An unprecedented study by the Bahia School of Law, the Jus Brasil legal portal, and the UNDP looked at 107 lower court rulings from 2010 to 2022 involving offenses against black people on social media.
Last year, a law defined April 19 as Brazil’s Day of the Indigenous Peoples—no longer “Indian Day.” Still, prejudice is ultimately reinforced in celebrations and textbooks, says Dinamam Tuxá, coordinator at the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil.
Eight of every ten people facing obesity have felt some kind of embarrassment due to overweight, and most claim to fall victims of discrimination at least once a month.
Researchers and activists say that, despite the progress in the production of official data, there is a long way to go in the fight against fears and stigma.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has just launched a campaign dubbed #GenteDaGente in Brazil to show that refugees are like any other people.