Women on the Front Line in the Fight for Demilitarization in Brazil and Beyond rioonwatch.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rioonwatch.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After George Floyd Verdict, Brazilians Are Still Waiting for Police Accountability
The stalled case of João Pedro Matos, a Black teen killed in Rio, shows the long road ahead. A protest in June 2020 over the killings of João Pedro Matos and George FloydBuda Mendes/Getty Images
SÃO PAULO 5,500 miles south of Minneapolis and one week prior to the killing of George Floyd, 14-year-old João Pedro Matos ventured to his cousin’s house to play pool. The Black adolescent arrived just as Rio de Janeiro police began a raid on alleged drug traffickers nearby. His parents would find his body 17 hours later.
The Fight Against Coronavirus in Brazil's Indigenous Northern Villages #Brazils Part 2—North rioonwatch.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rioonwatch.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“We are not born black, we become black. It is a hard, cruel understanding that one develops out in the world. A black person who is conscious of their blackness is in the fight against racism.” – Lélia Gonzalez
If the majority of the country is black with almost 54% identifying as black or brown, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, making Brazil the second-largest black nation, only after Nigeria why are black people not represented in spaces of power? Why are organizations from the Brazilian black movement not considered voices to be heard in nation-building projects? Why are only 17.8% of parliamentarians in the National Congress black or brown?