Category: Brazil

  • Frantz Fanon’s reception in Brazil Penser aujourd’hui à partir de Frantz Fanon, Actes du colloque Fanon (Symposium on Frantz Fanon) Université Paris 7 February 2008 Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães, Professor of Sociology University of São Paulo, Brazil Frantz Fanon is a central figure in cultural, post-colonial and African-American studies, whether in the United States, Africa…

  • Interview with Brazilian Journalist and Activist Daniela Gomes The Husslington Post 2011-12-04 Amil Cook, Correspondent In this interview, Husslington Post correspondent, Amil Cook, goes in depth with journal/scholar/activist Daniela Gomes about her fight against racism in Brazil. This is the first installment in what we hope will become a series of interviews by Amil. How…

  • ‘ORPHEUS’; Legacy of Domination The New York Times 2000-09-03 Michael Hanchard, Professor of Political Science and African American Studies Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland To the Editor: In his observations about the differences in the Brazilian and foreign receptions of two very distinct cinematic renditions of the Orpheus tale [“Orpheus, Rising From Caricature,” Aug. 20],…

  • Brazilian ethnoracial classification and affirmative action policies: Where are we and where do we go? Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity: Should we count, how should we count and why? 2007-12-06 through 2007-12-08 Montreal, Quebec Canada September 2007 12 pages José Luis Petruccelli, Senior Researcher Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Brésil Brazilian society is characterized…

  • Coming Into their Own? The Afro-Latin Struggle for Equality and Recognition Grassroots Development Journal Inter-American Foundation African Descendants and Development (2007) Robert J. Cottrol, Harold Paul Green Research Professor of Law and Professor of History and Sociology George Washington University Most Americans have at least a passing familiarity with the history of Afro-Americans in the…

  • Artspeak: Macys misses the boat on celebration of Brazil InsightNews.com 2012-06-12 Irma McClaurin, Ph.D., Culture and Education Editor What a delightful surprise to open my mailbox and see Macys touting a celebration of Brazil.  The merchandise colors are vibrant oranges, yellows, and shocking turquoise.  However, as I looked at the models chosen to represent Brazil,…

  • Racial Democracy and Intermarriage in Brazil and the United States The Latin Americanist Volume 55, Issue 3 (September 2011) pages 45–66 DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-203X.2011.01063.x Jack A. Draper III, Associate Professor of Portuguese University of Missouri “We see a blurring of the old lines.” —Michael Rosenfeld, Regional-Americanist sociologist “The maintenance of interracial barriers and the reproduction of…

  • Using Brazil’s Racial Continuum to Examine the Short-Term Effects of Affirmative Action in Higher Education The Journal of Human Resources Volume 47, Number 3 (Summer 2012) pages 754-784 Andrew M. Francis, Assistant Professor of Economics Emory University Maria Tannuri-Pianto, Professor of Economics University of Brasilia In 2004, the University of Brasilia established racial quotas. We…

  • Black and white student ruling in a land of rainbows University World News Issue 224, 2012-06-03 Chrissie Long While there appears to be little question that Brazil’s black community has been at a disadvantage regarding degree attainment, a ruling by the country’s top court upholding affirmative action in universities has sparked debate over whether the…

  • Brazilian Miscegenation: Disease as Social Metaphor 2012 Congress of the Latin American Studies Association San Francisco, California May 23-26, 2012 23 pages Okezi T. Otovo, Assistant Professor of History University of Vermont Brazilian medicine of the 19th and early 20th centuries had a peculiar cultural relationship to disease. Certain debates consistently recurred as disease experts…