Brazilians of African descent demand equalityPosted in Brazil, Caribbean/Latin America, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy, Videos on 2013-07-11 01:04Z by Steven |
Brazilians of African descent demand equality
Al Jazeera English
2013-07-02
Rachel Levin
“Brazil is one of the most socially unequal countries in the world, we’re selling the image that everything is good and we’ll host the World Cup but it’s a country that denies opportunity to its own people.” —Lais Nascimento, student
Eighty percent of Brazilians are originally from Africa and they say they suffer discrimination
Tens of thousands of Brazilians are renewing the decades-old struggle for racial equality, and are staging protests to draw attention to their grievances.
Eighty percent of Brazilians are of African descent and they say they suffer discrimination.
Al Jazeera’s Rachel Levin has this report from Salvador.