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The Roots of Antiblackness in the US and Brazil

March 28, 2019August 12, 2022 Kwame Holmes black feminism, black politics, black protest, Brazil, police brutality, police violence, Politics, Racial Violence, racism

At its core The Denial of Antiblackness: Multiracial Redemption & Black Suffering by João Vargas proposes an intriguing methodological question: Is

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Brazilian Politics and the Rise of the Far-Right

January 7, 2019January 29, 2019 Daniela Gomes Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, repression, Resistance

On October 28, Brazil elected its 38th President, Jair Bolsonaro, making a core of his 57 million supporters extremely happy

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Afro-Brazilians and Contemporary Lynchings in Brazil

April 19, 2018April 24, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, lynching, Racial Violence, violence, white supremacy

In historical understandings of racial violence against African Americans in the United States, lynching typically summons imagery of white crime

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Marielle Franco, Black Queer Women, and Police Violence in Brazil

March 19, 2018March 22, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift Afro-Brazilians, Brazil

On Wednesday, March 14th, countless Brazilians and others around the world were saddened and angered after learning of the devastating news

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Benedita da Silva, Brazil’s First Black Woman Senator and Governor

March 1, 2018March 3, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift Afro-Brazilians, black politics, Black women, Brazil, intersectionality

Female politicians are underrepresented in their leadership and their participation, and their contributions and successes in national, local, and civil

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