The Brazilian carnival queen deemed ‘too black’ – video

Posted in Anthropology, Brazil, Caribbean/Latin America, Media Archive, Social Science, Videos, Women on 2016-02-13 03:13Z by Steven

The Brazilian carnival queen deemed ‘too black’ – video

The Guardian
2016-02-09

Barney Lankester-Owen, Bruce Douglas, Charlie Phillips and Juliet Riddell

Nayara Justino thought her dreams had come true when she was selected as the Globeleza carnival queen in 2013 after a public vote on one of Brazil’s biggest TV shows. But some regarded her complexion to be too dark to be an acceptable queen. Nayara and her family wonder what this says about racial roles in modern Brazil

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Brazilian television slowly confronts country’s deeply entrenched race issues

Posted in Articles, Brazil, Caribbean/Latin America, Communications/Media Studies, Media Archive on 2015-10-18 20:59Z by Steven

Brazilian television slowly confronts country’s deeply entrenched race issues

The Guardian
2015-10-07

Bruce Douglas
Rio de Janeiro

Mister Brau features a black couple known as Brazil’s Jay Z and Beyoncé in the lead roles – an unprecedented move in a country whose majority black population has long been sidelined in its leading leisure-time industry

In the middle of the night, a young black couple pull up at the entrance to an elegant mansion in an upper-class neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro.

Excitedly, they walk through the empty building into the garden and jump into the swimming pool. Their laughter wakes a white woman living next door.

Immediately, she grabs her binoculars. “Thieves,” she cries, and orders her sleepy husband to call security…

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