Tag: Racism
In Response to Sexism and Racism, Over 1000 Black Women Run for Office in Brazil
Motivated in part by President Donald Trump’s disparaging remarks about women and the numerous ...
In São Paulo, Brazil, Everyone Will Have a Home in… 120 Years
Once a proud symbol of resistance to racial segregation, a shabby square in São ...
Marielle’s Murder and the Death of Brazil’s Racial Democracy Myth
When Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman, was shot to death in ...
‘Black Panther’ Inspires Afro-Brazilians to Feel Proud of Themselves
Disney-Marvel’s “Black Panther” movie, which has gained traction for its empowering notes on Black ...
Two Years Before #Metoo, Brazilian Women Were Already Fighting Sexual Harassment
Women’s empowerment recently got a big boost at the Golden Globes, but the United ...
Brazilians Special Kind of Blindness: They Can’t See They Are Racist
University of Arizona anthropologist Jennifer Roth-Gordon spent 10 days in Brazil leading up to ...
Brazil Is Not Winning Its War Against Violence on Black Women
Every year, Amnesty International releases a report on the state of human rights across ...
Comparing Discriminatory Policing and Social Action in Brazil and the US
The disproportionately harsh and violent treatment of African-Americans by law enforcement officials has been ...
120 Years After End of Slavery Brazilian Blacks Still Far from Getting Equality
Despite Brazil’s NIMBY attitude about racism, while trying to convince itself of being a ...
We Are All Brazilians, All Mixed, and Racists All the Same
From the end of the 1930s till his death in 1995, the anthropologist Ashley ...
