racial identity Archives - Black Women Of Brazil

With blue eyes and white skin, man fired from job for fraud; articifically darkened skin, wore contact lenses, passed as black to take advantage of quota system

June 11, 2019 Marques Travae 2

Note: You see, it’s stories like this that making covering stories from Brazil from a racial perspective fun…at least sometimes. If you’re new to racial issues […]

How I (re)discovered myself as black: Columnist tells how she grew up “in a white world”

June 1, 2019 Marques Travae 2

Note from BW of Brazil: A little over a week ago I posted a story on how Brazil’s black population continues to grow. In fact, […]

In Brazil, is being black a choice? Two women illustrate why it is so difficult to know exactly how black Brazilians there really are

May 27, 2019 Marques Travae 0

Note from BW of Brazil: This type of article really gets to the crux of understanding the complexities that come into play if the discussion […]

In the past six years, the number of Brazilians defining themselves as specifically black increases by 32%

May 24, 2019 Marques Travae 0

Note from BW of Brazil: This report is most definitely a reason for celebration because it shows that more and more people are becoming conscious […]

“They defend you if you’re black or gay, but not fat”: Does former futebol superstar Ronaldo still see himself as a white man?

May 22, 2019 Marques Travae 2

Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s story takes me down memory lane for a few reasons. First because I still remember when Ronaldo, the known […]

“Black? Who me?! It took me over 30 years to learn to be black”: A journalist explains the process that led her to becoming a black woman

February 25, 2019 Marques Travae 1

Note from BW of Brazil: Brazil has a very sophisticated form of racism. In it, you will find both the subtle and difficult to detect forms […]

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Students disapproved by a university quota commission protest; according to commission of racial self-declaration, students weren’t black or brown enough

February 24, 2019 Marques Travae 0

Note from BW of Brazil: This whole thing is beyond intriguing. For years, Brazil’s system of quotas has provoked all sorts of controversial reactions and […]

Court declares one must “look like an African descendant in the eyes of the average man” to qualify for affirmative action, rejecting another case of a white student “passing” for black

November 12, 2018 Marques Travae 3

Court declares one must “look like an African descendant in the eyes of the average man” to qualify for affirmative action, rejecting another case of […]

“I found out I was black at age 67”: A chronicle about identity

November 4, 2018 Marques Travae 3

Note from BW of Brazil: When I first got into the issues of race, racism and racial identity in Brazil, I came across wild estimations […]

How loving a black woman helped me to discover more about my experience as a black man and the difficulties of being black in Brazil

January 28, 2018 Marques Travae 4

Note from BW of Brazil: I really dug this piece. The reason being is that, even with so many people of African descent coming […]

Reflections of a whitened blackness: The difficulties of defining oneself when seen as being ‘too white to be black’ but ‘too black to be white’

January 18, 2018 Marques Travae 1

Note from BW of Brazil: The text presented below perfectly demonstrate the sometimes difficult task of racial classification in Brazil. It is a topic that […]

Black students learn less when we don’t believe in their potential – How some schools are improving grades by raising self-esteem of black children and teens

January 15, 2018 Marques Travae 0

Note from BW of Brazil: Understanding the Brazilian education system is a key element to understanding how structural racism continuously undermines the black population. Of […]

Why does Anitta’s “Vai Malandra” bother black people so much? Singer’s new video once again stirs up questions of racial identity and cultural appropriation

December 24, 2017 Marques Travae 1

Note from BW of Brazil: So to tell you the truth, the idea of writing something about singer Anitta’s new video hadn’t even occurred to […]

Is Meghan Markle black? Depends. Do you live in the US or Brazil? (although the two are more similar than one may think): Daniela Gomes breaks it down

December 17, 2017 Marques Travae 4

Note from BW of Brazil: Ya know, I never intended on touching on this topic of the black American girl who was going to become […]

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With blue eyes and white skin, man fired from job for fraud; articifically darkened skin, wore contact lenses, passed as black to take advantage of quota system

How I (re)discovered myself as black: Columnist tells how she grew up “in a white world”

In Brazil, is being black a choice? Two women illustrate why it is so difficult to know exactly how black Brazilians there really are

In the past six years, the number of Brazilians defining themselves as specifically black increases by 32%

“They defend you if you’re black or gay, but not fat”: Does former futebol superstar Ronaldo still see himself as a white man?

“Black? Who me?! It took me over 30 years to learn to be black”: A journalist explains the process that led her to becoming a black woman

Students disapproved by a university quota commission protest; according to commission of racial self-declaration, students weren’t black or brown enough

Court declares one must “look like an African descendant in the eyes of the average man” to qualify for affirmative action, rejecting another case of a white student “passing” for black

“I found out I was black at age 67”: A chronicle about identity

How loving a black woman helped me to discover more about my experience as a black man and the difficulties of being black in Brazil

Reflections of a whitened blackness: The difficulties of defining oneself when seen as being ‘too white to be black’ but ‘too black to be white’

Black students learn less when we don’t believe in their potential – How some schools are improving grades by raising self-esteem of black children and teens

Why does Anitta’s “Vai Malandra” bother black people so much? Singer’s new video once again stirs up questions of racial identity and cultural appropriation

Is Meghan Markle black? Depends. Do you live in the US or Brazil? (although the two are more similar than one may think): Daniela Gomes breaks it down

On Brazil’s Valentine’s Day, actress Luana Xavier wants to know what she’s missing that white women seem to have; including black men

Inspired by ‘Harlem Nights’, Léo Santana/ Thiaguinho video “Pretinho Tipo A” exhalts black beauty w/all-black cast; but are they ‘talking black, sleeping white’?

Is there a reason for black people to celebrate the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby?

“It’s curious to say the least that an empowered black woman is with a white man”: Actress Erika Januza faces backlash over her new love (Part 2)

Why did followers of a popular black actress criticize her for finding love in a white man?

On Brazil’s Valentine’s Day, actress Luana Xavier wants to know what she’s missing that white women seem to have; including black men

Actress Taís Araújo invited to LA home of Oscar winner Viola Davis; photo of the two actresses goes viral!

Celebrity news: Taís Araújo in LA to honor Denzel, Pathy Dejesus gives birth and Ludmilla “comes out”

“They defend you if you’re black or gay, but not fat”: Does former futebol superstar Ronaldo still see himself as a white man?

Inspired by ‘Harlem Nights’, Léo Santana/ Thiaguinho video “Pretinho Tipo A” exhalts black beauty w/all-black cast; but are they ‘talking black, sleeping white’?

Did President Bolsonaro order Bank of Brazil to pull commercial from air because it featured too many black people?

Company Preta, meaning black woman, offers free and collaborative image bank: for the representation of the black woman in communications

Although there have been improvements, Brazil’s advertising industry still reinforces stereotypes about the black population, study says

In new Perdigão Christmas commercial, a mostly black family is “thankful” for receiving a chicken that a mostly white family “donates”: What is the message here?

“Where are the white people?!?” New television commercial by Brazilian cosmetics chain receives 40% dislikes on You Tube after featuring a black family