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Among whites, the number of murders fell from 6,592 to 4,582 between 2002 and 2008, a difference of 30%. Meanwhile, the murders of young black men rose from 11,308 to 12,749—an increase of 13%. In 2008, 127.6% more young black men died proportionately than whites. Ten years earlier, this difference was 39%.
Movimento Negro (or Black Movement) is a generic name given to the diverse Afro-Brazilian social movements that occurred in 20th-century Brazil, particularly those movements that appeared in post-World War II Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
The protest also responded to the police killing of a local black teenager, 14-year-old João Pedro Pinto, who was shot in the back during a police operation in São Gonçalo. [248] Police dispersed the protestors with tear gas. [248] São Paulo: About 3000 people protested against police brutality inflicted upon black Brazilians on 7 June ...
From the 16th to the 19th century, Brazil received around 5 million enslaved Africans, more than any other country. Transatlantic cruise to turn spotlight on Brazil-Angola slavery past Skip to ...
The Brazilian Black Front (Frente Negra Brasileira), Brazil's first black political party, was founded in 1931 to fight racism but was disbanded six years later during Getúlio Vargas's New State period (1937–1945), which restricted political activities. Although this period was repressive, Vargas's 1931 Law of Naturalization of Labor ...
Marketing executive Ike Okonkwo is a Black expat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Black Expat: Why Black Expats Should Come And Experience Brazil's Culture ...
According to research, the possibility of being black homicide victims in Brazil is even greater in groups with similar educational and socioeconomic characteristics. The chance of a black teenager murdered is 3.7 times higher compared with whites. The survey also shows that blacks are bigger victims of assault by police.
"African" or the black population at the time in Brazil did not only characterize those who were born in Africa but also the descendants of the "African- borns" who were born in Brazil. [7] Due to the removal of the slave status and property requirements for the black population, it resulted in the formal equality of the white and black population.