Aurora's: Identity/Racism/Whiteness- Part 4. Identity and Race in Brazil / US Native Americans in Hollywood/ Whiteness and Privilege/ Racism in Europe (Sports)

Today's videos expresses how racial identity is dealt with in Brazil, the experiences of Brazilian Amerindians, the experiences of US Native Americans in Hollywood (a Tyra Banks episode), and, Whiteness and White Privilege in the US.

Educators and students: What are the implications of a government assigning an identity to a group of people? How is the assignment of racial identity similar or different to lighter skinned black South Africans that were assigned the identity "Colored?" Also, how is the multiracial argument in Brazil similar or different to the one that is currently taking place in the United States? What are the speakers conveying to the audience about black people who are descendants of slaves? How is Brazil's education system similar to the education system in the US under Jim Crow laws?

1. Brazilian black and mixed-race people who are discriminated against and the first, private owned university in Brazil for people of African descent,



2. An excerpt from a PBS Wide Angle documentary regarding Brazil's racial quotas, students picking a race to get accepted at a university, and discussions concerning race in Brazil:



3 a.  This is a Brazilian hearing concerning the identity of "Black" being imposed by the government upon the Amazon Amerindian peoples, who do not want to be identified as Black. The representative argues that they are a mix of Indigenous people, Europeans and Whites. She mentions that they are not mixed with Africans and that Black Brazilians were brought to Brazil as slaves (similar to the history of Africans that were brought to the United States).

Ethnic cleansing against Caboclos in Brazil:

 

3 b. Ethnic cleansing in against Caboclos in Brazil. The hearing continues and another representative argues that "Brown" is not "Black." He argues that the assignment of Black to his people is the "deconstruction of identity" and "statistical ethnocide" that erases them,, and caused a war.



4. From Tyra Banks' show: Racism in Hollywood. Interviews with Native American actors and models.




5a. Film from World Trust: Social Impact through Film and Dialogue
on YouTube. Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible pt.1 Whites discuss white privilege, racism, and experiences with Blacks, Asians, Latinos, Native Americans, and other Whites:



5b. Film from World Trust: Social Impact through Film and Dialogue
on YouTube. Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible pt.2



5c. Film from World Trust: Social Impact through Film and Dialogue
on YouTube. Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible pt.3



5d. Film from World Trust: Social Impact through Film and Dialogue
on YouTube. Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible pt.4



5e. Film from World Trust: Social Impact through Film and Dialogue
on YouTube. Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible pt.5



6. Peggy McIntosh speaks. White Privilege: Unpacking The Invisible Knapsack appears as a list of 50 things that explain what white privilege is and how it operates in society.



7a. Part 1. Joe Riley interviews Chip Smith, activist-author and researcher Juliet Ucelli of The Cost of White Supremacy and Racism. Smith discusses white privilige, the colorblind society, how many US citizens don't know the history of racism and think that the Civil Rights movement destroyed racism and related issues, when it did not. He mentions the Philippines and Jim Crow in the 1900's. Ucelli shares important statistics and facts.



7b. Part 2. Joe Riley interviews Chip Smith, activist-author and researcher Juliet Ucelli of The Cost of White Supremacy and Racism. Smith discusses the period of Reconstruction.





8.  Sports (Soccer) and Racism.  This video was posted a few years ago.  European Racism: