http://manjioca.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/brasileiras-in-the-media-washtching-sexuality/ “I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.” ~Audre Lorde~ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:44:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://manjioca.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/brasileiras-in-the-media-washtching-sexuality/#comment-16 OYA Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:12:33 +0000 http://manjioca.wordpress.com/?p=132#comment-16 Hey!! For all you white women out there, you can be exotic too!! it's only a wash away. And the good thing about is that you can wash it right off and step right back into your privelege. Hey!! For all you white women out there, you can be exotic too!! it’s only a wash away. And the good thing about is that you can wash it right off and step right back into your privelege.

]]> http://manjioca.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/brasileiras-in-the-media-washtching-sexuality/#comment-15 manjioca Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:11:44 +0000 http://manjioca.wordpress.com/?p=132#comment-15 The Fetishism of Brasilian women Kills me, it kills my future daughters, it kills my consciousness, it is antithetical to my work and what i WANT to represent here in the U.S. as a Afro-Brasilian-American. "Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand" My pinche name is not "Rio" dont LABEL me as that, dont LABEL ME as an EXOTIC BODY, there is no "ENCHANTMENT" to unleash when you land on Brasil, unless you are ready and will to unleash your heart/eyes to the poverty and violence that permeates everyday life, unless you are ready to unleash yourself from your comfort zone and go to the Zone Norte where I am from and see how the youth there are killed everyday, annihilated because they are seen as "dispensable" social truents. Have you ever heard of the "enchantment" of hte "candelaria massacre"? The Candelária massacre was an event in Rio de Janeiro, beside the Candelária Church, on the night of July 23, 1993. In that night, eight young people were killed by a group of men, several of them members of the police. The men were tried for the killings, but only two of them were convicted.... instead of trying to look at the beauty of Brasil, which there are many, lets de-exoticize it and confront the issues face to face, lets make commercials about those children who wash your cars @ the stop light for small change, but you dont see them because they are invisible, lets see the teenage sex workers who are exploited by tourists coming to OUR LAND in search of that "Rio" lady who will perpetually dance on the sand. As for me, im dancing to the rhythm of revolution..... The Fetishism of Brasilian women Kills me, it kills my future daughters, it kills my consciousness, it is antithetical to my work and what i WANT to represent here in the U.S. as a Afro-Brasilian-American. “Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand” My pinche name is not “Rio” dont LABEL me as that, dont LABEL ME as an EXOTIC BODY, there is no “ENCHANTMENT” to unleash when you land on Brasil, unless you are ready and will to unleash your heart/eyes to the poverty and violence that permeates everyday life, unless you are ready to unleash yourself from your comfort zone and go to the Zone Norte where I am from and see how the youth there are killed everyday, annihilated because they are seen as “dispensable” social truents. Have you ever heard of the “enchantment” of hte “candelaria massacre”? The Candelária massacre was an event in Rio de Janeiro, beside the Candelária Church, on the night of July 23, 1993. In that night, eight young people were killed by a group of men, several of them members of the police. The men were tried for the killings, but only two of them were convicted…. instead of trying to look at the beauty of Brasil, which there are many, lets de-exoticize it and confront the issues face to face, lets make commercials about those children who wash your cars @ the stop light for small change, but you dont see them because they are invisible, lets see the teenage sex workers who are exploited by tourists coming to OUR LAND in search of that “Rio” lady who will perpetually dance on the sand. As for me, im dancing to the rhythm of revolution…..

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