Category Archives: Curitiba
Singer who gained fame for her version of Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” is disrespected after comment about her hair; files suit against supermarket
Note from BW of Brazil: The issue of hair, hairstyles and hair textures has been one of Brazil’s longest-enduring signs of its slave past and social/racial inequality in which each … Continue reading
Black doctor and lawyer discover what one calls a negro with a Ph.D
Dr. Gilberto Barbosa and Lawyer Andréia Candida Vitor In the 1960s, legendary, iconic human rights activist Malcolm X once made this statement that still appears to hold true today. ”What would you … Continue reading
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, a country where the majority … Continue reading
Photo: Young woman from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Young women from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Black students denounce racism at the Federal University of Parana; professor called them monkeys
Pedagogy students denounce professor of UFPR for racism Students make a report they were called ‘monkeys’ Students were eating in the classroom when they were insulted, police said. by Estelita … Continue reading
Black students denounce racism at the Federal University of Parana; professor called them monkeys
Pedagogy students denounce professor of UFPR for racism Students make a report they were called ‘monkeys’ Students were eating in the classroom when they were insulted, police said. by Estelita … Continue reading
Luislinda Valois
Luislinda Valois became the first black woman to become a judge in Brazil in 1984. Born in the northeastern state of Bahia, a state with a 70% black majority, Valois … Continue reading
Luislinda Valois
Luislinda Valois became the first black woman to become a judge in Brazil in 1984. Born in the northeastern state of Bahia, a state with a 70% black majority, Valois … Continue reading
