Is Brazil Ready for a Black Political Party?
Is Brazil Ready for a Black Political Party?
Brazil has few black politicians – and fewer who represent black interests. A new party hopes to change that.
Celso Athayde watched closely as members of Congress lined up on April 2016 to vote on President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment. Conscious of the national audience following the proceedings, legislators dedicated their votes to their constituencies or causes: families, home states, insurance brokers - even Christians.
Two things struck Athayde: the representatives were mostly white. And no one - not even the handful of black or brown representatives - said they were voting on behalf of black people.
“I saw blacks voting on behalf of the evangelical, agribusiness and weapons...
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