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www.mariellefranco.com.br/ Marielle Franco: Why everyone, particularly
Black & LGBTQ people, should care about this assassination,
3/15/2018 by
41º Batalhão de Polícia Militar AfroBrazilian Media
Jornal Afronta
Jornal Quilombo Geledés Instituto da Mulher Negra Jornal Afronta
negrobelchior.cartacapital Portal Afro
Revista da ABPN,
www.facebook.com/ Brazilian Studies
Association (BRASA)
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AfroBrazil/AfroBrasil
In the 2010 census, Brazil had a population of 193 million. Of these, 97
million, or a majority of 50.7%, define themselves as black or mixed. As
in Honduras, Colombia and the US, there is a high rate of extrajudicial
police killings.
As in Honduras, there was a quasi legal coup, the current
favored take-over method instead of a military take over. As in the case of Venezuela and of the US, there are a number of outstanding, internationally based, progressive analyses of the situation in Brazil that do not mention or make only a passing reference to the crucial racial dimensions of the social conflicts. This tends to impede a grass roots response to the coup against progressive forces carried out since 2016 with the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff and to the election of Bolsonaro. It impedes the response not only in Brasil but in the whole continent. This needs to be corrected #NoMoreSilence.
Two days before one year anniversary of the murder of Marielle Franco, two
suspects arrested; one is the President’s neighbor and his daughter dated one of
the President’s sons 3/14/2019 Black Women of Brazil: "OK, and if the man
accused of firing the fatal shots just happens to a neighbor of the President?
So, their living close to each other also means nothing, right? What if I told
that there are photos of the President with the assassin? Well, the President
just happens to know some important people, right? Well, what if I told you the
daughter of the assassin also dated one of the President’s sons? I know, it’s
probably all just a conspiracy theory, right? I’ll tell you what, I WILL most
def be following the developments of this story!" What’s the deal with black Brazilians who support the “Brazilian Trump”, Jair Bolsonaro, the frontrunner of the October 28th Presidential elections 10/12/2018 Black Women of Brazil: "He doesn’t want to discuss racism, because he wants you to believe that somos todos iguais (we are all equal). That the elder black lady who takes the bus to work to the house of her patroa branca (white boss) who was already born rich, is not rich because she hasn’t worked hard. If your life goes wrong in the next 4 years, with factors such as loss of labor benefits, increased taxes (for poor, of course), the military candidate will say that it’s all your fault. And you know what? It really will be."
Leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro says there is no racism in
Brazil; even denounced by Attorney General, is it possible that he is not
racist? 7/12/2018 Black Women of Brazil: "Even while you abuse,
exclude, humiliate and insult black people, you insist that these things
happen, not because of their phenotype, but in fact, because of their
class status. If you get an education, a good job, live in a good
neighborhood, send your kids to a good school, you won’t have these
problems and keep proclaiming that something exists when it in fact,
doesn’t is the belief system behind the myth." Marielle Franco: Why everyone, particularly Black & LGBTQ people, should care about this assassination, 3/15/2018 by Prof Tanya Saunders Is Brazil Ready for a Black Political Party? 5/23/2017 Americas Quarterly: "Celso Athayde watched closely as members of Congress lined up on April 2016 to vote on President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment. Conscious of the national audience following the proceedings, legislators dedicated their votes to their constituencies or causes: families, home states, insurance brokers - even Christians. Two things struck Athayde: the representatives were mostly white. And no one - not even the handful of black or brown representatives - said they were voting on behalf of black people." Brazil, the World’s Second-Largest Black Nation, Has Been Taken Over by an All White Male Cabinet — Here’s What’s at Stake for Its Afro-Descendants 5/22/2016 Atlanta Black Star: "Brazil has the fifth-largest population and the sixth-largest economy in the world. And if the nation’s new government of all white men has its way, Black power will be erased. Brazil’s majority African-descended population will be shut out of the process, losing the socioeconomic and political gains they have made in recent years. Racism in a Racial Democracy: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil 9/25/2005 NACLA: "“Why are you importing a U.S. problem into our society? We are not black, or white, or Indian. We are all Latin Americans.” This discourse of silencing race is upheld by people from all segments of the political spectrum in Latin America. Nonetheless, a scholarship highlighting the significance of racial stratification in the region has been in place for 40 years. Here I review books on racism in Brazil that exemplify the current wave of racial studies in Latin America." AfroBrasilEn el censo de 2010, Brasil tenía una población de 193 millones. De estos, 97 millones, o una mayoría de 50.7%, se definen como negros o mixtos. Al igual que en Honduras, Colombia y los Estados Unidos, hay un alto índice de asesinatos. Al igual que en Honduras, aún se está desarrollando un golpe de estado casi legal, el actual método de toma de control en lugar de un golpe militar.
La elección de la extrema derecha, el evangélico Bolsonaro, en 2018 ha
puesto a los brasileños negros en riesgo de un aumento de asesinatos
extrajudiciales y una amplia gama de otras amenazas. El asesinato de Marielle, los vínculos políticos y las preguntas sin respuesta 3/13/2019 El Observador, Uruguay: ""Lo que ocurrió en la noche del 14 de marzo fue un intento de silenciar a todos esos movimientos que estaban creciendo: de mujeres negras, de la población LGBT, querían que las mujeres negras abandonaran sus luchas, que la población LGBT se retrajera", dijo la semana pasada a la AFP su viuda, Mónica Benicio, durante el desfile de Mangueira que homenajeó a la activista." Día contra la discriminación racial.... El exterminio continua 3/21/2018 Aporrea: "El reciente asesinato de la concejala afrobrasileña Mariela Franco, ocurrido la semana pasada, es un reflejo que la trilogía racismo-capitalismo-neoliberalismo es una ecuación de la muerte. La concejala estaba contra la violencia racial que se ha agudizado en Brasil en los últimos tiempos, después que el gobierno de Lula había sacado de la pobreza a mas de veinte millones de afrobrasileño y había neutralizado la violencia en algunos barrios y zonas rurales. Con el gobierno impuesto del fascista presidente Michel Temer (Exterminator), la violencia aumento, así como los grupos paramilitares y la exclusión afro." De la venta informal a la inteligencia del mercado: La historia de la feria afro-descendiente más grande de América Latina 3/13/2018 Global Voices: "Cada noviembre desde hace 16 años, la ciudad de Sao Paulo en Brasil recibe la Feira Preta, la Feria Afrodescendiente más grande de América Latina y por esta razón una referencia obligada de representatividad de la comunidad negra en Brasil, país cuya población es negra en su mayoría. Durante dos semanas desfilan por esta Feria eventos musicales, muestras de artes plásticas, cine, danza, literatura, moda y gastronomía, etc. Miles de visitantes, entre ellos empresarias y empresarios de la industria del calzado, de la confección, y también estilistas, diseñadores, comunicadores y muchos otros, llegan para conocer, adquirir y promover productos de los más de 100 expositores que participan del evento." Brasil: jóvenes afro inician campaña frente a supuesto abordaje policial indebido 2/23/2018 France 24: "Un video con consejos para jóvenes afro sobre cómo actuar frente a un eventual abordaje abusivo por parte de agentes del orden se viralizó en redes sociales tras la decisión del presidente Michel Temer de intervenir militarmente en Río de Janeiro. “Si eres negro, presta atención: evita salir de noche, nunca salgas sin documentos, avísales a tus amigos a dónde vas a estar, lleva los recibos de cualquier aparato costoso que tengas contigo como un celular, nunca hagas movimientos bruscos frente a un oficial…" Brasil vive bajo un golpe multidimensional, considera exministra 5/26/2016 Prensa Latina: "Brasil vive hoy bajo los efectos de un golpe multidimensional: parlamentario, de clase, de género y de raza, según la apreciación de la exministra de Mujeres, Igualdad Racial y Derechos Humanos Nilma Lino Gomes. No hay expectativa de reconocimiento de la diversidad en un gobierno golpista, señaló la primera mujer negra en dirigir una universidad pública en el país, para quien la integración de un equipo gubernamental es un retrato de la concepción que está por detrás del mismo. Un gobierno formado por hombres, blancos, de una misma generación, la misma clase social, e inclusive con trayectorias políticas complicadas ante la propia justicia, ya trae implícito un mensaje para el pueblo, dijo." Emir Sader: El neocolonialismo intelectual 4/16/2015 Sociologos: "La izquierda occidental tuvo siempre un fuerte acento eurocentrista. Las mismas definiciones de izquierda y de derecha de Europa se han difundido por todo el mundo." Entidades do movimento negro divulgam carta em apoio à Dilma Rousseff 10/16/2014 Brasil de Fato: "No documento, movimento negro diz que Brasil não pode permitir “retrocessos e nem a volta dos grupos conservadores e contrários às ações afirmativas”" |
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«Lo nuevo siempre viene» Marielle Franco 3/18/2021 Cátedra Nelson
Mandela: "Con Marrielle Franco: afrofeministas dialogan desde Río de Janeiro
hasta la Habana. La Dr Rosa Campoalegre, Coordinadora general de Cátedra Nelson
Mandela y del grupo Afrodescendencias y propuestas contra hegemónicas Entrevista
a la Dr. Claudia Miranda, lider afrobrasileña, coordinadora de la Red Carioca de
Etnoeducadoras, quien fue maestra de Marielle Franco."
State Department Should Push for Justice After Afro-Brazilian Man Killed by
Security in Carrefour Store 11/24/2020 WOLA: "The International Institute
on Race, Equality and Human Rights (Race and Equality) and the Washington Office
on Latin America (WOLA) add their voices to the thousands of Brazilians calling
for justice for the November 19 murder of João Alberto Silveira Freitas in Porto
Alegre, Brazil. According to videos circulating on social media, Mr. Silveira
Freitas was beaten to death by Carrefour security guards after an alleged
disagreement took place between Mr. Freitas and the guards."
Delusions of Grandeur: Bolsonaro and Trump’s Alcântara Deal and its Impact on
Afro-Brazilian Communities 10/28/2020 WOLA
U.S. and Brazilian Civil Society Organizations Applaud the 20 U.S.
Representatives Fighting to Protect Brazilian Indigenous and Quilombola
Communities’ Rights 10/19/2020 WOLA: "During the presidential campaign,
Bolsonaro often used hateful and racist rhetoric against Indigenous and
Afro-Brazilians, including the quilombola communities. He promised that, if
elected, not one “centimeter of land” would be demarcated for Indigenous or
quilombola territory, arguing that these communities were an impediment to the
country’s economic development. Once in office, Bolsonaro proceeded to take
steps to dismantle collective land rights, which are protected by the Brazilian
Federal Constitution. This has led to increased killings and violence towards
these populations, as well as land grabs that contribute to the alarming rate of
deforestation experienced in the Amazon region. Brazil is the country with the
fourth-largest number of environmental and human rights defenders killed in the
world."
Haaland, Sanders, Castro, Johnson Call For Protection of Afro-Brazilian
Communities 10/7/2020 Deb Haaland: Deb Haaland is Pueblo congresswoman from
New Mexico - "Today, Rep. Deb Haaland (NM-01), Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Joaquin
Castro (TX-20), and Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), led a bicameral letter to the
House and Senate Armed Services Committees, calling on them to protect the
Afro-Brazilian communities from racist attacks and displacement. In March 2019,
President Trump and Brazilian President Bolsonaro signed the Technology
Safeguards Agreement associated with U.S. participation in space launches in
Brazil. That agreement presumed the expansion of the Launch Center by 12,000
hectares along the coastline, which would displace an additional 800 Quilombola
families from their land."
Why a Growing Force in Brazil Is Charging That President Jair Bolsonaro Has
Committed Crimes Against Humanity 8/13/2020 Counterpunch: "Jose Marques,
one of the lawyers who helped with the lawsuit, pointed out to me that the
government policy particularly discriminates against health workers, the
Afro-Brazilian population in the quilombos, and the Indigenous communities. The
infection and mortality rates for these three groups are higher than the
Brazilian average, with the rate of death for the Indigenous twice that of other
Brazilians. One of the laws Bolsonaro vetoed, Marques tells me, would have
required the Brazilian state to provide potable water to the Indigenous areas;
“without water,” he said, “how can the people keep themselves free of the
infection? How can they wash their hands?”"
Au Brésil, le gouvernement Bolsonaro tente d'effacer des personnalités noires de
l'histoire du pays 6/22/2020 FranceInfo: "Des biographies de personnalités
brésiliennes noires ont été censurées de manière systématique sur le site de la
fondation Palmares, à Brasilia (Brésil). Un geste symbolique : cette fondation a
été créée il y a une trentaine d'années pour défendre la mémoire et valoriser
l'héritage culturel noir au Brésil. L'article sur Zumbi dos Palmares, qui a
donné son nom à l'institution, a notamment été supprimé. Zumbi, leader noir du
17e siècle, a dirigé la plus grande communauté d'esclaves insoumis. C'est une
figure centrale au Brésil : l'anniversaire de sa mort est devenu le jour de la
conscience noire. C'est une des cibles préférées du président de la fondation
Palmares : la statue de Zumbi qui trônait à l'entrée de l'institution a été
déboulonnée."
Alimentação: ação política e estratégia de combate ao genocídio negro 5/26/2020 Alma
Preta: "As atividades e práticas de educação alimentar e nutricional e o
incentivo a ampliação da economia local, reforçam a integração e socialização
dos indivíduos membros de sua comunidade, fortalecendo vínculos e cuidados entre
as famílias. Em um contexto de extrema vulnerabilidade social, é importante
prover conhecimento e autonomia visando contribuir para a mudança na gama dos
alimentos, seus modos de preparo e a maneira de consumi-los. O população negra
precisa romper com a artificialidade da alimentação e se reconciliar com as
práticas ancestrais, tornando-se consciente do seu passado cultural, livre para
suas escolhas alimentares de forma a diminuir e quem sabe até reverter os
índices de doenças causadas pela má alimentação, garantindo uma vida longa e
saudável, ao contrário do que esperam de nós."
Activismo y (auto)cuidado: algunas claves iniciales para pensar un proyecto
colectivo 5/25/2020 Q de Cuir: de Yarlenis M. Malfrán, activista
afrofeminista y estudiante de doctorado en el Programa de Postgrado
Interdisciplinar en Ciencias Humanas de la Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina
(UFSC), Florianópolis, Brasil.
Brazil's Indigenous tribes: COVID-19 spreading in Amazon region 5/24/2020 Al
Jazeera: "As coronavirus cases rise to above 340,000 in Brazil, it is also
threatening vulnerable Indigenous communities in the Amazonas region. The state
has one of the highest infection rates in the country and also suffers from poor
healthcare."
Covid-19: Unmasking racial inequalities in Brazil – In a period of two weeks,
the number of blacks killed by coronavirus is five times higher in Brazil 5/23/2020 Black
Women of Brazil: "In two weeks, the number of black people dying for Covid-19 in
Brazil has increased fivefold. From April 11 to 26, deaths of black patients
confirmed by the Federal Government went from just over 180 to more than 930. In
addition, the number of black Brazilians hospitalized for Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) caused by coronavirus increased 5.5 times. The
increase in deaths of white patients was much lower: in the same two weeks, the
number reached just over three times. And the number of hospitalized white
Brazilians has increased in a similar proportion. The explosion of cases of
blacks who are hospitalized or die because of Covid-19 has unmasked racial
inequalities in Brazil: among blacks, there is one death for every three
hospitalized for SARS caused by the coronavirus; among whites, there is one
death for every 4.4 hospitalizations."
João Pedro, a pandemia e as vidas em risco, dentro ou fora de casa 5/20/2020 Alma
Preta: "Enquanto a família de João Pedro o procurava, um boletim epidemiológico
do Ministério da Saúde confirmava que negros e negras são maioria das pessoas
mortas pela Covid-19 no Brasil, numa proporção que apenas cresce."
Covid-19: Quilombo da Parada realiza campanha de auxílio à famílias 5/11/2020 Alma
Preta: "O bairro onde a campanha irá beneficiar as famílias fica no distrito de
Parada de Taipas, próximo à Brasilândia, onde há a maior concentração de mortes
decorrentes da Covid-19 na cidade de São Paulo."
Race matters in the Covid-19 fight 5/10/2020 The Brazilian Report: "As
editor Euan Marshall explained late in March, the coronavirus did not come to
Brazil from China, but rather from Europe — brought by members of upper
classes (who tend to be mostly white) who were traveling abroad. As soon as the
virus set foot on Brazilian soil, however, the profiles of the victims began to
change. The first person to die of the disease in Rio de Janeiro was
a 63-year-old black domestic worker who contracted the novel coronavirus from
her employer — who neglected to disclose her condition to the maid. Brazilian
social relations continue to be defined by race, with the majority of those
living below the poverty line being black and brown. In contrast, those at the
top of the social order are significantly whiter."
Under new head, Health Ministry suffers delays in Covid-19 victim info 5/7/2020 The
Brazilian Report: "Under new Health Minister Nelson Teich, the Health Ministry
is experiencing a delay in the release of information on individuals who died
from Covid-19. Initially published on a daily basis, data on victims’ gender,
age, and ethnicity are now only released once a week since Mr. Teich was sworn
in on April 17. According to the Ministry, “the frequency was extended in order
to better qualify the data to be presented to the population.” The ministry,
however, has not released new data for the past 10 days."
Advocates raise alarm as countries fail to collect racial data of coronavirus
patients 4/24/2020 PRI: "“We are actually very far from being able to take
race seriously and to see race as an important factor,” said Amparo, who is part
of a coalition of major black organizations in Brazil petitioning the government
to require collection of racial data for COVID-19 patients. “My fear is that
this will become an invisible disease — that we are not going to actually
document it and try to fight back.”"
SITUAÇÃO EPIDEMIOLÓGICA DOENÇA PELO CORONAVÍRUS 2019 4/20/2020 Boletim COE
Covid-19: "Óbitos por Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave (SRAG) por COVID-19
segundo raça/cor*. Brasil, 2020." [al final]
El racismo
estructural en Brasil 4/12/2020 ARAAC: "Recientemente un juez consideró que
las ofensas raciales no debieron caracterizar el racismo. Esto es, las
expresiones cotidianas que descalifican a los negros, de las cuales la internet
presenta ejemplos abiertos de mujeres o hombres blancos ofendiendo a los negros,
no debieran ser calificadas de racismo, un crimen considerado inafianzable por
la constitución brasileña. Cuando no solamente se da en el trato a los negros,
sino también en la forma cómo son llamados, cómo son ofendidos, descalificados,
es que se expresa en Brasil el racismo estructural, cotidiano. Hay un sin número
de palabras, de expresiones, de formas de dirigirse despectivamente a ellos, que
reitera y refuerza el racismo profundamente arraigado en la sociedad brasileña."
In Brazil, whites are more likely to contract coronavirus, but blacks are more
likely to die from the disease 4/11/2020 Black Women of Brazil: "Covid-19,
the coronavirus disease, is more lethal among blacks than among whites. This is
what a survey by the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper shows, using data from the
Ministry of Health, published on Friday (10). Pretos (blacks) and pardos
(browns) are 23.1% of those hospitalized with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome,
but they reach 32.8% of those killed by Covid-19. With whites, it is the
opposite and there are fewer deaths than hospitalized: 73.9% of the total
patients, but 64.5% of the deaths. Although minority among the records of those
affected by the disease, pretos and pardos represent almost 1 in 4 of Brazilians
hospitalized with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (23.1%) but they make up 1
in 3 among those killed by Covid-19 (32.8%). With whites, the opposite is true:
there are 73.9% among those hospitalized with Covid-19, but 64.5% among the
dead."
Covid-19: Ministério da Saúde divulgará dados de infectados por raça/cor 4/10/2020 Alma
Preta: "A partir do dia 10 de abril, o Ministério da Saúde divulgará os dados
dos infectados e mortos pela Covid-19 também com os indicadores de raça/cor. O
pedido veio do Grupo de Trabalho de Saúde da População Negra da Sociedade
Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC). O grupo também pressiona
o Ministério da Saúde para que os dados apresentem os indicadores de infecção e
morte da doença por bairro nos municípios. As propostas buscam um perfil
sócio-racial mais detalhado sobre os impactos da pandemia no Brasil. No dia 8 de
abril, a Coalizão Negra por Direitos, grupo que reúne mais de 150 entidades do
movimento antirracista, protocolaram pedidos no Ministério da Saúde e em
secretarias estaduais de saúde para que os dados venham desmembrados pelos
quesitos raça/cor."
“This brazen negro WILL NOT be served!”: Black man with coronavirus punched,
kicked, put in choke hold and thrown in the street by hospital security 4/7/2020 Black
Women of Brazil: "I didn’t accept it. After that they threatened to put me
outside, punched me in the back, in the ribs, kicked me in the legs and also put
me in a choke hold. Imagine yourself, someone with pneumonia going through all
of this, PRACTICALLY UNABLE TO BREATHE. I was thrown out of the hospital like
that, with violence, thrown into the street. I was supported by a citizen who
put me on a stretcher and argued with the security guards and helped me to be
attended. When I finally entered the emergency room, security guards entered and
said to the nurse that “THIS ONE WILL NOT BE SERVED”. In that room I was
humiliated, threatened, provoked. I was called ‘brazen negro’ again. The nurse
again tried to check my vital signs. And finally I was tended to. I begged to be
taken care of in a dignified manner. I begged for my right as a citizen to use a
basic service. I was diagnosed on March 29 with Coronavirus and I am in total
isolation. I share my story so that others don’t go through it, so that no
citizen goes through it."
In São Paulo’s Paraisópolis favela, coronavirus spreads fast with 70 suspected
and confirmed cases; São Paulo’s poor favelas are 70% black 4/6/2020 Black
Women of Brazil: "With nearly 70% of people in this favela working in some sort
of service area (cleaning, doormen, babysitting, domestics), they could
represent the most at risk group. What’s worse is that, with a President such as
Jair Bolsonaro showing himself not capable or willing to take the pandemic
seriously, the situation in favelas such as Paraisópolis could become a major
problem. Community leader Gilson Rodrigues sees the gravity of the scenario. For
Rodrigues, most cases of Covid-19 will probably happen in the favelas."
Brazil's Covid-19 socialite superspreader 3/31/2020 The Brazilian
Report: "The first Covid-19 death in the state of Rio de Janeiro was 63-year-old
Cleonice Gonçalves [afro-brazilian], a maid who worked for a wealthy family in
the upmarket Rio neighborhood of Leblon. State officials say Ms. Gonçalves
contracted the virus from her employer, who had been holidaying in Italy and
fell ill on return but allegedly refused to inform her housekeeper of the risk
of contamination. On Monday, March 16, Ms. Gonçalves began showing Covid-19
symptoms while at work. She then took a two-hour taxi back to her home in Miguel
Pereira — a countryside town north of Rio de Janeiro. Diabetic and with a
history of high blood pressure, Ms. Gonçalves died the following afternoon."
Por primera vez los negros son mayoría en las universidades de Brasil 11/20/2019 France
24: "Por primera vez en Brasil, los estudiantes negros representan la mayoría en
las universidades públicas. El año pasado su presencia alcanzó el 50,3%. Este
dato es fruto de la política de cuotas raciales, introducidas a nivel federal en
2012 con el fin de reducir una desigualdad histórica. Anuncios Ahora los
resultados son alentadores, aunque todavía no reflejan la composición social. En
la actualidad un 55,8% de la población es afrodescendiente."
For the First Time in Brazil, Blacks are the Majority in Public Universities 11/14/2019 Rio
Times: "However, blacks were still under-represented in public higher education,
as they are the majority of the population (55.9 percent)."
Malunguinho: População trans ainda luta “pelo direito à vida” 8/5/2019 Publica: "Em
entrevista à Agência Pública, Malunguinho falou sobre seus primeiros meses na
Alesp – e fez questão de se referir ao coletivo de deputadas e deputados como
“elxs” – e sobre o governo de João Doria (PSDB) e discutiu a atual situação da
esquerda, que, em sua avaliação, se distanciou das pessoas. “Classe é uma
consequência de raça em territórios como o Brasil, e esse debate precisa ser
fundamento e não recorte. Não pensar em raça como um vetor determinante para as
desigualdades nos fragiliza e constantemente nos distancia da maioria da
população.”'"
The shock of the nude: Brazil's stark new form of political protest 3/29/2019 Guardian: "More
often than not, this resistance manifests itself in the naked body. In show
after show, nudity takes on a political role. In part, this is a reaction to the
censoriousness of the evangelical movement that helped sweep Jair Bolsonaro to
power last year. In part, it is a response to the president’s intolerance of
feminism, homosexuality and even the country’s famous carnivals. Standing before
us undressed, the performers seem to say: “I am here. I exist. Do not deny me.”"
Finding Marielle Franco’s Killers 3/22/2019 Jacobin: "When it comes to the
politics of conspiring that defines Rio, Debord again offered prescient
insights: “It is always a mistake to try to explain something by opposing Mafia
and state: they are never rivals. Theory easily verifies what all the rumors in
practical life have all too easily shown. The Mafia is not an outsider in this
world; it is perfectly at home.” It’s the hit squad next door, with no rivals in
the presidential palace."
Two days before one year anniversary of the murder of Marielle Franco, two
suspects arrested; one is the President’s neighbor and his daughter dated one of
the President’s sons 3/14/2019 Black Women of Brazil: "OK, and if the man
accused of firing the fatal shots just happens to a neighbor of the President?
So, their living close to each other also means nothing, right? What if I told
that there are photos of the President with the assassin? Well, the President
just happens to know some important people, right? Well, what if I told you the
daughter of the assassin also dated one of the President’s sons? I know, it’s
probably all just a conspiracy theory, right? I’ll tell you what, I WILL most
def be following the developments of this story!"
El asesinato de Marielle, los vínculos políticos y las preguntas sin respuesta 3/13/2019 El
Observador, Uruguay: ""Lo que ocurrió en la noche del 14 de marzo fue un intento
de silenciar a todos esos movimientos que estaban creciendo: de mujeres negras,
de la población LGBT, querían que las mujeres negras abandonaran sus luchas, que
la población LGBT se retrajera", dijo la semana pasada a la AFP su viuda, Mónica
Benicio, durante el desfile de Mangueira que homenajeó a la activista."
Bolsonaro paramilitary ties in spotlight after photo with murder suspect 3/13/2019 Guardian: "Brazil’s
far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, is facing growing calls to explain his
family’s alleged links to the heavily armed and notoriously violent paramilitary
gangs that control large swaths of Rio de Janeiro. Questions over possible
connections between the Bolsonaros and Rio’s so-called “militias” were swirling
even before the former army captain took office in January – so much so that
revellers at this year’s carnival penned a song satirising the president’s
supposed criminal ties."
Arrest of Murder Suspects in Rio Spotlights Bolsonaro Family 3/12/2019 Bloomberg: "The
police officer in charge of the investigation, Giniton Lages, said on Tuesday
that the fact the alleged killer lived near the president was "not significant
at this time". But in response to a journalist’s question he acknowledged that
one of the president’s sons had dated the suspect’s daughter."
Re-connecting with the Motherland: Rio de Janeiro hosts the largest collection
of Yoruba art outside Africa 3/12/2019 Black Women of Brazil: "It must be
acknowledged that when many black readers of the blog and black visitors to
Brazil come to know the reality of Afro-Brazilian population, they often come to
the conclusion that the black struggle in Brazil is about 40-50 years behind a
similar struggle in the United States. In many ways, there’s no way to deny
this, but we also cannot negate the fact that in recent decades, some incredible
strides have been seen in black Brazil. From the rise of so many former
mestiços, pardos and morenos coming to accept a black identity, to the protests
against blatant and subtle acts of racism, to the growing numbers of black
Brazilian women deciding to allow their hair to go natural, to the demand for
more representation in all areas of Brazilian society, a change is evident to
anyone who have followed the situation for any amount of time."
Brazil: Former Rio de Janeiro Cop Identified as Marielle Franco’s Killer 1/18/2019 Democracy
Now: "In Brazil, a former Rio de Janeiro police officer with ties to organized
crime has been identified as the likely killer of prominent human rights and gay
rights activist and city councilmember Marielle Franco, who was shot dead along
with her driver in Rio de Janeiro in March. According to a police report
reviewed by The Intercept, six witnesses have identified the ex-cop as the
killer. The officer—who has not been publicly named—had been kicked out of Rio’s
military force and now works as a mercenary for dirty politicians and others."
Brazil’s Bolsonaro targets LGBT people, racial minorities on 1st day in office 1/3/2019 AP: "Newly
installed President Jair Bolsonaro targeted Brazil’s indigenous groups,
descendants of slaves and the LGBT community with executive orders in the first
hours of his administration, moving quickly after a campaign in which the
far-right leader said he would radically overhaul many aspects of life in Latin
America’s largest nation… The Justice Ministry previously handled demarcation of
indigenous lands through the FUNAI agency, which also oversees other initiatives
for indigenous groups such as health care, housing and language preservation.
Bolsonaro's order is raising uncertainties about FUNAI by shifting it to a new
ministry for family, women and human rights that is headed by an
ultraconservative evangelical pastor."
Bahia in mourning! 93-year-old Mãe Stella de Oxóssi, one of the most important
ialorixás (priestesses) of the Candomblé religion in the country, joins the
ancestors 12/31/2018 Black Women of Brazil: "Bahia is mourning the
departure of Maria Stella de Azevedo Santos, better known as Mãe Stella de
Oxóssi, of the of the terreiro Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá, in São Gonçalo do Retiro, in
Salvador, who died on Wednesday at the age of 93. Considered one of the most
important ialorixás (priestesses) of the country, she had been was hospitalized
at the Incar Hospital, in Santo Antônio de Jesus, in the Bahian Recôncavo region
since the 14th, when she was hospitalized with an infection."
At what point does the label “Sambo” or “House Negro” actually fit? The case of
Congressman Hélio Lopes, avid supporter of far right President-Elect Jair
Bolsonaro 12/30/2018 Black Women of Brazil: "Quilombolas having been living
on the lands established by their fugitive slave ancestors since before the
abolition of slavery in 1888. Some generations of these families go pretty far
back in history and the vast majority still doesn’t own the titles to these
lands. Over the years, people have been tricked into handing over these lands
through deceptive means and leaders of these communities have been assassinated.
On top of this, the process for attaining legal titles to these lands has been
extremely slow. According to a report from May of this year, 92.5% of these
lands still don’t hold titles. Today, there are over 1,200 certified quilombola
communities across Brazil in nearly every state with the exceptions of Acre,
Roraima and the Federal District. The states with the largest numbers of
quilombolas are Bahia with 229, Maranhão with 112, Minas Gerais with 89 and Pará
with 81."
Mãe Stella de Oxóssi morre aos 93 anos na Bahia 12/27/2018 Globo: ""Sei que
Mãe Stella estará sempre a olhar por todos. Ela já partiu. Sempre lúcida e
bricalhona, disse que vai encontrar comigo nos óruns (9 dimensões) e no Sol,
isto é, na luz. Gratidão eterna", disse Graziela."
License-to-Kill Policing to Get a Trial Run in Rio de Janeiro 12/22/2018 Bloomberg: "Teams
of marksmen next year will patrol swaths of Rio de Janeiro with high-powered
weapons and a license to kill, said a security adviser to Governor-elect Wilson
Witzel. As many as 120 sharpshooters will accompany police incursions into the
slums of Brazil’s postcard city to exterminate gun-toting criminals, according
to Flavio Pacca, a longtime associate of Witzel who the governor-elect’s press
office said will join the administration. The shooters will work in pairs -- one
to pull the trigger, one to monitor conditions and videotape deaths. “The
protocol will be to immediately neutralize, slaughter anyone who has a rifle,”
Witzel, a federal judge and former Brazilian marine, told reporters in Brasilia
on Dec. 12."
In the city of Goiânia, 1,000 black women activists, leaders and specialists
gather for the National Meeting of Black Women; event attended by Angela Davis 12/14/2018 Black
Women of Brazil: "It’s this sort of organizing that inspired me to create a blog
about the situation of black women of Brazil in the first place. Black women
have always been a strong force in the maintenance of the black community in
Brazil, and this is well-documented. History reminds us that a number of black
women, some recognized, others not given their fair place from the history, who
fought against slavery. Then we have the black women who were developing their
own financial independence selling their sweets and baked goods in the streets."
“Bolsonaro will order to kill these stinking blacks” – With election of extreme
right presidential candidate, many supporters call for death of black
Brazilians: Is it time to wake up? 11/5/2018 Black Women of Brazil: "What I
get from these anti-black expressions is that with the election of extreme-right
candidate Jair Bolsonaro, people who believe that blacks must remain “in their
place” or worse, “must die”, feel that they have a leader who represents their
ideals and positions on race. With almost two to go before Bolsonaro even takes
office, we’re seeing a segment of Brazil’s population express their true
feelings about black Brazilians in a manner that may make one think about what
the next four years could be like. Thus, at this point, perhaps the ultimate
question for black Brazilians, especially those who cast their vote for Jair
Bolsonaro, may be: Is it or isn’t time to wake up?"
There is not a more stupid political segment than the white middle class; is the
presidential victory of Jair Bolsonaro all about supporting a candidate that
will keep the black and poor in “their place”? 10/30/2018 Black Women of
Brazil: "This middle class will have the exclusive right to travel abroad to
study, the access to the university, as well as the right to the city, health
and safety. In this case, it seems that for this middle class the privilege of
having exclusivity in certain environments rather than actually thriving
economically is worth more. Instead of living in a less unequal and violent
country, the middle class, especially the liberal and proto-fascist segment,
prefer to contribute taxes like any other worker, and enjoy the privilege that
it has of being better paid and paying twice for certain services."
Many Afro-Brazilians Are Bracing for the Worst After the Election of a
Far-Right, Racist Candidate for President 10/30/2018 The Root: "Although
Bolsonaro received votes from every segment of Brazilian society—there was a
clear divide between rich and poor and black and white. Bolsonaro won 97 percent
of Brazil’s richest cities, while Haddad won 98 percent of the poorest.
Accordingly, Bolsonaro won most of his votes in the richer, whiter south, while
Haddad triumphed in the blacker, poorer north. Bahia, Brazil’s blackest state,
voted 73 percent in favor of Haddad."
Welcome to the Jungle 10/29/2018 Consortium News: Another brilliant left
analysis of Brazil that fails to even mention the existence of
afrodescendientes, 51% of the population.
Does leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro’s rejection of former KKK
leader David Duke’s endorsement mean he is automatically not a white
nationalist? Analysis may provide clues 10/27/2018 Black Women of
Brazil: "Bolsonaro is simply the latest in a long line of prominent and everyday
Brazilians who simultaneously proclaim they are not racists even harboring
clearly racist sentiments. Brazil, as I’ve demonstrated repeatedly on this blog,
can be and is as racist as any other country in world, but admitting it would
mean officially parting ways with the country’s official belief in the “racial
democracy” myth. The candidate’s referring to Brazil’s official discourse of
mixed race pride once again hides the fact that beneath the promotion of
miscegenation as a source of Brazil’s beauty is the official policy that
predicts the demise of the black race through decades of interracial unions."
'Brazilian Black Women Have Been the Safeguard of Democracy': Feminist Gabriela
Monteiro on Fighting the Rise of Bolsonaro 10/26/2018 Jezebel: "The
Workers’ Party has made many mistakes, but it isn’t because of these mistakes
that the Party and their leaders have suffered this witch hunt. On the contrary,
it is precisely because they touched the neuralgic spots of Brazilian society,
like guaranteeing the presence of blacks in universities, rights for domestic
workers, and a minimum of dignity for the working class, the rural population.
Can you imagine what it is to this white elite of slave tradition to see the
daughter of the maid at the university, or the doorman traveling by plane? This
is unforgivable."
How Jair Bolsonaro entranced Brazil’s minorities — while also insulting them 10/24/2018 WaPo: "In
Latin America’s largest nation, Bolsonaro is now the top candidate among black
and mixed-race voters, according to a major polling agency, Ibope. He is
supported by 47 percent of that voter pool, compared with 41 percent for
Fernando Haddad, his opponent from the left-wing Workers’ Party, or PT. "
Reina de samba… y de las empanadas en Fina estampa 10/20/2018 Bohemia: "Siempre
tuve un temperamento fuerte, siempre fui geniosa. Es gracioso, porque soy muy
comunicativa, pero medio tímida. De hecho, hasta hoy no me gusta exponerme
(…)detesto ser llamada de morena, de mulata… ¡Soy negra! Y así es como me gusta
que me llamen”"
Leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has more support among back
Brazilians; candidate supports death squads that are known for murdering
thousands of young blacks in Bahia 10/19/2018 Black Women of Brazil: "Well,
the most recent numbers placed Bolsonaro ahead with white voters by a margin of
60% to 29% over Haddad. A poll from last week gave Haddad the lead amongst
pretos (blacks) and pardos (browns/mixed) but the most recent polls also gives
Bolsonaro a lead over Haddad among pretos and pardos by a margin of 47% to 41%.
Curiously, even after the massive protests organized by women against Bolsonaro
a few weeks ago, he also leads in voting intentions of women by a margin of
46-40."
Jair Bolsonaro Wants Brazilian Cops to Kill More. So Why Are Victims of Police
Violence Voting for Him? 10/18/2018 The Intercept: "Bolsonaro speaks to the
core of a part of popular and masculine culture. When the candidate says live on
the evening news that if “thugs” have rifles, then policemen and good citizens
need even bigger ones and “not flowers,” the call for increased violence shocks
some viewers, but not all. For many, he is speaking directly to their deepest
fears and desires. They have experienced violence and demand that violence be
inflicted upon others in equal measure."
Brasil, la Cultura y Bolsonaro 10/18/2018 Jiribilla: [Ningun tratamiento
del hecho que la motivacion detras Bolsonaro es la supremacia blanca en un
Brasil de 50% afro.]
Wave of violence spreads throughout Brazil as at least 50 physical assaults by
supporters of presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, lead to at least two
deaths 10/15/2018 Black Women of Brazil: "My thing is, of course there are
millions of Bolsonaro supporters out there who stand for everything that the
candidate stands for and according to his rhetoric, he intends to diminish the
opportunities that had opened to millions of poor, blacks and women during the
14-year reign of PT governments."
What’s the deal with black Brazilians who support the “Brazilian Trump”, Jair
Bolsonaro, the frontrunner of the October 28th Presidential elections? 10/12/2018 Black
Women of Brazil: "He doesn’t want to discuss racism, because he wants you to
believe that somos todos iguais (we are all equal). That the elder black lady
who takes the bus to work to the house of her patroa branca (white boss) who was
already born rich, is not rich because she hasn’t worked hard. If your life goes
wrong in the next 4 years, with factors such as loss of labor benefits,
increased taxes (for poor, of course), the military candidate will say that it’s
all your fault. And you know what? It really will be."
Brazil Adopts Yoruba as Official Language 10/2/2018 African Exponent: "The
Brazilian Minister of Culture, Dr Sérgio Sá leitão, while speaking at the
Institute of African Studies, University of Sao Paulo, in Brazil paraded
important dignitaries including Nigerian artists and historians, as well as
professors of arts and African studies at a lecture on the importance of Yoruba
language in the Brazilian culture and tradition. According to him, the inclusion
of African History and Yoruba Language in the curriculum would help bring the
African Brazilian people close to their roots, and thus encourage the
understandings of the language among other important languages in Brazil apart
from Portuguese which is the official language."
Brazil Elections: A Little (Unwanted) Help From a US 'Friend' 8/23/2018 teleSUR: "I''m
reacting to a news report by teleSUR saying that Steve Bannon will be advising
the far-right presidential candidate in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, in the upcoming
elections in October. What could someone with racist views contribute positively
to a country like Brazil, where 51 percent of the population is Black or mixed?
"
For presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, “the Brazilian Trump”, Africans are
responsible for slavery and country owes black population nothing for slavery 8/8/2018 Black
Women of Brazil: “Really, the Portuguese never set foot in Africa. (It was)
blacks themselves that handed over the slaves. The Portuguese didn’t hunt down
blacks.”
Leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro says there is no racism in Brazil;
even denounced by Attorney General, is it possible that he is not racist? 7/12/2018 Black
Women of Brazil: "Even while you abuse, exclude, humiliate and insult black
people, you insist that these things happen, not because of their phenotype, but
in fact, because of their class status. If you get an education, a good job,
live in a good neighborhood, send your kids to a good school, you won’t have
these problems and keep proclaiming that something exists when it in fact,
doesn’t is the belief system behind the myth."
The Quilombo newspaper, Abdias Nascimento, and human rights activism in Brazil 6/1/2018 Intellèctus: by
Niyi Afolabi - "This essay examines the significance of the Quilombo newspaper
in relation to the political dynamics that Abdias Nascimento represents as its
editor and in the larger frame of Afro-Brazilian cultural affairs in
transnational race relations. While critics of Brazilian culturalism such as
Michael Hanchard (1994) and Pamela Alberto (2011) question the symbolism of
activism as opposed to direct socio-liberational strategies and action, the
contributions of the Quilombo newspaper in this special facsimile edition, are
highlighted, especially the place of Abdias Nascimento. As a larger-than-life
Pan Africanist, who has spearheaded the struggle for the dignity of
Afro-Brazilians, politically and culturally, this study anticipates a more
engaged dialogue with racial democracy well beyond the folkloric symbolisms of
hip-hop, samba, soccer, and carnival."
In video, Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, “the Brazilian Trump” and leading
presidential candidate is shown wiping his hands after embracing a black man 4/26/2018 Black
Women of Brazil: "So the politician is joking around with a black man, and
considering his pasts comments about black people, this would appear to be his
way of saying, “See, I’m not racist, I’m even hugging a monk…err, black guy.”
But then he wipes his hand as if he had just taken out the trash."
Brazil
elites consider poor and dark-skinned people their enemy – ex-President Rousseff 4/20/2018 RT: "In
Brazil, the poor and the dark-skinned were the enemy… They were tortured, they
were arrested, they were turned into a lower class, stripped of all rights. We
began to change this situation,” she said. “There is still a lot to be done: we
need to distribute the wealth in the country, implement tax reform [and] end the
oligopoly of the media and banks that control different aspects of the country’s
life.”
Right-Wing Presidential Contender in Brazil Is Charged With Inciting Hatred 4/14/2018 NYT: "Brazil’s
attorney general on Friday charged Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right
presidential candidate who has been running in second place in the polls, with
inciting hatred and discrimination against blacks, indigenous communities, women
and gays."
Bolsonaro, Marina Silva Tied in Brazil Poll Amid Racism Charges 4/14/2018 Bloomberg: "The
first poll since Brazil’s former president was arrested showed environmentalist
Marina Silva technically tied as a leading candidate in the next election with
Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing accusations of racism and inciting hatred."
Lula y el «crimen» de la izquierda 4/5/2018 Granma: [Seria importante
incluir la dimension racial del conflicto en Brazil, donde la supremacia blanca
escondita es un motor importante de la contrarrevolucion. Reconociendo esto, se
mobiliza a mas gente.]
Pour notre sœur Marielle: le poing levé, le cœur serré 3/26/2018 MediaPart: "Nous,
organisations noires et afroféministes pour la libération noire basées en
Amérique du Nord et en Europe, nous tenons debout, le cœur serré mais le poing
levé pour notre sœur Marielle Franco. Elle qui a dédié sa vie à la communauté
Afro-brésilienne, et s’est battue pour la justice pour tou·te·s. Elle a habité
ce monde, en portant les combats pour la libération noire, en politisant sa
position de femme noire queer venant de classe populaire."
EGUNGUN Itaparica - Bahia - Brasil. 3/23/2018 Ayrá ní sé fürè: "E ainda tem
aqueles que dizem,que só na África tem Asé. Ancestrais todos nós temos e
seremos, vale a pena cultuar o que de maior foi deixado. Olodumaré Asé."
Día contra la
discriminación racial.... El exterminio continua 3/21/2018 Aporrea: "El
reciente asesinato de la concejala afrobrasileña Mariela Franco, ocurrido la
semana pasada, es un reflejo que la trilogía racismo-capitalismo-neoliberalismo
es una ecuación de la muerte. La concejala estaba contra la violencia racial que
se ha agudizado en Brasil en los últimos tiempos, después que el gobierno de
Lula había sacado de la pobreza a mas de veinte millones de afrobrasileño y
había neutralizado la violencia en algunos barrios y zonas rurales. Con el
gobierno impuesto del fascista presidente Michel Temer (Exterminator), la
violencia aumento, así como los grupos paramilitares y la exclusión afro."
The Assassination of Marielle Franco and the Dawn of Brazil's New Civil Rights
Movement 3/19/2018 OkayAfrica: "Brazil, Latin America's most populous
country, is one that has long hidden its apartheid behind the myth of a racial
democracy. They prefer to point to classism instead of racism as the cause for
the huge disparity in wealth and opportunities between Whites and Blacks.
Meanwhile nearly 70 percent of those in extreme poverty in this nation of 200
million are Afro-Brazilian."
Former Brazilian President Lula: It’s Clear Marielle Franco’s Assassination Was
Premeditated 3/19/2018 Democracy Now: "And President Temer should have
learned a great lesson with this killing, which is that the problem of violence
in the peripheral areas of our Brazil is not going to be resolved by turning to
the armed forces. It is necessary that the state have a presence in the
peripheral neighborhoods of Brazil—with jobs, education, healthcare, cultural
activities, employment and salaries, so that people can survive and live with
dignity. The armed forces were not trained to deal with common crime in the
favelas in Brazil. They were trained to defend our country from outside enemies.
In other words, when people understand that violence in Brazil is associated
with the very poor quality of life that people are subjected to and the lack of
proper living conditions for people living in peripheral areas, then there will
be less violence in the peripheral areas, especially against children, young
people and black people in our country."
Coronel da PM do Rio homenageia e rebate acusações contra Marielle Franco 3/18/2018 RBA: "Em
resposta aos ataques nas redes sociais à vereadora Marielle Franco (Psol-RJ),
assassinada na quarta-feira (14), o coronel da reserva da Polícia Militar do Rio
de Janeiro (Pmerj) Robson Rodrigues da Silva defendeu o trabalho e o caráter da
parlamentar, em seu Facebook. Ele relata, entre outras passagens, que certa vez
Marielle o procurou para discutir formas de ajudar policiais que sofriam de
abusos, assédio moral e sexual e outras violações de seus direitos. "Alguém que
'só quer defender bandido' teria esse comportamento?", diz o oficial."
The assassination of a black human rights activist in Brazil has created a
global icon 3/18/2018 Quartz: "According to Piauí, over the next 42 hours,
Franco became the subject of more than 3.6 million tweets from 400,000 users in
54 countries and in 34 languages—more than the impeachment of president Dilma
Rousseff… Rose Vieira’s son, a policeman, was killed in 2012 and she sought help
from the human rights commission of Rio de Janeiro, where Franco worked for 10
years. ”Just to give you an idea, Marielle did not have a car at this time,” she
told Globo.com. “She wasn’t even a councilwoman. She arrived [at my house] by
train. I can’t say that this person did not help me. Who would come all the way
to Duque de Caxias, another city by train just to help? Only Marielle.”
Ammunition Which Killed Marielle Franco in Rio Stolen from Police 3/17/2018 Rio
Times: "The ammunition used to kill Rio de Janeiro councilwoman, Marielle Franco
and her driver on Wednesday night came from a lot sold to the Federal Police in
2006 and stolen from a post office storage facility in the state of Paraiba,
confirmed Public Secretary Minister Raul Jungmann on Friday night... The
official also links this lot of ammunition to the one used in São Paulo’s
Metropolitan Area in August of 2015 where in a single night seventeen people
were killed in several spots around the region. Three military police officers
and a local police officer were convicted of the crimes... The report said that
bullets from this lot were also used in crimes involving rival drug trafficking
gangs in Rio’s Metropolitan area of São Gonçalo between 2015 and 2017."
Marielle Franco: Why my friend was a repository of hope and a voice for Brazil's
voiceless, before her devastating assassination 3/17/2018 Independent: by
Glenn Greenwald - "Most of all, the country is left to try to find a way to
ensure that this does not become yet another episode that reinforces the
long-standing truth that violent factions are free to murder anyone with
impunity. Their challenge is to ensure, instead, that Franco’s death is not in
vain, by using it to galvanise thousands and tens of thousands of new Marielles,
inspired by her singularly potent example.
The Guardian view on the murder of Brazilian politicians: Marielle Franco’s
legacy 3/16/2018 The Guardian, UK: "The outrage of her murder should only
illuminate the power of her message. In some ways her story symbolises the
evolution of social movements in Brazil and the way that a longstanding
working-class protest movement has begun to form connections with middle-class
activism: she was an intellectual born and raised in a favela. Some supporters
hope that her death will prove a turning point, saying the strength of the
protests suggests it has broken a widespread apathy. Set against this are the
grave fears of Brazil tilting still further away from justice, fairness and
security, particularly given the popularity of Mr Bolsonaro. It would be
especially punitive for those already hit by austerity and harsh police tactics.
In this context, international condemnation of this murder matters."
The Assassination of Human Rights Activist Marielle Franco Was a Huge Loss for
Brazil — and the World 3/16/2018 The Intercept: "We must connect our
struggles in the U.S. to those in Brazil. Marielle Franco was one of us. Her
priorities are our priorities. Her dreams are our dreams. Her struggles are our
struggles."
Rio councilwoman Marielle Franco assassinated with four shots to the head; in
execution style murder, assailants also killed the driver of the vehicle 3/16/2018 Black
Women of Brazil: "I know people don’t like thinking about conspiracy theories,
most likely because they really can’t fathom the level of evil that controls our
world on a daily basis. But you will never convince me that Marielle just
happened to speak out on police brutality and the repugnant treatment of the
favela population and then, just days later, a car tailed her for several
blocks, knew exactly where she was sitting, struck her four times in the head,
didn’t steal anything and then disappeared into the night. Let’s get real. We
know why people who witness violent acts by police often remain silent or
conceal their identities. And I can’t say with any certainty who murdered Franco
in such a heartless manner. But this was no random case of violence. Given the
facts that we know there has been a plan to exterminate Brazil’s “undesirables”,
and that many assassins are elements within the ranks of those who are supposed
to be protecting us, what conclusion would you come to? Rest in Peace and Power
Marielle Franco. We will all miss you!"
ALARI condena 3/16/2018 Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the
Hutchins Center, Harvard: "ALARI condena enérgicamente el asesinato de la
activista y concejal afrobrasileña Marielle Franco, quien estaba invitada a
visitar nuestro centro el próximo mes."
Caso Marielle Franco: as últimas notícias sobre a morte da vereadora do Rio 3/16/2018 El
Pais
Marcha contra o genocídio negro SÃO PAULO por Marielle Franco! at MASP - Museu
de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand. 3/16/2018 Celynha Moreira: "Ilú
Obá De Min pedindo justiça pra Marielle Franco". [Video with chanting in
Yoruba.]
Rising Afro-Brazilian Politician Marielle Franco Has Died in a Targeted
Assassination in Rio 3/15/2018 OkayAfrica: has useful links
Marielle Franco: MANIFESTO DA REDE DE HISTORIADORXS NEGRXS 3/15/2018 Afro-Latin
American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center, Harvard: "Entendemos que
estamos inseridXs num cenário em que se processa mais uma atualização brutal da
violência que historicamente tem inviabilizado a vida de homens e mulheres
negrXs no Brasil, sociedade fundada na escravidão e na
naturalização/romantização do ódio dispensado a populações negras e indígenas e
demais condenados desta terra. Temos consciência do papel decisivo operado pelo
racismo na formação e na reprodução deste país e sabemos que seu poder de
letalidade se amplia ao se articular com o machismo, o elitismo e outras
práticas cotidianas de exclusão e promoção da injustiça social."
Murder of Politician Marielle Franco Shocks Brazil 3/15/2018 Prensa
Latina: "Brazil was shocked today by the assassination last night of councilor
for the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL) and human rights activist Marielle
Franco, who opposed militarization of Rio de Janeiro. Franco, 39 years old, was
gunned down last night in the center of Rio de Janeiro, after participating in a
meeting for the defense of black women's rights."
Líderes da direita respondem ao assassinato de Marielle Franco com abusos,
politicagem e silêncio 3/15/2018 The Intercept: "Segue abaixo uma catarata
dos piores exemplos de humanidade hoje, selecionados só entre pessoas e páginas
com uma voz poderosa e com muitos seguidores. Não recomendo para quem tem
hipertensão. (Obs.: Não vou linkar nenhum deles aqui porque não sou obrigado. Se
tiver curiosidade, pode procurar nas redes.)"
Respeitem a memória de Marielle Franco. Foi assassinato. 3/15/2018 Blogueiras
Negras: "Estamos em vigília, rezamos, choramos, pedimos ao sagrado. Nossos olhos
choram a dor que é de todas, irmanadas como mulheres negras por um luto que tem
nome, circunstâncias revoltantes, uma crueldade própria aos acontecimentos que a
gente vê acontecer mas não acredita. Mais um assassinato. Temos dor mas nosso
coração agora queima pelo genocídio da mulher negra, saibam senhores, esse
sentimento não será enterrado. Ele sempre foi luta. #MariellePresente"
Brazilian Politician Marielle Franco Was Killed After Attending A Black Women's
Empowerment Event 3/15/2018 Bustle: "On Thursday, #JustiçaParaMarielle —
"Justice for Marielle" — was trending on Twitter. Demonstrations were planned in
several Brazilian cities to protest her murder and call for justice."
Mal presagio: el mensaje de la concejal brasileña Marielle Franco horas antes de
ser asesinada 3/15/2018 Infobae: "El 10 de marzo denunció en las redes
sociales una operación policial en la favela de Acarí. "El 41 Batallón de la
Policía Militar está aterrorizando y violentando a los habitantes de Acarí (…)
Es algo que ocurre desde siempre y con la intervención es peor", escribió."
Protests planned across Brazil after Rio councillor shot dead 3/15/2018 Guardian
Remembering Marielle Franco, a black Brazilian trailblazer 3/15/2018 Ground
Truth: "Franco, a sociologist, was elected in 2016 as part of the leftist
Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL). She was one of only six women on Rio’s
51-person city council. During her time on the council, she introduced bills to
chip away at some of Brazil’s most pressing issues like sexual violence and the
incarceration of black youth. Franco and the 31 other black women who won city
council seats in other Brazilian state capitals in October 2016 are part of a
generation of young black Brazilians who have become increasingly vocal inside
and outside statehouses."
‘Tombamento’ – Black Brazilian women’s ongoing struggle for power 3/15/2018 Groundtruth: "There’s
a slang word in Brazilian Portuguese that has come to describe the fierce style
and unapologetic verve of a new generation of black Brazilians: tombamento. It
comes from the lyrics of black Brazilian rapper Karol Conká and refers to a
combination of winning, dazzling, and honoring history. Or, in Beyoncé parlance:
slaying. And tombamento describes the young dancer whose graceful stomps and
fiery twists made a university event hall vibrate with pride in September on Rio
de Janeiro’s wealthy south side. Twenty years ago, it would have been
unthinkable for a ceremonial Afro-Brazilian dance routine to pack a main room
with black Brazilians at the prestigious Catholic University of Rio, a
historically white institution. Now, it was accompanied by endless hollers of
“Queen!”"
Rio de Janeiro Marches for Marielle Franco 3/15/2018 teleSUR: "LIVE | Tens
of thousands of Afro-Brazilian women and allies are taking to the streets of Rio
de Janeiro to commemorate the life of assassinated Afro-Brazilian human rights
activist and leftist councilwoman, Marielle Franco. #MariellePresente (via Midia
Ninja)"
Multitudinaria marcha que muestra su diversidad abre el Foro Social Mundial 3/14/2018 EFE: "El
Foro "es un espacio muy importante. Creo que es el mejor que tenemos que mejorar
muchas cosas. Aquí se unen todos los pueblos, de colores diferentes, de idiomas
diferentes, de etnias diferentes y hasta perspectivas diferentes, pero con un
punto en común: cambiar lo que no está bien para los pobres", dijo a Efe Edson
Franca, representante del Movimiento Unión de Negros por la Igualdad."
Marielle Franco, councillor and police critic, shot dead in targeted killing in
Rio 3/14/2018 Guardian: "Both officials said it appeared Franco was
targeted. Franco was a black woman who defied the odds of Rio politics to win
the fifth highest vote count among council members when she was elected in 2016.
She was an expert on police violence and on Saturday accused officers of being
overly aggressive in searching residents of gang-controlled shantytowns."
Brazilian Rights Activist Marielle Franco Assassinated in Rio 3/14/2018 teleSUR: "Prominent
Brazilian human rights activist and leftist councilwoman Marielle Franco has
been assassinated in Rio de Janeiro, it is being reported. Part of a generation
of young Black Brazilians who are becoming increasingly vocal inside and outside
statehouses, Franco was elected to office in 2016. A resident of the Favela da
Maré, an impoverished community in Rio, she was one of the main defenders of
human rights in the country. The day before she was murdered, Marielle
complained about the violence in the city in a post on her personal Twitter. In
the post, she questioned the action of the Military Police."
De la venta informal a la inteligencia del mercado: La historia de la feria
afro-descendiente más grande de América Latina 3/13/2018 Global
Voices: "Cada noviembre desde hace 16 años, la ciudad de Sao Paulo en Brasil
recibe la Feira Preta, la Feria Afrodescendiente más grande de América Latina y
por esta razón una referencia obligada de representatividad de la comunidad
negra en Brasil, país cuya población es negra en su mayoría. Durante dos semanas
desfilan por esta Feria eventos musicales, muestras de artes plásticas, cine,
danza, literatura, moda y gastronomía, etc. Miles de visitantes, entre ellos
empresarias y empresarios de la industria del calzado, de la confección, y
también estilistas, diseñadores, comunicadores y muchos otros, llegan para
conocer, adquirir y promover productos de los más de 100 expositores que
participan del evento."
Is Brazil’s Most Famous Art Movement Built on Racial Inequality? A New
Generation Argues ‘Yes’ 3/13/2018 Artnet: "Slowly, the tectonic plates of
the Brazilian art world are shifting. While established curators, critics, and
artists in Brazil have long resisted viewing art or art history through the lens
of race, a small but increasingly influential group is beginning to build a
platform for that conversation. Scholars are re-examining Brazil’s most
influential movements from a new perspective, while artists are creating work
that confronts the country’s racial complexities and the ways they have
manifested in the art world head on."
Brazil: Danny Glover Visits Lula to Support Presidential Bid 3/9/2018 teleSUR: "When
asked “Why does Brazil attract you?” during an interview with Rede Brasil Atual,
Glover stated: “Much of (my) work with TransAfrica Forum deals with workers'
rights, mainly the rights and (social) condition of 150 million
African-descendants in the (western) hemisphere, of which, 80 million live in
Brazil. Due to its leadership in the region and world, Brazil can have an
extraordinary influence in the future of African descendants.” Lula previously
met Glover while he was president and also in 2011 when the activist attended a
congress organized by the Central Workers' Union in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo."
Eleguá – Menino e Malandro 3/7/2018 Portal Afro: "A peça conta a história
de Eleguá, um príncipe muito esperto – e também o mais importante dos orixás na
santeria cubana! Apesar de ainda ser somente uma criança, todos têm medo de suas
travessuras e de seu jeito zombador e brincalhão. Mas um dia Eleguá decidiu
partir em busca de novas descobertas, andando de cidade em cidade, perambulando
e conhecendo ouros lugares e pessoas pra ajudar e ser ajudado."
Afro-Brazilian web-series promotes community unification, black
entrepreneurship, and autonomy 3/2/2018 AfroPunk: "Afronta’ is a Brazilian
web series written and directed by Juliana Vicente, that invites contemporary
black thinkers to the show to discuss their sense of belonging in the community,
entrepreneurship, ancestrality, and afrofuturism. Recorded in both Brazil and
the U.S., the series aims to foster conversations about the African diaspora,
promoting our own autonomy as a community, challenging the status quo, and
loving and accepting ourselves as a collective. So far, episodes feature
sit-downs with artists like Anelis Assumpção, Karol Conka, Linikerand Tássia
Reis, as well as blogger Magá Moura, the curator and creative director Diane
Lima and the Rio de Janeiro ballet dancer from Dance Theater of Harlem, Ingrid
Silva."
How Ilê Aiyê Brought Blackness Back to Carnival 3/1/2018 OK Africa: "Get to
know Ilê Aiyê, a group that uses music, dancing, and beauty to bring Brazil's
African heritage back to Carnival."
Brasil: jóvenes afro inician campaña frente a supuesto abordaje policial
indebido 2/23/2018 France 24: "Un video con consejos para jóvenes afro
sobre cómo actuar frente a un eventual abordaje abusivo por parte de agentes del
orden se viralizó en redes sociales tras la decisión del presidente Michel Temer
de intervenir militarmente en Río de Janeiro. “Si eres negro, presta atención:
evita salir de noche, nunca salgas sin documentos, avísales a tus amigos a dónde
vas a estar, lleva los recibos de cualquier aparato costoso que tengas contigo
como un celular, nunca hagas movimientos bruscos frente a un oficial…"
Fists up!! Members of Afro-Brazilian intellectual debate group fill mall movie
theater to watch Black Panther 2/20/2018 Black Women of Brazil: "Such as
when the black characters allowed one of the few white characters to participate
in their struggle, but made sure to signal to him, “Yes, you’re here, and on our
team, but sit back, white man, because WE RUNNIN’ THIS PIECE!” It spoke to
centuries of slavery and white supremacy of which black Brazilians have been
made silent and not allowed to participate from any position of authority in
society."
Rio’s Carnival goes political, and a little-known samba school ignites a
firestorm 2/17/2018 WaPo: "With Brazil’s president portrayed as a
“neoliberal vampire” and dancers dressed as shackled slaves and downtrodden
street vendors, a scrappy samba school brought politics to the heart of Rio’s
glamorous Carnival parade, posing the sensitive question of whether slavery
still exists in the country and setting off a firestorm of praise and criticism.
Though Carnival ended Wednesday, the debate over the performance by Paraíso de
Tuiuti continues, echoing the political upheavals shaking Latin America's
economic powerhouse."
La
ONU expresa preocupación por derechos de afrodescendientes en Brasil 2/9/2018 Aporrea: "La
Oficina Regional para América del Sur del Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas
para los Derechos Humanos (Acnudh) manifestó hoy su preocupación por posibles
restricciones a las facultades de los pueblos tribales afrodescendientes
(quilombolas) en Brasil. En una nota suscrita de conjunto con la Comisión
Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), la representación de la ONU dijo
observar que 'el ambiente de inseguridad jurídica respecto a las políticas de
acceso al territorio de los pueblos quilombolas y su modo de vida tradicional
debilita la protección de sus derechos'."
ONU preocupada con derechos de afrodescendientes en Brasil 2/8/2018 Prensa
Latina: "La Oficina Regional para América del Sur del Alto Comisionado de
Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (Acnudh) manifestó hoy su preocupación
por posibles restricciones a las facultades de los pueblos tribales
afrodescendientes (quilombolas) en Brasil. En una nota suscrita de conjunto con
la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), la representación de la
ONU dijo observar que 'el ambiente de inseguridad jurídica respecto a las
políticas de acceso al territorio de los pueblos quilombolas y su modo de vida
tradicional debilita la protección de sus derechos'."
It's Complicated: Why Some Afro-Brazilians Are Willing to Vote for a Racist
Presidential Candidate Who's Calling for More Police Violence 1/25/2018 The
Root: “Anytime things get unstable economically, they start getting scared,”
said Paschel, an assistant professor in African-American studies at the
University of Berkeley. “Folks are basically willing to give up some up their
freedoms for the sake of security and some promise of economic stability.”
In Brazil, Racism Can Wear A Friendly Face — But It’s No Less Insidious 12/6/2017 Huff
Post: "Is there a white smell, Franciele? Or just a “neguinha” smell? Under the
guise of good humor and friendly jokes, racial prejudice is alive and kicking in
these expressions and comparisons."
La comunidad negra en Brasil, la que más sufre pese a ser mayoría 11/20/2017 La
Vanguardia: "En el último país de América en abolir la esclavitud, en 1888, la
comunidad negra y mulata representa más de la mitad de la población, pero es
también la que más muere, menos gana y más sufre con el desempleo en Brasil,
donde centenas de personas se han congregado este lunes en diferentes ciudades
para conmemorar el Día de la Conciencia Negra, una celebración que recuerda el
asesinato en 1695 de Zumbi dos Palmares, un negro que gobernó una posteriormente
fracasada “república” de esclavos libres en el noreste del país."
In Brazil, religious gang leaders say they’re waging a holy war 11/2/2017 The
Conversation: "I study violence in Latin America, and I’ve observed a sharp
increase in reports of religiously motivated crimes in Rio de Janeiro over the
past year, in particular attacks on “terreiros” – the temples belonging to the
Candomblé and Umbanda faiths."
Drug traffickers and pastors united by prejudice? Is Evangelical demonizing of
Afro-Brazilian religions to blame for recent violent assaults? 10/2/2017 Black
Women of Brazil: "In one attack in August, 65-year old Maria da Conceição
Cerqueira da Silva suffered injuries to her face, mouth and arm when she was
stoned in Nova Iguaçu, in suburban Rio. According to her family, she was a
victim of religious intolerance. One of the principal culprits of this
increasing violence against Afro-Brazilian religious followers is the
Evangelical church, whose rhetoric and demonizing of these religions, lead
followers who claim to represent Jesus, to violently oppress, threaten and
attack followers of a religion they consider to be “of the devil”."
Urgent Letter to
International Journalists and Organizations: Afro-Brazilian Religions Under
Attack 9/30/2017 Rioonwatch: "By means of this letter, I kindly ask
international bodies or even the UN itself to take action against the cases of
violence, destruction, death, beatings, and torture that black people who follow
Afro-Brazilian religions are facing. There have been such cases all over the
country. The State of Rio de Janeiro is the leader in that ill-omened ranking.
Many municipalities have been under attack. Armed men with machine guns and
rifles invade religious houses and force religious leaders to break all of the
objects in the houses as well as sacred artifacts. Those men beat people up or
torture them with threats of severing their hands off if they do not obey."
Three Reasons
Charlottesville Could Happen in Brazil 8/24/2017 Rio On Watch: "In Brazil,
police brutality in majority Afro-Brazilian favela communities is also “every
day.” At a rate accelerated by mega-events like the World Cup and the Olympics,
police have been found to kill one person for every 23 arrested, compared to 1
in 37,000 in the US. Rio’s police, called the most violent in the world, killed
more than 8,000 people in the last decade, three-fourths of whom were black men.
The post-Olympic economic crisis in Rio coupled with longer-term policy
failures, has increased violence in Rio in 2017."
Racista? 8/11/2017 Mentiram para mim sobre o Jair: Featuring many photos
purporting to show that Balsonaro is not racist.
Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian Women, and African Religiosity in Brazil 6/15/2017 Black
Perspectives: "Africana women — in particular, Afro-Brazilian women — who
practice African indigenous religiosity both historically and contemporarily
play a pivotal role in Black women’s political mobilization in Brazil. By
embracing Candomblé — a Pan-African spiritual subset of Ifá — Black Brazilian
women who practice African religious customs are not only asserting their
socio-political agency, but more importantly, they are promoting an
intersectional stance that focuses on their race, gender, and the social
injustices that impact their livelihoods."
Is Brazil Ready for a Black Political Party? 5/23/2017 Americas
Quarterly: "Celso Athayde watched closely as members of Congress lined up on
April 2016 to vote on President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment. Conscious of the
national audience following the proceedings, legislators dedicated their votes
to their constituencies or causes: families, home states, insurance brokers -
even Christians. Two things struck Athayde: the representatives were mostly
white. And no one - not even the handful of black or brown representatives -
said they were voting on behalf of black people."
Nilma Lino Gomes: The minister of the equality 5/15/2017 Atlantico: "Nilma
Lino Gomes, a pedagogue, is a reference as a researcher and active in the
Brazilian Black movement and nowadays, she occupies an important role in Brazil.
The Minister is from Minas Gerais and was born in Belo Horizonte. She is the
Minister for the Special Agency for Policies on Racial Equality, Seppir. She has
been in this position since the beginning of the year. Nilma is on the battle
front for overcoming racism and decreasing racial inequalities."
“They don’t even serve for procreating”: In Jewish club, Congressman Jair
Bolsonaro, the “Brazilian Trump”, infuriates Afro-Brazilians with comments on
black quilombo communities 4/10/2017 Black Women of Brazil: "During a
speech to the Jewish community at the Hebraica club in Rio de Janeiro, Jair
Bolsonaro stated that black quilombolas ‘do not serve for anything, not even to
procreate’. The deputy also said that indigenous reserves and quilombos disrupt
the economy."
Brazil’s New Problem With Blackness 4/5/2017 Foreign Policy: "For Brazil’s
black activists, however, the breach of the country’s unofficial color-blindness
has also been accompanied by suspicion over race fraud: people taking advantage
of affirmative action policies never meant for them in the first place. “These
spots are for people who are phenotypically black,” Mailson Santiago, a history
major at the Federal University of Pelotas and a member of the student activist
group Setorial Negro, told me. “It’s not for people with black grandmothers.”"
Batalhão de Irajá é recordista em mortes decorrentes de ação policial no Rio 3/31/2017 Globo: [The
Batallion implicated in the murder of Mirielle Franco, 2018]
Brazil neo-Nazi claim challenges myth of nation’s racial harmony 1/10/2017 Financial
Times: "The rise of neo-Nazis in Brazil has challenged a popular myth that
racism, at least the overt variety on display in the US and other western
countries, does not exist there. With more than half the population claiming at
least some African heritage, Brazilians pride themselves on the relaxed
relations between the country’s different racial groups. But there has been a
steady stream of attacks in recent years. Just last year, neo-Nazis attacked a
punk band that championed gay and equal rights with knives and tomahawks."
Social Inequality And Colorism Within The Afro-Brazilian Community 8/15/2016 Odyssee: "Colorism,
a discrimination based on skin complexion within one’s own race, has been
evolving throughout the centuries."
Brasil vive bajo un golpe multidimensional, considera exministra 5/26/2016 Prensa
Latina: "Brasil vive hoy bajo los efectos de un golpe multidimensional:
parlamentario, de clase, de género y de raza, según la apreciación de la
exministra de Mujeres, Igualdad Racial y Derechos Humanos Nilma Lino Gomes. No
hay expectativa de reconocimiento de la diversidad en un gobierno golpista,
señaló la primera mujer negra en dirigir una universidad pública en el país,
para quien la integración de un equipo gubernamental es un retrato de la
concepción que está por detrás del mismo. Un gobierno formado por hombres,
blancos, de una misma generación, la misma clase social, e inclusive con
trayectorias políticas complicadas ante la propia justicia, ya trae implícito un
mensaje para el pueblo, dijo."
Impeachment, culture wars and the politics of identity in Brazil 5/26/2016 The
Conversation: "The suspension of Dilma Rousseff from the presidency provided
vivid evidence of what may be a looming battle of cultural narratives and civic
society. At his hasty inauguration, Vice President Michel Temer, who is of
Lebanese descent, surrounded himself with his 22 newly named cabinet ministers.
All are male and light skinned. In both his statements about the new
administration and his appointments one thing is clear. The officially
sanctioned government approval of multiculturalism and the new social movements
over the past 20 years will now come under direct assault. Much of the inflamed
rhetoric in both houses of congress during the impeachment proceedings
demonstrates the resurgence of an unrepentant Right after more than 13 years of
PT administrations. The New York Times quoted Brazilian TV evangelist Silas
Malafaia as saying Temer’s new education minister will “be able to sweep away
the ideology of pathological leftists.”"
Brazil, the World’s Second-Largest Black Nation, Has Been Taken Over by an All
White Male Cabinet — Here’s What’s at Stake for Its Afro-Descendants 5/22/2016 Atlanta
Black Star: "Brazil has the fifth-largest population and the sixth-largest
economy in the world. And if the nation’s new government of all white men has
its way, Black power will be erased. Brazil’s majority African-descended
population will be shut out of the process, losing the socioeconomic and
political gains they have made in recent years. Aside from Nigeria, no other
country has as many Black people as Brazil. And yet, one would not know this
solely by looking at the recently installed cabinet. Although this is a story
unto itself, it is only the beginning of the story."
Where was the Afro-Brazilian community at the protests against Dilma Rousseff? 3/22/2016 Medium: "Among
the demands for honesty, there were no signs at all that demanded equal rights,
quotas or labor right achievements for maids. Instead, what was seen on Paulista
avenue was representing the desire of a middle class and the Brazilian white
elite to maintain their privileges. The event is to social justice just as the
casarão (slave owners large house) is to the slave quarters. Identical and
widely self-evident."
Lo peor para la clase dominante en Brasil sería la reelección de Lula, asegura
Frei Betto 3/9/2016 Cubadebate
How Carnaval Showcases Brazil’s Racist Drug Policy 2/29/2016 Open Society
Foundations: "Though Salvador’s population is 80 percent black, the carnavaleros
dancing down the cordoned-off avenues are mostly white, protected from the
masses by largely black, rope-holding sentinels. Bleachers packed with white
spectators are defended by still more black security guards. Police patrol the
crowds, demonstrating radically different attitudes toward the carousers
depending on the color of their skin. It’s black Brazilians’ unequal status made
manifest in a week-long party — a reality all the more maddening given the
Afro-Brazilian origins of both Carnaval and Salvador."
The Cabula 12: Brazil’s police war against the black community 2/25/2016 Al
Jazeera: "As Salvador was kicking off Carnival, Brazil’s biggest party, earlier
this month, a somber event was taking place in a poor neighborhood far from the
gaudy music-blaring floats and drunken revelers. A few dozen residents of
Cabula, the cinder-block favela, gathered to commemorate the murder of eight
young black men and four black teenagers on Feb. 6, 2015. Witnesses said they
last saw the 12 Cabula residents at around 3 a.m. on Feb. 6 of last year being
led by a military police officers down a hill toward an empty dirt field
surrounded by trees. Gunshots were heard, and shortly after the police were seen
putting bodies in a truck and leaving the neighborhood. All of them were young,
black and lived in the community."
Proyecto de ley en Brasil para la inclusiòn del racismo como factor agravante en
la comisión de un delito. 1/8/2016 Uruguay Negro: "El Senado puede decidir
en 2016 sobre un proyecto de ley que incluye entre las circunstancias que
agravan la pena de un criminal, han actuado con sentimientos de discriminación y
racial perjuicio. Autor del proyecto de ley, el senador Paulo Paim (PT-RS) para
insertar en la regla del Código Penal que establece el marco jurídico del factor
subjetivo, se originó en el sentimiento racista y prejuiciosa, que impulsa la
acción concreta de la persona que practica un delito."
Black Women March Against Violence in Brazil 11/19/2015 Radio
Havana: "According to organizers, at least 10,000 Black women marched Wednesday
in Brasilia to protest against violence, racism, and to demand gender equality.
They came from around the country for the occasion, and gathered outside the
National Congress of Brazil, protesting against the recent wave of conservative
bills that attempt to reduce their rights."
Brazil's 'Black Lives Matter' struggle — even deadlier 11/3/2015 PRI: "The
police committed more than 1 in every 6 of Rio de Janeiro's homicides between
2010 and 2013. And 4 out of 5 of those who are slain overall were under 29 years
old — and of African descent. These startling figures come from an analysis of
official homicide data by Amnesty International. The problem spans far beyond
Rio, and more recent incidents have raised concern that it's not going away."
A Brazilian student mapped out Rio's racial segregation. What he found was
startling 11/2/2015 PRI: "“The Zona Sul [South Zone] of Rio is about 80
percent white — 80 percent!” Barbosa said. “I knew it would be high, but I
didn’t think it would be that stark.” According to Barbosa’s research, one
neighborhood, Lagoas, was almost 90 percent white. "
Cordial Racism: Race as a Cultural Complex 9/1/2015 Jung
Atlanta: "Considering the growing importance of psychological studies of groups
and communities, we believe that a psychological perspective on the cultural
identity of Latin America is of major importance. We must always remember that
Jung emphasized that psychology is a peculiar science since the psychologist is
both the observer and object of its work. He also said that a psy- chological
theory is always a pe rsonal confession. So, I believe it is important for us
Latin Americans to have a specific per- spective in analytical psychology that
takes into account the points of view of our continent. I believe the concept of
cultural complex is central to this endeavor. We consider that the color
prejudice that took shape throughout Brazilian history repre- sents one of the
most important cultural complexes in Brazil."
Dark-Skinned Or Black? How Afro-Brazilians Are Forging A Collective Identity 8/12/2015 NPR: "She's
been participating in the black pride movement for over 15 years. And it seems
to be working, she says, because the number of people self identifying as pardo
or preto surged in the latest census. And more importantly, lawmakers are
beginning to pay more attention to issues of inequality. Brazil now has an
affirmative action program for higher education. Before the program launched,
only seven percent of Afro-Brazilians went to college. Now it's about 15
percent, and the numbers are growing."
Você conhece Frantz Fanon? 7/11/2015 Negro Belchior: "Neste livro o autor
discute os impactos do racismo e do colonialismo na psique (de colonizadores e
colonizados) e mostra o quanto as alienações coloniais são incorporadas pelos
colonizados, mesmo no contexto de elaboração do protesto negro."
Brazil's prison population increased 74 per cent in seven years, says UNDP 6/5/2015 UNDP: "Brazil's
prison population has increased 74 percent from 2005 to 2012, says a new UN
Development Programme (UNDP)-National Youth Secretariat (SNJ) report launched
here today. This growth was mainly driven by the detention of young Brazilians
of African descent and women, according to the new report titled "Brazilian
Youth Imprisonment Map""
Emir Sader: El neocolonialismo intelectual 4/16/2015 Sociologos: "La
izquierda occidental tuvo siempre un fuerte acento eurocentrista. Las mismas
definiciones de izquierda y de derecha de Europa se han difundido por todo el
mundo."
Brazil’s elites are revolting 3/22/2015 Al Jazeera: "All this upsets the
nation’s elites. But the issue that many find most offensive is affirmative
action in public universities, which are the most prestigious academic
institutions in Brazil. Though they charge no tuition, the schools are a
traditional bastion of elite privilege, the place where senators, ministers,
presidents, judges and newspaper editors are all educated. Since 2003, the
number of college students has doubled, with the biggest gains among the working
class and lower middle class. In the last few years, the universities have set
aside nearly half their slots for affirmative action candidates, bringing the
subject of racial inequality into public debate after a long period of neglect."
Levantamento mostra que área do 41º BPM (Irajá) é a mais perigosa da cidade 3/7/2015 Odia: [The
Batallion implicated in the murder of Mirielle Franco, 2018]
Afro-Brazilian religions struggle against Evangelical hostility 2/6/2015 WaPo: "Candomblé
survived centuries of slavery, but the quasi-respectability it has gained in
recent decades is now under concentrated attack from radical Evangelical
Christians, a growing force in Catholic Brazil, who regard it as the devil’s
work and its priests and priestesses as little more than neighborhood witches.
Tactics range from propaganda blitzkriegs launched on blogs and YouTube videos
to threats, violence and expulsions from drug gangs. Afro-Brazilian religious
leaders and sympathizers are fighting back in court. A low-intensity war is
being fought for Brazilian souls."
The under-representation of Afro-Brazilians on television 11/30/2014 Black
Women of Brazil: "If Brazil is truly proud of its mixed ancestry and variety of
phenotypes, why do the majority of faces and bodies on television only represent
the European side of this mixture?"
Racismo en Brasil: ley puede castigar la falta de respeto, pero no puede enseñar
a amar 11/21/2014 Adital: 'Aprovechando la ocasión, Conic (Consejo Nacional
de Iglesias Cristianas de Brasil) hizo una entrevista con el monje Marcelo
Barros. La conversación abordó, entre otros temas, la persecución que religiones
con raíces africanas (como el Candomblé y la Umbanda) todavía sufren en Brasil;
el papel del poder público, de los cupos, además de su más reciente libro, "En
la casa de mi padre hay muchas moradas - Conversaciones con un pastor
pentecostal sobre la Biblia y otras religiones”*."
Dia da Consciência Negra: Black Awareness Day in Brazil 11/20/2014 Rio
Times: "“I would not consider it a celebration as much as a reflection of what
Afro-descents have accomplished in Brazil,” says Eunice Prudente, Law Professor
at the University of São Paulo (USP) and a member of the Nucleo de Estudos
Interdisciplinares sobre o Negro Brasileiro (Interdisciplinary Studies Group on
the Brazilian Afro-Descendants)."
Entidades
do movimento negro divulgam carta em apoio à Dilma Rousseff 10/16/2014 Brasil
de Fato: "No documento, movimento negro diz que Brasil não pode permitir
“retrocessos e nem a volta dos grupos conservadores e contrários às ações
afirmativas”"
Why Brazil's would-be first black president trails among blacks 10/3/2014 Reuters: "In
recent weeks, Reuters interviewed two dozen Brazilians of color in three
different cities. Many said they would be proud to see Silva win – especially in
a country where people of color have historically been underrepresented in
government, universities and elsewhere. Yet they also said they were more
focused on the economy than any other factor. Since taking power in 2003,
Rousseff’s leftist Workers’ Party has made enormous strides in reducing poverty
– especially among blacks."
Los
blocos afro en Bahía. Máquinas de re-creación del territorio negro 6/1/2014 Revidta
Pouteia: "Es una aproximación a la experiencia de los blocos afro en la ciudad
de Salvador de Bahía-Brasil, a través de un enfoque que permita ver la
actividadde estos colectivos desde su potencia como agentes en la producción de
realidad social. En este caso se muestran elementos discursivos y prácticos de
los blocos afrobainos Ilê Aiyê y Malê Debalê, que ofrecen una actividad de
producción en diversos ámbitos: artístico, pedagógico y finalmente político,
consolidando un dispositivo social para la recreación de territorios
afrodescendientes, y la producción de una africanidad renovada en el seno de los
contextos urbanos suramericanos. Entendemos aquí los términos “territorio” y
“producción” (en el sentido esquizoanalítico de Deleuze y Guattari (2010a), que
será retomado en Guattariy Rolnik (2006) y Cocco (2012). Esto implica mostrar el
bloco afro como máquina deseante, así como mirar sus cualidades como
agenciamiento social y sus flujos en diversos ámbitos de enunciación como
territorio geográfico, espacio político y campo cultural. Esta aproximación
teórica se funda, además, en la propia experiencia de participación en
actividades de los mencionados blocos entre los años 2007 y 2009, así como la
revisión de la información que estos colectivos ponen a disposición sobre su
propio hacer, considerando también tesis y textos científicos producidos en
Bahía sobre los mencionados colectivos. El presente artículo es un
desdoblamientode la investigación “Imaginarios afrourbanos: formasde la
construcciónidentitaria”, orientada a la comprensión de las dinámicas
identitarias y alteritarias de las poblaciones afrodescendientes encontextos
urbanos."
100 years of Abdias do Nascimento: Brazil’s greatest modern day black leader 3/14/2014 Black
Brazil Today: "Nascimento was university professor, activist, politician, actor,
director, writer, poet and an accomplished painter. For his accomplishments and
struggle for racial equality, Nascimento was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
in 2004."
In
Brazil, Racism Against Afro-Brazilians Persists 1/24/2014 Newsone: "But I’m
not a negao, I was told. I’m American, and as an American, I’m essentially seen
as White — except when it’s not obvious that I’m American and then I’m Black
again, a negao. The transition can be almost instantaneous."
The
Brazilian ranch where Nazis kept slaves 1/24/2014 BBC: "Some of the
surviving Rocha Miranda family say their forebears stopped supporting Nazism
well before World War Two. Maurice Rocha Miranda, great-nephew of Otavio and
Osvaldo, also denies that the children on the farm were kept as "slaves". "
Flashmob protests sweep across Brazil 1/17/2014 FT: "Mr Takeuti was
motivated to act by a crackdown on other flashmobs, which began last month as
parties but have become more political. “I couldn’t bear to see the
criminalisation of poor, black kids,” he says. Similar protest-cum-rampages are
planned in at least eight other states across Brazil this weekend, with more
than 8,000 expected at one shopping centre in Rio de Janeiro. Popular among
poor, largely black, Brazilians, the flashmobs have begun to snowball into a
nationwide movement against racism and inequality, threatening the government
with further violent mass protests just as the country prepares to host the
football World Cup, academics say."
Am I supposed to be more Brazilian than black? 12/20/2013 Africa is a
Country: "The documentary film, “Raça,” explores whether nationality should be
considered a race (the “Brazilian race”) and whether black Brazilians should
abandon once and for all their racial identity for the sake of some Brazilian
unity. The filmmakers also ask whether this question itself isn’t already a
consequence of institutional racism. Am I supposed to be more Brazilian than
black?"
Brazil’s top TV network makes a mockery of the Month of Black Consciousness in a
satirical skit 11/18/2013 Black Women of Brazil: "The month of November is
celebrated as the Month of Black Consciousness throughout Brazil in more than
350 cities, with November 20th being the Day of Black Consciousness. In
recognition of this, or better, in a mockery of this, Rede Globo (Globo
Network), Brazil’s top television network, produced a satirical skit on its
Sunday (November 3rd) evening jornal, Fantástico, in which it poked fun at the
abolition of slavery in Brazil on May 13, 1888. The skit caused indignation
amongst many black Brazilians in social networks and for a number of reasons."
Combating the Myth of Racial Democracy in Brazil 9/1/2013 The Indiana
University Undergraduate Journal of History: "Out of this emerged the opinion
that racial prejudice and stratification existed more along the lines of wealth
and class as opposed to the color of one’s skin. Sociologist Antonio Sérgio
Alfredo Guimarães wrote in his essay “The Misadventures of Nonracialism in
Brazil” that “in Brazil racism developed in a different way, present in social
practice – a racism of attitudes – but unrecognized by the legal system and
denied by the nonracialist discourse of nationality.”1 Hence, a myth of racial
democracy and inclusion emerged regarding Afro-Brazilians. Namely, this myth
propagates that racism and inequality were not as prevalent in Brazil as they
were in the United States and that blacks experienced little to no racial
oppression."
Combating the Myth of Racial Democracy in Brazil 9/1/2013 Primary
Source: "When comparing the United States with Brazil, many historians have
mistakenly looked at the issues specifically as black and white, without taking
into account the multiracial identity of many Brazilians. Studies from the early
nineteenth century up to the 1970s tended to focus on the mulattoes of Brazil
and to apply conclusions to the black Afro-Brazilian population without taking
into account that the mulatto is seen as a separate race in Brazil. These
interpretations often led to an over-generalization of Brazilian race relations
that in turn perpetuated the myth of racial democracy. By comparing different
studies over a wide range of time, one can identify the strengths and weaknesses
surrounding this myth and can work to refute it."
La lenta
construcción de una nueva cultura política en Brasil 7/8/2013 CIP
Americas: "Pasados los momentos más álgidos de las movilizaciones en Brasil,
parece necesario indagar las raíces de la cultura política horizontal y autónoma
que emergió en las calles pero fue madurando al fuego lento de la resistencia
cotidiana, impulsada por una nueva generación de luchadores sociales. El diálogo
con ellos es el mejor camino para comprender."
Por que um feminismo negro? 6/13/2013 Blogueiras Negras
IDEOLOGY
OF WHITE RACIAL SUPREMACY: COLONIZATION AND DE-COLONIZATION PROCESSES 6/1/2013 Psicologia
& Sociedad: "This article is a literature review on how the ideology of white
racial supremacy dehumanizes and colonizes the minds of Whites and Blacks in
Brazil. For this aim I use critical references about whiteness to highlight
dehumanization processes in Whites, and I make use of critical references of
Black and African studies to examine specific dehumanization processes of the
Black population. Furthermore, the work seeks to reflect on possibilities of
mental humanization and de-colonization in both groups considering current
policies of Affirmative Action in Education in Brazil."
Document points to a late 1980s extreme right plan to exterminate poor
populations 4/24/2013 Black Women of Brazil: 'the constituted Executive,
Legislative and Judiciary powers may request the assistance of the Armed Forces
to take charge of the hard task of facing this horde of bandits, neutralizing
them, even destroying them, in order to maintain law and order.” (p. 285,
emphasis and italics added) The Southern Command of the Armed Forces of the USA
publishes a magazine called Dialogue (Diálogo in Portuguese) that circulates in
the military. In this publication, there is a clear spread of the idea that the
role of the Armed Forces of Latin America countries is to fight against drug
trafficking and organized crime, often citing the examples (positive for them)
of the role played by the military in Colombia and Mexico. It is evident that
the magazine argues that these military actions should occur with the “know how”
of the US. Thus, besides a crackdown, this policy is a disguised form of US
intervention in Latin American countries."
Brazil's outrage over 'racist' evangelical politician 4/3/2013 BBC: "Writing
on Twitter, Mr Feliciano said that "Africans descend from an ancestry cursed by
Noah". He also argued that "the curse that Noah cast on his grandson, Canaan,
spills over on the African continent, hence the famine, pestilence, disease,
ethnic wars!". "
In Brazil, decades of intermarriage haven't changed whites' supremacy 3/18/2013 AP: "Many
Brazilians cast their country as racial democracy where people of different
groups long have intermarried, resulting in a large mixed-race population. But
you need only turn on the TV, open the newspaper or stroll down the street to
see clear evidence of segregation."
The BBQ activists 2/22/2013 FT: "Across Brazil, disgruntled citizens have
been using Facebook to organise ‘barbecue protests’ – mass
demonstrations-cum-street-parties with cooked meat "
According to insiders, “In each battalion of the Military Police there’s a death
squad”: Does this explain why so many black men are being killed? 1/24/2013 Black
Women of Brazil: "Civil Police reveal how the new death squads of São Paulo work
and denounce the persecutions the agents suffer that refuse to kill and
torture."
Is Brazil a “Racial Democracy”? 9/5/2012 American Renaissance: "Edward
Telles, a professor of sociology at Princeton, has written a useful book that
blows the whistle on Brazil’s “racial democracy” and the claim that the country
has somehow solved problems that baffle the rest of us. Prof. Telles calls for
greater honesty in describing the race question, but his proposed
solution—quotas—would only light the fuse for greater conflict. His basic
position is that genetic explanations for race differences have been refuted and
that inequality is a product of culture. His descriptions of Brazilian society
thoroughly debunk the image of harmony."
Brazil - An
Inconvenient History (Legendado Pt-Br) 6/2/2012 YouTube: BBC, English with
Brazilian subtitles. "Brazil was built on the back of the largest forced
migration in history."
Century-old Afro-Brazilian religion under threat 12/14/2011 AP: "Although
an estimated 400,000 Brazilians such as Cardoso follow the religion, they also
continue to face prejudices that clash with the country's public image of racial
and religious harmony. Intolerance and outright hostility against Umbanda, as
well as Brazil's other major African-descended religion Candomble, have recently
returned to the spotlight as religious-freedom activists denounce the demolition
of a house known as Umbanda's birthplace. At the same time, the owner of another
Umbanda temple in the same city, Sao Goncalo, across the bay from Rio, is
fighting an eminent domain order to turn his house into a sports center."
Brazil census shows African-Brazilians in the majority for the first time 11/17/2011 Guardian: "For
the first time since records began black and mixed race people form the majority
of Brazil's population, the country's latest census has confirmed. Preliminary
results from the 2010 census, released on Wednesday, show that 97 million
Brazilians, or 50.7% of the population, now define themselves as black or mixed
race, compared with 91 million or 47.7% who label themselves white. The
proportion of Brazilians declaring themselves white was down from 53.7% in 2000,
when Brazil's last census was held. But the proportion of people declaring
themselves black or mixed race has risen from 44.7% to 50.7%, making
African-Brazilians the official majority for the first time."
Le complexe culturel et l’élaboration du traumatisme de l’esclavage 5/1/2011 Cahiers
Jungiens de Psychanalyse: "Millions of immigrants were forced to cross the
Atlantic Ocean, brought to work as slaves in the american continent. The
kidnapping, the break of family bonds, the compulsing moving abroad, the
terrible journeys in the black ships and all the mistreats that Africans were
submitted undoubtedly set up a highly traumatic situation. The traumas left by
slavery can be seen in the social-economical and cultural conditions of their
descendants, especially in Brazil. This paper analyses how this traumatic
situation was fixed in a cultural complex being transmitted from generation to
generation."
Las Américas Tienen Color: Afrodescendientes en los Censos del Siglo XXI 1/7/2010 Pelusa
Radical: "Con el título “Las Américas Tienen Color: Afrodescendientes en los
Censos del Siglo XXI”, la producción del Canal Integración es el resultado de la
sociedad entre el Grupo de Trabajo Afrodescendientes de las Américas Censos de
2010 y el UNIFEM Brasil y Cono Sur. A partir del 29 de enero se iniciará la
exhibición de la serie “Trabajo Doméstico, Trabajo Decente”, que revela la
realidad de las trabajadoras domésticas de Brasil, Bolivia, Guatemala y
Paraguay"
Black Movements in
Brazil 4/28/2009 Blog da Policia Militar do Estado de Goias
Brazil: Racism takes many hues 6/24/2007 Miami Herald: "Visiting Brazil,
where race has a way of seeming both hauntingly familiar and exotically strange,
the experience is like looking into a fun-house mirror."
Movimento Negro Brasileiro: alguns apontamentos históricos 4/1/2006 Tempo: "A
finalidade deste artigo é fazer alguns apontamentos acerca de um tema
subexplorado na historiografia brasileira: a trajetória do movimento negro
organizado durante a República (1889-2000), com as etapas, os atores e suas
propostas. A idéia central é demonstrar que, em todo o período republicano, esse
movimento vem desenvolvendo diversas estratégias de luta pela inclusão social do
negro e superação do racismo na sociedade brasileira."
Affirmative Action in Brazil - the Day of the Lambs 2/23/2006 Black
Commentator: "Today, white Affirmative Action is everywhere in Brazil but, at
least in one sector, higher education, its days are ending. For a long time - a
time that lasted from the country's discovery until two years ago - white
students in Brazil could count on a kind of Affirmative Action for their own
exclusive benefit. Among other things, that privilege explains why 98% of
professors with masters or Ph.D degrees are white and why, although 48% of the
population is black, only 14% of university students are black. White AA was not
created by nature, of course, but was a perverse manmade system. At first, it
was supported by laws that made it a crime to teach a slave how to read and
write. Following that, other laws blocked their access to the land and
profitable professions. Thus, abolition ended official slavery, but, far from
being free, blacks were stigmatized by ignorance and condemned to material
poverty, which provide the White Affirmative Action with subsistence. That's
why, today, blacks and whites can be found, in the same proportion, in three
places: slums, prisons and mental institutions. But not in professorships,
justice, diplomacy and in first rank of government."
Racism in a Racial Democracy: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil 9/25/2005 NACLA: "“Why
are you importing a U.S. problem into our society? We are not black, or white,
or Indian. We are all Latin Americans.” This discourse of silencing race is
upheld by people from all segments of the political spectrum in Latin America.
Nonetheless, a scholarship highlighting the significance of racial
stratification in the region has been in place for 40 years. Here I review books
on racism in Brazil that exemplify the current wave of racial studies in Latin
America."
Brazil’s Black Civil Rights Activists Achieving Overdue Policy Reform 4/26/2005 Americas
Program
Blacks' push for quotas stirs up Brazil 2/9/2004 AP
Afrobrazilianists: Such Arrogance! 5/16/2003 Brazzil
Racial Quotas in Brazil Touch Off Fierce Debate 4/5/2003 NYT: "The
Brazilian government, responding to demands to improve the lot of the black
population, has begun imposing racial quotas for government jobs, contracts and
university admissions. But that has unleashed an acrimonious debate in a country
that traditionally prides itself on being a harmonious "racial democracy." "
Community -
Life in the Ghettos of Brazil 10/11/2002 NarcoNews: "In this world, a
favela is a favela... once and always the same... the same in India, Bolivia,
Mexico or Brazil. It's a place where the expectations of life, for dignity and
justice, have indexes lower than those that can be measured by the intellectual
myopia of the World Bank. And here, in the most industrialized city of the
continent, with 18 million inhabitants in the metropolitan zone and its urban
sprawl, this correspondent invites you on a tour…"
Facing up to the Failure of "Racial Democracy" in Brazil 11/28/2001 Africana.com: compare
and contrast to Cuba
Race, nationalism and social theory in Brazil: rethinking Gilberto Freyre 6/1/1999 David
Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Racism in a Racial Democracy: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil 1/1/1999 Transforming
Anthropology
Against Racism: Search for an Alliance between Afro-Brazilians and Brazilian
Jews in the early 1990s 2/28/1996 Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América
Latina y el Caribe: "In late 1992, Black and Jewish organizations in Brazil
formed an unprecedented alliance against racial hatred and discrimination, in
response to singular expressions of overt intolerance based on race and
ethnicity. During the transition from the 1980s to the 1990s, right-wing
extremist groups and activities increased sharply in Europe, as illustrated by
the rise of neo-Nazism. This neo-Nazi escalation also had an impact in Brazil.
[1] "Carecas do Subúrbio" ("Suburban Skinheads"), "Carecas do Brasil"
("Skinheads of Brazil"), and "White Power" are Brazilian groups that emerged
under the influence of 'punk' splinter groups, especially from North America and
Western Europe. With the exception of the White Power, which boasts a White
middle-class membership, Brazilian skinheads are young working-class people from
large cities, such as São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro, who live in extremely violent
and poor neighborhoods."
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Anti-blackness in Brazil's media, Al Jazeera, 10/14/17 |
Jornal Afronta
www.facebook.com/jornalafronta/
Jornal Quilombo
ipeafro.org.br/acervo-digital/leituras/ten-publicacoes/jornal-quilombo-no-01/
1948-1950, Abdais do Nascimento, editor
negrobelchior.cartacapital.com.br
Portal Afro
www.portalafro.com.br
Revista da ABPN
www.abpnrevista.org.br/
www.facebook.com/revistadaabpn/
Brazilian Sites on AfroCuba
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AfroBrazilian Organizations
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Nilma Lino Gomes - Ex-ministra das
Mulheres, Igualdade Racial, Juventude |
Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores(as) Negros(as)
www.abpn.org.br
Coletivo Nuvem Negra
www.facebook.com/coletivonuvemnegra/
contraogenocidio.blogspot.com.br/
Criola
Criola é uma organização da sociedade civil com mais de 25 anos de trajetória na
defesa e promoção dos direitos das mulheres negras.
Ilú Obá De Min
Em Yorubá significa: Mãos femininas que tocam tambor para Xangô
iluobademin.com.br/
Jovem Negro Vivo
anistia.org.br/campanhas/jovemnegrovivo/
Redes da Maré
www.facebook.com/redesdamare/
Books, People
Marielle Franco
www.mariellefranco.com.br/
www.facebook.com/MarielleFrancoPSOL/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marielle_Franco
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Racism in a Racial Democracy: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil
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Núcleo de Estudos Afro-brasileiro e Indígena (NEABI)
ifrs.edu.br/extensao/assessoria-de-acoes-inclusivas/nucleo-de-estudo-afro-brasileiro-e-indigena-neabi/
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41º Batalhão de Polícia Militar (PMERJ)
Update 3/14/19. Ronnie Lesa and Elcio de Vieira Queiroz, arrested for the murder of Marielle Franco, are ex-MPs from the 9º and 16º Batalhão de Polícia Militar respectively.
4/10/18: The 41st Battalion of MPs was operational in the area where Mirielle Franco was killed. As each battalion has its own death squad, it would be logical to assume that its death squad was responsible for her death, as there is a program to kill black people in Brazil, something Mirielle was apparently too vocal about. (According to insiders, “In each battalion of the Military Police there’s a death squad”: Does this explain why so many black men are being killed? 1/24/2013 Black Women of Brazil) However, we know from other places that hit squads can be contracted at a distance to provide better security and deniability. For example in Honduras, the police contract with gangsters from an area far away or even out of the country, this is standard operating procedure. Honduras was not formally a member of Plan Condor along with Brazil, but there could be some coordination through US military assistance programs. If this were the case, the 41st Battalion's role would be to clear the way and protect the squad.
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/41bpmoficial
Wikipedia entry: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/41%C2%BA_Batalh%C3%A3o_de_Pol%C3%ADcia_Militar_(PMERJ)
Official page: www.pmerj.rj.gov.br/tag/41-bpm/
Irajá: www.encontrairaja.com.br/iraja/quadragesimo-primeiro-batalhao-policia-militar-iraja.shtml
Ammunition Which Killed Marielle Franco in Rio Stolen from Police 3/17/2018 Rio Times: "The ammunition used to kill Rio de Janeiro councilwoman, Marielle Franco and her driver on Wednesday night came from a lot sold to the Federal Police in 2006 and stolen from a post office storage facility in the state of Paraiba, confirmed Public Secretary Minister Raul Jungmann on Friday night... The official also links this lot of ammunition to the one used in São Paulo’s Metropolitan Area in August of 2015 where in a single night seventeen people were killed in several spots around the region. Three military police officers and a local police officer were convicted of the crimes... The report said that bullets from this lot were also used in crimes involving rival drug trafficking gangs in Rio’s Metropolitan area of São Gonçalo between 2015 and 2017." [The link to drug traffickers is a classic sign of US style clandestine ops. Those folks are reliable, they will not leak.]
Batalhão de Irajá é recordista em mortes decorrentes de ação policial no Rio 3/31/2017 Globo: [The
Batallion implicated in the murder of Mirielle Franco, 2018]
Levantamento mostra que área do 41º BPM (Irajá) é a mais perigosa da cidade 3/7/2015 Odia: [The
Batallion implicated in the murder of Mirielle Franco, 2018]
Coronel preso no Rio já foi "caveira" e transferiu PMs para manter esquema... - Veja mais em https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2014/09/15/coronel-preso-por-propina-no-rio-ja-foi-oficial-do-bope.htm?cmpid=copiaecola 9/15/2014 UOL: "Em setembro de 2010, Fontenelle assumiu o comando do recém criado 41º Batalhão, em Irajá."
a few pics - www.pinterest.com/pin/560909328567805232/
Telephones: 41º BPM (Irajá)
Sala de Operações: 2333-8416
P-2: 2333-8422
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