Too black for Brazil | Guardian Docs

Posted in Anthropology, Brazil, Caribbean/Latin America, Communications/Media Studies, Media Archive, Social Science on 2022-02-14 02:50Z by Steven

Too black for Brazil | Guardian Docs

The Guardian
2016-02-09

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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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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