Brazilian television slowly confronts country’s deeply entrenched race issuesPosted 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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