Too black for Brazil | Guardian DocsPosted 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.