{"id":43152,"date":"2015-10-11T01:54:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T01:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=43152"},"modified":"2015-10-11T17:45:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T17:45:25","slug":"groundbreaking-new-series-mister-brau-gives-afro-brazilians-representations-to-cheer-despite-flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=43152","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking New Series – ‘Mister Brau’ – Gives Afro-Brazilians Representations to Cheer Despite Flaws"},"content":{"rendered":"

Groundbreaking New Series – ‘Mister Brau’ – Gives Afro-Brazilians Representations to Cheer Despite Flaws<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Shadow and Act: On Cinema Of The African Diaspora<\/a>
\n2015-10-07<\/p>\n

Kiratiana Freelon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nL\u00e1zaro Ramos<\/a> and Ta\u00eds Ara\u00fajo<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n

Brazilian television is very white, but most Brazilians aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Brazil\u2019s population is more than 50 percent black, but the television news and entertainment shows rarely reflect such diversity. So when a \u201cblack\u201d television show debuts, it\u2019s groundbreaking. And when Brazil\u2019s top black female and male actors star in it, it\u2019s a miracle.<\/p>\n

Two weeks ago Globo television<\/a> premiered \u201cMister Brau<\/a>,\u201d a weekly comedic show starring L\u00e1zaro Ramos<\/a> and Ta\u00eds Ara\u00fajo<\/a> as a successful pop music couple. They are also married in real life…<\/p>\n

…For black Americans, the union between Ramos and Ara\u00fajo appears to be a perfect match. For Afro-Brazilians, it\u2019s a match that they rarely see. For the most part, rich and successful Afro-Brazilians do not marry black people. Soccer stars marry white women. Black Brazilian models marry white men. Militant black Brazilians always debate the reasons for this. But sociologists have concluded that rich Afro-Brazilians are usually exchanging status when they marry white. They provide the high socioeconomic status in exchange for whiteness, which has a high racial status in Brazil. (See: Race in another America: the significance of skin color in Brazil<\/a><\/em>)…<\/p>\n