanting to do a piece on singer/musician Ellen Oléria since about March or April of this year, but other stories kept pushing back her debut on … Continue reading
Student of Brazil’s Federal District Public school system accuses teacher of racism; student was called ‘neguinho’
A 17-year old second year high school student at Centro Educacional IV, in Sobradinho II in the administrative region of Brazil’s capital city recently accused a philosophy teacher of racism.“In … Continue reading
Black models stage a runway protest in Brasília
16 black models staged a runway protest at a popular bus station in the Plan Piloto area of the city to protest against racial inequality. They accuse the fashion events in Brasilia … Continue reading
Brasília: Man who insulted and spit in a black woman’s face is convicted
A man was convicted by the TJDF (Court of the Federal District) to pay R$15,000 (about US$7,500) in damages for the crime of racism for having offended a black … Continue reading
Brasília: Man who insulted and spit in a black woman’s face is convicted
A man was convicted by the TJDF (Court of the Federal District) to pay R$15,000 (about US$7,500) in damages for the crime of racism for having offended a black woman. … Continue reading
Model Dayse Lima of the capital city of Brasília
Model Dayse Lima of the capital city of Brasília
Model Dayse Lima of the capital city of Brasília
Model Dayse Lima of the capital city of Brasília
Psychoanalyst insults black woman in Brasilia; says she should be in Africa taking care of orangutans
Police have identified the psychiatrist that insulted a black woman in a movie theater in Brasília The verbal assault occurred when the cinema ticket vender tried to stop … Continue reading
Actress, writer and educator Cristiane Sobral on the challenges facing Afro-Brazilian women
Actress, writer and educator, Cristiane Sobral was the first black woman to graduate in Theatrical Interpretation at the University of Brasília (UnB). Born in the Coqueiros section of west Rio de … Continue reading
