Tais Araujo, Brazilian Actress, Criticized For Natural Hair Pic

kanozas

se ven las caras pero nunca el corazón
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Afro-Brazilian Actress Taunted by Fellow Brazilians on Facebook After Revealing Her Natural Hair
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by Lisa Jean Francois – November 5, 2015


Afro-Brazilian Actress, Taís Araújo, was hit with a barrage of racist comments on her Facebook page after posting this photo:



Some of the comments she received included: “who posted the picture of this gorilla on Facebook?” “lend me your hair I wash dishes,” and “I did not know that zoo has camera.” Araújo has reported the vile comments to the Brazilian authorities, however, she has opted against deleting the messages stating instead:

I won’t delete any of those comments. I want you all to feel the shame I felt: the shame to still have people so cowardly and small in this country…I won’t be intimidated or keep my head down. I’ll continue to do what I do best: work. If my image or the image of my family bothers you, it’s your problem!

Taís Araújo is arguably the most famous black actress in Brazil. Araújo and her equally notable actor husband, Lázaro Ramos, are the most visible black couple in the country. Even though 50% of Brazil’s population is of African descent, black people are rarely seen in the media. Araújo and her husband are breaking barriers every time they appear on their national TV show, “Mr. Brown,” a series is inspired by Beyoncé and Jay Z.


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Araújo’s fame has led to an outpouring of support and media coverage of the incident, however, her experience isn’t the first of its kind in Brazil. In July, Maria Julia Coutinho, Brazil’s first black Weather Presenter was also subjected to racist comments.

Araújo’s experiences as a black actress in Brazil are akin to some of the same struggles black actresses face here in the states. It appears as though “blackness” is under attack even in countries where having black skin doesn’t necessarily place you in the minority.
 

Dellas

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http://blackgirllonghair.com/2015/1...acist-facebook-comments-after-revealing-hair/


Afro-Brazilian Actress Taunted by Fellow Brazilians on Facebook After Revealing Her Natural Hair
131 Culture For Discussion
by Lisa Jean Francois – November 5, 2015


Afro-Brazilian Actress, Taís Araújo, was hit with a barrage of racist comments on her Facebook page after posting this photo:



Some of the comments she received included: “who posted the picture of this gorilla on Facebook?” “lend me your hair I wash dishes,” and “I did not know that zoo has camera.” Araújo has reported the vile comments to the Brazilian authorities, however, she has opted against deleting the messages stating instead:

I won’t delete any of those comments. I want you all to feel the shame I felt: the shame to still have people so cowardly and small in this country…I won’t be intimidated or keep my head down. I’ll continue to do what I do best: work. If my image or the image of my family bothers you, it’s your problem!

Taís Araújo is arguably the most famous black actress in Brazil. Araújo and her equally notable actor husband, Lázaro Ramos, are the most visible black couple in the country. Even though 50% of Brazil’s population is of African descent, black people are rarely seen in the media. Araújo and her husband are breaking barriers every time they appear on their national TV show, “Mr. Brown,” a series is inspired by Beyoncé and Jay Z.


Source

Araújo’s fame has led to an outpouring of support and media coverage of the incident, however, her experience isn’t the first of its kind in Brazil. In July, Maria Julia Coutinho, Brazil’s first black Weather Presenter was also subjected to racist comments.

Araújo’s experiences as a black actress in Brazil are akin to some of the same struggles black actresses face here in the states. It appears as though “blackness” is under attack even in countries where having black skin doesn’t necessarily place you in the minority.


Because of Brazil, saying white will be the minority one day means nothing. If they have all the power and resources nothing will change.
 

LadyPBC

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Wow - her hair is sooooo beautiful. She is so beautiful. I just wish that we could focus on building people up or not opening our mouths to speak (or using our hands to type) when it tears people down. I am still learning to ask myself these questions before I share my thoughts:
  1. Is it true?
  2. Is it kind?
  3. Is it beneficial?
  4. Can this be said with kindness and compassion?
 

curlicarib

Lovin'' All of Me
She is beautiful and her hair is gorgeous!

I wish I could say she and her family should come here and live a wonderful life, but Brazil needs to go through what America did and have their own Revolution. Blacks are the majority in that country and they need to go get their power. That can only be done if the prominent blacks stay and make that revolution happen.
 

naturalyogini

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It's so unfortunate that Brazil is where the US was in the 1960's. The last country to abolish slavery, they need a civil rights movement. Most Afro-Brazilians live in poverty, have little or no education, are under represented in government and are treated like second class citizens. Brazil truly has a race and self hate problem. I met many Afro-Brazilians when I lived in the bay area who came to the US to make better lives for themselves here as there is literally no way out of poverty for black and brown skinned people in Brazil. As to the actress, she is stunningly beautiful.
 

kanozas

se ven las caras pero nunca el corazón
It's not like the U.S. situation at all with a small minority but powerful American leaders supported the world over. Blacks here had the international clout of being American. When the hands of power change in Brazil, though, it's going to be VERY different type of society but that might come with lots of bloodshed considering the way that the poor are systematically murdered by police by the hundreds of thousands.
 

Begoody

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Last saturday my daughter's friends mum accompanied her to my house for a play date. We all live in Lagos , but they are not Nigerian .The lady is Angolan ,married to a white Dutchman. We were discussing places that they had lived prior to Lagos. She told me that her WORST experience was in Brazil!! I was flabbergasted when she said Russia was much less racist, in fact she had very fond memories of living in Moscow. I would have expected it to be the other way round, because after Nigeria, Brazil has the second highest black population of any country on earth.
I feel sorry for Brazilians, they must be so insecure and pathetic. To look at a beautiful woman like that and write that hateful, innacurate nonsense speaks volumes of their national psyche.
 

Ajna

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It's so unfortunate that Brazil is where the US was in the 1960's. The last country to abolish slavery, they need a civil rights movement. Most Afro-Brazilians live in poverty, have little or no education, are under represented in government and are treated like second class citizens. Brazil truly has a race and self hate problem. I met many Afro-Brazilians when I lived in the bay area who came to the US to make better lives for themselves here as there is literally no way out of poverty for black and brown skinned people in Brazil. As to the actress, she is stunningly beautiful.

Sadly "Afro-Brazilians live in poverty, have little or no education, are under represented in government and are treated like second class citizens" sounds a lot like the US.
 

HaveSomeWine

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They know damn well that plenty of them have hair that same texture or kinkier. They need to stop. Hate yourself if you wish, but don't drag innocent people down with you.
 
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