Tag: blacks
Brazil Won’t Know Democracy Before 44% in Power Are Black
Just recently we remembered Zumbi of Palmares, on Black Consciousness Day (November 20). He ...
26,000 Private College Openings in Brazil Reserved to Blacks
Brazilian students eligible under quotas favoring the handicapped, blacks, mulattoes, and Indians should be ...
Brazil Has Over 2000 Former Slaves Communities Barely Surviving
The legalization of land occupied by "quilombola" communities [communities comprising the offspring of runaway ...
Brazil’s Runaway Slaves Descendants Want Title to Land They Live In
Friday, December 2, was the first day of Brazil’s national encounter of communities formed ...
In Brazil, AIDS Kills More Blacks than Whites
The campaign, Together with Children and Adolescents – Together We Shall Overcome AIDS! – ...
Only 6% of Brazilians Call Themselves Black
Racism raises its ugly head almost everywhere, even in the most unexpected places. A ...
Racism Can’t Be Banned by Decree, Brazil Finds Out
A recently completed study by the economist Marcelo Paixão, professor at the Federal University ...
Brazilian Blacks Meet With OAS Representative
The president of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and special reporter for the Organization ...
Blacks Are Not a Minority in Brazil, Says Minister
Brazil’s head of the Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir), Minister ...
Blacks, Indians, Jews, Arabs, Join to Discuss Racial Equality in Brazil
Brazilian Indians and inhabitants of quilombos (villages originally settled by escaped slaves) share a ...
