Category Archives: SBT
Cirilo’s Syndrome: When black males will do and accept anything for the love of a white female
Young actors Larissa Manoela and Jean Paulo in the TV series Carrossel Today’s guest post is by Daniela Gomes who shares her thoughts on the popular children’s novela Carrossel, which is … Continue reading
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 for a new generation of Afro-Brazilian … Continue reading
Patrícia Dejesus discusses her transition from the modeling world to becoming an actress
In an interview with Quem (magazine), the actress talks about her role in Avenida Brasil and “veiled prejudice” when she was a model Patrícia Dejesus was in the cast in … Continue reading
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 them, the original visual presentations … Continue reading
Actor/model Taiguara Nazareth finds other ways to get his hustle on: "It’s hard being a black actor"
Taiguara Nazareth, 35, the actor who starred in the 2001 miniseries Presença de Anita spoke with the column “Retratos da Vida”, from the newspaper Extra and talked about his career … Continue reading
Brazilian production of The Lion King requests black kids for lead parts; finalists in auditions are artificially tanned white kids
On the right, gospel singer Jotta A. On the heels of our recent post on a white female character of a TV show artificially darkening herskin and donning an afro … Continue reading
Brazilian Michael Ealy look-a-like? What do you think?
Hmmm…Just happened to see a clip of this Brazilian brotha named Paulo playing saxophone on one of Brazil’s SBT network’s variety shows and…am I’m trippin’ or does the guy remind … Continue reading
Bombril campaign is suspended for racist content; ad caused outrage amongst black Brazilian women who repudiated the association of the scouring pad with black women’s hair
Previously, the charges were denied but the company has changed the campaign to avoid further controversy. The campaign ad for “Mulheres que Brilham (Women that Shine)” was considered … Continue reading
8-year old Franciele Fernanda thrills audience with her vocal prowess
Information about this little cutie is scarce right now, but this what I know so far. Her name is Franciele Fernanda and she is either 8 or 9 years old and … Continue reading
Interview with model, actress, DJ Patrícia De Jesus
DJ Pathy (Patrícia De Jesus), the woman who is simultaneously a DJ, actress and model, Pathy started out early in her battle for life, he started working at 13 years … Continue reading
Interview with model, actress, DJ Patrícia De Jesus
DJ Pathy (Patrícia De Jesus), the woman who is simultaneously a DJ, actress and model, Pathy started out early in her battle for life, he started working at 13 years … Continue reading
Joyce Ribeiro
Joyce Ribeiro is one of the top black journalists in Brazil. Since beginning her career as a television journalist at the RIT network in the late 90s, she has since … Continue reading
Joyce Ribeiro
Joyce Ribeiro is one of the top black journalists in Brazil. Since beginning her career as a television journalist at the RIT network in the late 90s, she has since … Continue reading
