África and black identity in the northeastern state of Ceará
Note from BW of Brazil: The experience of being black in Brazil can has various differences depending on the region of this country that is […]
Note from BW of Brazil: The experience of being black in Brazil can has various differences depending on the region of this country that is […]
Note from BW of Brazil: Another May 13th has come and gone but even 126 years after this historic day when Princesa Isabel signed […]
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s topic is a bit depressing and difficult to discuss. Of course, if you live in Brazil, with Carnaval season […]
Note from BW of Brazil: Today, we take on a topic that will undoubtedly be part of any conversation about the imagery of Brazil: sex […]
Note from BW of Brazil: What the…?!?!? Why does it seem that police atrocities in Brazil, particularly in Rio, seem to always get worse? It […]
Note from BW of Brazil: In Brazilian society, black women are usually thought to fill positions that are stereotypically reserved to them such as maids, […]
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s post features a story produced by the Correio Braziliense newspaper based in Brazil’s capital city. The story approaches a […]
Note from BW of Brazil: The following story has actually been developing and gaining steam for the past few weeks. A poor, 42-year old (some […]
Note from BW of Brazil: The report below involves an accusation of racism against a hotel in Rio de Janeiro that happened last month (June […]
Stories of discrimination experienced by black professionals organized into a book A television reporter who has lost count of how many times she’d been mistaken […]
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 […]
Back in September when I first read the news that Brazil’s biggest TV network, Globo, was producing a new TV series that featured a 90% Afro-Brazilian […]
In yet another sad tale of events, six Afro-Brazilian teens were recently murdered in the Baixada Fluminense region of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Police […]
African students come to terms with the cruelty of racism in Brazil In a previous article posted here about a black Cuban woman who was referred to as […]
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