Talking about racism

28 Documentaries about racism in Brazil. Yes, we must talk about racism.

1) Menino 23

2) Chacinas nas periferias

3) The Colour of Money - A História do Racismo e do Escravismo

4) Raça Humana

5) O negro no Brasil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJAj-wGtoko

6) Ninguém nasce assim

7) Racismo Camuflado no Brasil

8) Negro lá, negro cá

9) Vidas de Carolina

10) Negros dizeres

11) Mulher negra

12) Negro Eu, Negro Você

13)A realidade de trabalhadoras domésticas negras e indígenas

14) Espelho, Espelho Meu!

15) Open Arms, Closed Doors

16) The Brazilian carnival queen deemed 'too black'- A Globeleza que era negra demais

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yp4Fg_eT_c

17) Boa Esperança - minidoc

18) Você faz a diferença

https://vimeo.com/27014017#at=70

19) Memórias do cativeiro

20) Quilombo São José da Serra

21) 7%

https://www.facebook.com/usp7doc/

22) Olhos azuis

23) Pele Negra, Máscara Branca

24) Introdução ao pensamento de Frantz Fanon

25) Invernada dos Negros 

26) A negação do Brasil

27) Sua cor bate na minha

28) História da Resistência Negra no Brasil

'If there is one thing we must talk about it  is our racism!'

Black Awareness Day

"To deny the existence of racism is to contribute in the most perverse and hypocritical way for its perpetuation."

Black Awareness Day is celebrated on November 20 in Brazil. On this day we remember that our greed, our immeasurable ambition, our lack of humanity enslaved other people. These people were deprived of everything we could call life. After a long time of suffering, they were abandoned to their own fate in what is sarcastically known as abolition. It means that they were not slaves anymore but, they were not citizens, they had nowhere to live, nowhere to work, they had no way to keep themselves or their families, their children could not attend school or learn a profession, a life of misery was destined to the ones who survived. It was another form of slavery even tough they were called FREE. Such state of poverty and its consequences remains until today. In Brazil, the great majority of poor people are black, the great majority of people who do not have opportunities to grow, to study, to socially ascend are black. On this day, as society we should feel ashamed of ourselves to have allowed and to still allow such unfairness to perpetuate.

To learn more about Black Awareness Day in Brazil 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Awareness_Day

CAROLINA MARIA DE JESUS

Carolina Maria de Jesus is an example of how generation after generation of enslaved people were and still are neglected in Brazil. She wrote important books such as The Trash Room and Child of the Dark where she describes how many people live in the slums of the country. Her biography can be found on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Maria_de_Jesus

LÁZARO RAMOS

Lazaro Ramos is a very famous and talented Brazilian actor and also a writer. In his participation in FLIP Paraty International Literary Festival http://flip.org.br/en  he was moved by the testimonial of a retired black teacher whose history have touched us all. I was there and will never forget the words of a 77-year-old retired teacher Diva Guimarães, https://www.cartacapital.com.br/revista/965/diva-guimaraes-das-provacoes-as-milhoes-de-curtidas

MAYA ANGELOU

I would like to finish my humble contribution to this day by sharing with you one of my favorite authors: Maya Angelou performing I Still Rise. I also would like to remind us all of our responsibilities to improve the world we live in as well as life for all people no matter the color of their skin, their gender, their faith (or if they have none). All diversity is welcome if we want to share a world of peace.