However the video showed evidence for a more complex picture, and that racism and SDHs play a much more important role.
I decided to go further and specifically ask the audience how they perceive racism in Brazil? o The audience agreed that Brazil have racism. o But, the first comment (by 1 women) was that the Black people are racist against Whites?!? o That was followed by the notion that as Black people are bullied since childhood and the natural defense is to become aggressive against Whites in a ‘reverse racism’.
I asked them to better elaborate those thoughts or comments regarding racism in Brazil. o They begin to elaborate that in fact this “rage” is a consequence of the lack of opportunities for social justice imposed to the Black community. …show more content…
How multiracial people decided to see themselves as Blacks or Whites depending on the circumstance (based on social opportunities).
I insisted in asking them how they perceive the interaction of race/ethnicity and SES, and what they think is more important SES or race/ethnicity. o They begin to say that both are prejudices in the Brazilian society. People are judged by the color of skin and how poor they are. o They comment on prejudice on how people dressed (as a proxy for SES) and how the store’s employees treat them. o Another women comment on her experience of being one of the two kids that were poor and were granted a scholarship to study in a high school for wealthy kids. This women, that is White, comment that nobody would interact with the two of them and the bullying they suffer for being poor, despite being White. o But again, someone comment that, if two children have the same SES, they will be treated the same way regardless of the skin color. o Suddenly, the women with the darkest complexion in the room (not Black, but multiracial) decided to speak about her experience of been the most dark skin color teenager in a high school for wealthy kids and how much she perceived the racism. At this point she started to …show more content…
o I also emphasize that even been difficult to change the prejudice in a ‘silent racist’ society, it is important to do it daily and to endorse public measures that help with decreasing racism and social inequalities.
Summary
Overall I think the ‘webinar style’ worked very well and can be reproduced by other students. This was not my case, but the use of this web platform can allow up to hundred of participants, so the potential is there. What I also enjoyed about the virtual interaction was the opportunity to change course and input new information (‘black doll / white doll’ video, or to post the definition of ‘white’ and ‘black’) to enrich the discussion.
My personal taken from the exercise was that in the Brazilian society, as over 40% of the population is multiracial the mix of social prejudice regarding skin color and poverty comes hand to hand and that the general population do not perceived racism based on skin color, but mainly based on SES. However, in the discussion came out the notion that Black poor people got the worse of the prejudice, with a confirmation that racism play an important role in social
I decided to go further and specifically ask the audience how they perceive racism in Brazil? o The audience agreed that Brazil have racism. o But, the first comment (by 1 women) was that the Black people are racist against Whites?!? o That was followed by the notion that as Black people are bullied since childhood and the natural defense is to become aggressive against Whites in a ‘reverse racism’.
I asked them to better elaborate those thoughts or comments regarding racism in Brazil. o They begin to elaborate that in fact this “rage” is a consequence of the lack of opportunities for social justice imposed to the Black community. …show more content…
How multiracial people decided to see themselves as Blacks or Whites depending on the circumstance (based on social opportunities).
I insisted in asking them how they perceive the interaction of race/ethnicity and SES, and what they think is more important SES or race/ethnicity. o They begin to say that both are prejudices in the Brazilian society. People are judged by the color of skin and how poor they are. o They comment on prejudice on how people dressed (as a proxy for SES) and how the store’s employees treat them. o Another women comment on her experience of being one of the two kids that were poor and were granted a scholarship to study in a high school for wealthy kids. This women, that is White, comment that nobody would interact with the two of them and the bullying they suffer for being poor, despite being White. o But again, someone comment that, if two children have the same SES, they will be treated the same way regardless of the skin color. o Suddenly, the women with the darkest complexion in the room (not Black, but multiracial) decided to speak about her experience of been the most dark skin color teenager in a high school for wealthy kids and how much she perceived the racism. At this point she started to …show more content…
o I also emphasize that even been difficult to change the prejudice in a ‘silent racist’ society, it is important to do it daily and to endorse public measures that help with decreasing racism and social inequalities.
Summary
Overall I think the ‘webinar style’ worked very well and can be reproduced by other students. This was not my case, but the use of this web platform can allow up to hundred of participants, so the potential is there. What I also enjoyed about the virtual interaction was the opportunity to change course and input new information (‘black doll / white doll’ video, or to post the definition of ‘white’ and ‘black’) to enrich the discussion.
My personal taken from the exercise was that in the Brazilian society, as over 40% of the population is multiracial the mix of social prejudice regarding skin color and poverty comes hand to hand and that the general population do not perceived racism based on skin color, but mainly based on SES. However, in the discussion came out the notion that Black poor people got the worse of the prejudice, with a confirmation that racism play an important role in social