Category Archives: Pernambuco
Prejudice against blacks on the job is still a reality
Experiences with discrimination didn’t make these people give up their professional goals by Nathan Santos Prejudice against blacks, a legacy from the slavery era, is still present in the social … Continue reading
Strange circumstances surround drowning death of black university student; family suspects racial crime or foul play
The body of Raimundo Matias Dantas Neto, “Samambaia”, was found last Friday by Camila Souza, Bruna Machado Simões, ANECS Nordeste, Pedro Luna and Marcílio Albuquerque The body of college student Raimundo … Continue reading
Number of Brazilians declaring themselves preta (black) increases to 16 million
“To be a black women is to be a warrior. It is to accept your blackness, appreciating your history and your roots. It is finding oneself pretty, even though they … Continue reading
Journalist releases book to “prove fallacy” about racism in Brazil
Author Fabiana Moraes by Mariana Rennhard with supervision of Vanessa Gonçalves On August 29th, journalist Fabiana Moraes, the Jornal do Commercio, will release the book Nabuco em Pretos e Brancos … Continue reading
In Pernambuco, homicide kills 40 times more black women
In Pernambuco, homicide kills 40 times more black women A study shows that, in the northeastern city of Recife, Afro-Brazilian women between 20 and 29 years are killed more than … Continue reading
“Blacks have to assume their identity,” says woman who overcame prejudices
Juliane says her ex-mother-in-law always praised the light eyes of her former daughter-in-law Juliane and her 3-year old daughter When she was 20 some years old, Juliane Barros from the … Continue reading
“Blacks have to assume their identity,” says woman who overcame prejudices
Juliane says her ex-mother-in-law always praised the light eyes of her former daughter-in-law Juliane and her 3-year old daughter When she was 20 some years old, Juliane Barros … Continue reading
Overcoming the odds, poverty and racism, Emanuela de Paula becomes one of the top black models in the world.
The model Emanuela de Paula, that earned US$2.5 million in 2009, left behind the days when she didn’t have enough money for bus tickets. But she continues, as in 1997, … Continue reading
Overcoming the odds, poverty and racism, Emanuela de Paula becomes one of the top black models in the world.
The model Emanuela de Paula, that earned US$2.5 million in 2009, left behind the days when she didn’t have enough money for bus tickets. But she continues, as in 1997, … Continue reading
