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The more and more I learn about Afro-Colombians, the more I keep saying to myself, they are the realest Blacks on this hemisphere. The organization, mindset, sense of history, group mentality is all there. But the money isn't. They are gonna be getting stronger and stronger.
And shouts to Afro-Uruguayans, at one point had the most Black publications per capita in the hemisphere. First truly international sports superstar was a Black Uruguayan name Jose Andrade . Had one of the first Black political parties, and Afro Mundo is one of the leading Black activist groups in LA.
And Goyo from Choquib Town is so lovely
And shouts to Afro-Uruguayans, at one point had the most Black publications per capita in the hemisphere. First truly international sports superstar was a Black Uruguayan name Jose Andrade . Had one of the first Black political parties, and Afro Mundo is one of the leading Black activist groups in LA.
And Goyo from Choquib Town is so lovely
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PNP confident it still has support of the masses
BY INGRID BROWN Associate editor - special assignment browni@jamaicaobserver.com
Friday, September 19, 2014
People’s National Party Chairman Robert Pickersgill (left) addresses yesterday’s press briefing to announce plans for this weekend’s annual conference at the National Arena in Kingston. Beside him is general secretary Paul Burke. (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS)
PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) Chairman Robert Pickersgill says the party is convinced it still has the confidence of the Jamaican people, midway into its five-year term in office.
"The next two-and-a-half years are critical for us in terms of performance and fulfilling aims and objectives of our manifesto, but we think we are equal to the task and are convinced that in that regard we still have the confidence of the Jamaican people," Pickersgill said.
He was addressing a press conference held yesterday at the party's Old Hope Road headquarters in Kingston to provide an update on the party's annual 76th conference, which culminates with a public session at the National Arena on Sunday.
The party's confidence, despite the economic fallout, comes as the Portia Simpson Miller-led party prepares to ramp up its work on the ground in preparation for the upcoming local government elections, which are constitutionally due next March.
PNP General Secretary Paul Burke said the party was making good progress to have everything ready for the March 1, 2015 local elections. "In terms of candidates we are more than 90 per cent completed; in terms of work on the ground, it will intensify after conference," Burke told reporters.
"We are seeking to improve representation, service, communication and we will be more visible on the ground in a practical way after conference," he said. "[But] until the party president says that is campaign time, we will not go into high gear."
Pickersgill, meanwhile, said this conference theme, 'Accelerating Growth, Empowering People, Securing Our Nation's Future', candidly expresses the party's own acceptance that it is a work in progress which has not yet arrived at the 'destination' being sought for the nation.
"We are aware that there are still hills to climb, new lands to survey and new seas to navigate and conquer. Even as we are mindful of these we also place on the table for the review and acceptance of the Jamaican people the many successes we have achieved on their behalf," Pickersgill said.
Some of these successes, he said, included implementation of the economic recovery programme; reduction of major crimes, including murder; reduction in unemployment; return to growth in the economy; improvement in Jamaica's global competitiveness; and restoration of trust and confidence in the country and economy by international development partners.
"We are also mindful that these important targets have been achieved with tremendous support and investment by the Jamaican people and the partnership of local and international stakeholders to include our public sector workers," Pickersgill noted.
The two-day conference, he said, comes at the exact halfway point or 30 months into the administration's term and such a context of necessity requires reviews and stock-taking.
"Throughout the six regions our own delegates and leaders at constituency and development levels have telegraphed their own anxieties that as we pass the 30-month mark there is much work that still needs to be done," he sad, adding that the conference agenda, which includes an interactive question-and-answer session with Cabinet ministers, should yield robust discussions.
"There is a lot to celebrate as things could be much worse. We have gone five IMF (International Monetary Fund) tests and on the way to the sixth and had we failed the first one we probably couldn't be having this conference, so there is a lot to be thankful for," the party chairman said.
Burke, at the same time, said mobilisation has never been an issue for the party and this is expected to be reflected in the turnout at this Sunday's event where hundreds of party supporters are expected to overflow onto the fringes of the National Arena.
PNP confident it still has support of the masses
BY INGRID BROWN Associate editor - special assignment browni@jamaicaobserver.com
Friday, September 19, 2014
People’s National Party Chairman Robert Pickersgill (left) addresses yesterday’s press briefing to announce plans for this weekend’s annual conference at the National Arena in Kingston. Beside him is general secretary Paul Burke. (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS)
PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) Chairman Robert Pickersgill says the party is convinced it still has the confidence of the Jamaican people, midway into its five-year term in office.
"The next two-and-a-half years are critical for us in terms of performance and fulfilling aims and objectives of our manifesto, but we think we are equal to the task and are convinced that in that regard we still have the confidence of the Jamaican people," Pickersgill said.
He was addressing a press conference held yesterday at the party's Old Hope Road headquarters in Kingston to provide an update on the party's annual 76th conference, which culminates with a public session at the National Arena on Sunday.
The party's confidence, despite the economic fallout, comes as the Portia Simpson Miller-led party prepares to ramp up its work on the ground in preparation for the upcoming local government elections, which are constitutionally due next March.
PNP General Secretary Paul Burke said the party was making good progress to have everything ready for the March 1, 2015 local elections. "In terms of candidates we are more than 90 per cent completed; in terms of work on the ground, it will intensify after conference," Burke told reporters.
"We are seeking to improve representation, service, communication and we will be more visible on the ground in a practical way after conference," he said. "[But] until the party president says that is campaign time, we will not go into high gear."
Pickersgill, meanwhile, said this conference theme, 'Accelerating Growth, Empowering People, Securing Our Nation's Future', candidly expresses the party's own acceptance that it is a work in progress which has not yet arrived at the 'destination' being sought for the nation.
"We are aware that there are still hills to climb, new lands to survey and new seas to navigate and conquer. Even as we are mindful of these we also place on the table for the review and acceptance of the Jamaican people the many successes we have achieved on their behalf," Pickersgill said.
Some of these successes, he said, included implementation of the economic recovery programme; reduction of major crimes, including murder; reduction in unemployment; return to growth in the economy; improvement in Jamaica's global competitiveness; and restoration of trust and confidence in the country and economy by international development partners.
"We are also mindful that these important targets have been achieved with tremendous support and investment by the Jamaican people and the partnership of local and international stakeholders to include our public sector workers," Pickersgill noted.
The two-day conference, he said, comes at the exact halfway point or 30 months into the administration's term and such a context of necessity requires reviews and stock-taking.
"Throughout the six regions our own delegates and leaders at constituency and development levels have telegraphed their own anxieties that as we pass the 30-month mark there is much work that still needs to be done," he sad, adding that the conference agenda, which includes an interactive question-and-answer session with Cabinet ministers, should yield robust discussions.
"There is a lot to celebrate as things could be much worse. We have gone five IMF (International Monetary Fund) tests and on the way to the sixth and had we failed the first one we probably couldn't be having this conference, so there is a lot to be thankful for," the party chairman said.
Burke, at the same time, said mobilisation has never been an issue for the party and this is expected to be reflected in the turnout at this Sunday's event where hundreds of party supporters are expected to overflow onto the fringes of the National Arena.
Ruben "El Negro" Rada, one of the most important musicians from the River Plate region
I'm really trying to work on my Spanish, and i'm lucky i work in restaurant, cause it's really help my Spanish. Still raw, but it's getting better.
In two years time I really wanna go to Uruguay, no visas needed, and i'm pretty certain we can use the dollar over there(not completely sure on this)
In two years time I really wanna go to Uruguay, no visas needed, and i'm pretty certain we can use the dollar over there(not completely sure on this)
I really want us Afros to understand that we have each other to build with, we don't just have to work within their system all the time. We can create our system, working with each other, exchanging ideas, educating each other.
I know we all have our own individual problems to deal with, within our communities. But the potential is there, to build a true connection with each other. We are so much more similar than different.
With how slavery was done, we got distant relatives all over this Hemisphere.
I really want our HBCU's to step up, and really start to go in to Latin America, and start outreach programs in them regions
A young brother who currently goes to Howard, has been doing some work in the Black/Afro section of Ecuador, and he's told me, that them bros and sisters over there.They asking about us, they wanna get to know us. They wanna pick our brains, they wanna learn how we in America, were able to accomplish all these things, that we have.
I know we all have our own individual problems to deal with, within our communities. But the potential is there, to build a true connection with each other. We are so much more similar than different.
With how slavery was done, we got distant relatives all over this Hemisphere.
I really want our HBCU's to step up, and really start to go in to Latin America, and start outreach programs in them regions
A young brother who currently goes to Howard, has been doing some work in the Black/Afro section of Ecuador, and he's told me, that them bros and sisters over there.They asking about us, they wanna get to know us. They wanna pick our brains, they wanna learn how we in America, were able to accomplish all these things, that we have.
One of the big movements that has taken place with the Black/Afro communities in LA has been the census campaigns.
Many countries in the America, didn't do census. But around 20/25 years ago, many Black groups started to lobby hard as fucck for census data to be taken. And that's been a huge thing, particularly in Colombia and Uruguay, where those two governments have really stepped up, and now providing funds for the basic things, schools, proper housing and so on.
They are understanding that they can't do that "mi no negro" shiit anymore, cause all that's gonna do is just keep them as invisible, as they have always been.
Many countries in the America, didn't do census. But around 20/25 years ago, many Black groups started to lobby hard as fucck for census data to be taken. And that's been a huge thing, particularly in Colombia and Uruguay, where those two governments have really stepped up, and now providing funds for the basic things, schools, proper housing and so on.
They are understanding that they can't do that "mi no negro" shiit anymore, cause all that's gonna do is just keep them as invisible, as they have always been.
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the obsession with black/afro latino's on this forum is quite hilarious
We're all part of the diaspora, god forbid people want to link up and build or learn about people who face the same struggles and are the descendants of the same ancestors.
I mean, they're on the same side of the planet as us, blackness doesn't start and end with the US.
Adriana Bombom wants to be the “Brazilian Oprah Winfrey” but is this possible in Brazil’s Eurocentric media?
Glória Maria, Oprah Winfrey and Adriana Bombom
Note from BW of Brazil: What woman wouldn’t want to trade places with the American media mogul Oprah Winfrey? The presence of a black woman in such high media profile is an inspiration for millions of women around the world, particularly black women. Recently, dancer/TV reporter Adriana Bombom made the announcement that she too wants to hold a similar place as the queen of American talk shows. But, in reality, there has already been one woman who has come perhaps closest to the coveted position of Brazil’s top black woman news/TV host.
Dancer/TV reporter Adriana Bombom
Adriana Bombom: “I want to be the Brazilian Oprah Winfrey”
Courtesy of Extra
Once a counselor, always a counselor. And all it took was a meeting with Marlene Mattos, who’s been a friend since age 19, when it was revealed at the now defunct program Planeta Xuxa, so that Adriana Bombom would quickly rethink her life. In a brief conversation with the director, the mulata decided to go back to school and go to college.
Friends with Adriana since she was 19, Marlene Mattos encouraged the TV personality to go back to school
“Whoever is not an heir has to study. We never stop being the next one and therefore I decided to encourage her in what I think is important for her life and career,” said Marlene to the column “Retratos da vida” (portraits of life), in the newspaper Extra.
Bombom, 40, attended classes of Communication and Fashion, and opted for the first. According to the newspaper, she chose Journalism course to be the area in which she would work, as she is already a reporter on the Rede TV! Program TV Fama.
“I want to have my own program and be the ‘Brazilian Oprah Winfrey’, said Bombom, citing the famous American host.
Adriana Bombom with her daughters Olívia and Thalita from her marriage with singer Dudu Nobre
Claiming to be very grateful to Marlene, Bombom said she would like to work with her on a project.
“Imagine! It would be a great joy. Marlene has been following my work and still makes comments and warns me about what I can improve.”
Note from BW of Brazil: As BW of Brazil suggested a few years ago, former Globo TV host Glória Maria is perhaps the most successful of Afro-Brazilian women journalists and although she never reached the heights of success and television dominance of Oprah, she is the closest thing that Brazil has ever seen.
“Glória Maria our Oprah Winfrey” – Many Brazilians already see former host as the “Brazilian Oprah Winfrey”
As many Brazilians also see her in this way, the famous host has already addressed comparisons with the American superstar on a number of occasions.
Photo: “Oprah Winfrey is a woman that I admire a lot. She’s not an inspiration, because when I started being a journalist Oprah didn’t exist. I admire her for her life trajectory: born poor, suffered abuses and managed to get where she is, even being black and not being beautiful. She’s a woman that deserves all the admiration and respect of the world.”
12/28/2009
AE – Is it true that you want to be the host Oprah Winfrey?
Glória Maria – When people ask me if I think I’m the Brazilian Oprah, I say that I think Oprah’s the American Glória Maria. I admire her too, and I wish to have a little bit of power and money she has. But I don’t feel I’m Oprah because she’s leaving the air. I don’t want to remain behind the camera. If I had this path, I say bye bye.
3/10/2009
Do you have the desire to do a talk show, a sort of Brazilian Oprah Winfrey?
Glória – Everyone says I’m the Brazilian Oprah, but I think that she is the American Glória Maria. The only difference between us is that she gets a truckload of money and I don’t. Today, I just want to know how to take care of my girls … [the host adopted two girls in July] But who knows, right? If it was something that seduced me, I would agree. You have to have a challenge, something new. Doing a talk show is not new; only if I get to do it in a new way. I’m proud to have been a pioneer in all the things of journalism. I’ve always been a woman who paved the way. I was the first and only black host who did ten years on Fantástico. I was also the one who requested to leave. Therefore, if it is to do something that everyone does, I’m out!
Note from BW of Brazil: Congratulations for a long career of success to Glória Maria and good luck to Adriana Bombom in her endeavors. But the comparison and success of someone like Oprah Winfrey speaks volumes of how racial politics is seen in the seen in the two country. For many years Brazilians have pointed to the United States in a sort of “knee jerk” reaction type of way when the question of racism comes up. In the face of consistent cases of racism that occur in Brazil everyday, people still prefer to deflect the fact by pointing the finger at the racist history of the United States.
The fact is, the ascension of an Oprah Winfrey to the top position of media mogul and Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States and the non-existence of equals in Brazil speaks volumes about racial realities in the two countries. To be quite honest, I am not one to view the successes of individuals as absolute proof of the state of race relations. Winfrey and Obama are two people who were chosen by “the system” for specific reasons and, in fact, serve as means of the American media to attempt to diminish continuous racial problems in that country.
On the flip side, in Brazil, the ascension of Afro-Brazilians into such positions in an extremely Eurocentric Brazilian media seems almost impossible. Many studies and reports over the years have made comparisons on race and media in both countries and reveal that African-Americans, even being under-represented, are visible in the American media in ways that Brazil’s media would apparently never accept. Many of the black images that one sees in Brazil’s media today are imported programs from the United States broadcast in Brazil with either subtitles or overdubbed in Portuguese. Today, Brazil’s media has already chosen two white women, Ana Maria Braga and now, Fátima Bernardes, as the chosen ones to ascend to the position of “Brazilian Oprah Winfrey”. Of course, it would be great to see more Afro-Brazilian women in positive positions of highlight and power in Brazil, but as the recent controversy over the program Sexo e as negas shows, the Brazilian media continues to prefer to keep black women either in the bedroom or in the kitchen.
Note
1. For more on this report see “Racial and Ethnic Stereotypes in Brazilian Advertising” by Carmen Sílvia Moraes Rial in Antropologia em Primeira Mão. Florianópolis, PPGAS/UFSC, v. 49., available here.
Source: The Pop News, Bem Paraná, Extra, Black Women of Brazil
Glória Maria, Oprah Winfrey and Adriana Bombom
Note from BW of Brazil: What woman wouldn’t want to trade places with the American media mogul Oprah Winfrey? The presence of a black woman in such high media profile is an inspiration for millions of women around the world, particularly black women. Recently, dancer/TV reporter Adriana Bombom made the announcement that she too wants to hold a similar place as the queen of American talk shows. But, in reality, there has already been one woman who has come perhaps closest to the coveted position of Brazil’s top black woman news/TV host.
Dancer/TV reporter Adriana Bombom
Adriana Bombom: “I want to be the Brazilian Oprah Winfrey”
Courtesy of Extra
Once a counselor, always a counselor. And all it took was a meeting with Marlene Mattos, who’s been a friend since age 19, when it was revealed at the now defunct program Planeta Xuxa, so that Adriana Bombom would quickly rethink her life. In a brief conversation with the director, the mulata decided to go back to school and go to college.
Friends with Adriana since she was 19, Marlene Mattos encouraged the TV personality to go back to school
“Whoever is not an heir has to study. We never stop being the next one and therefore I decided to encourage her in what I think is important for her life and career,” said Marlene to the column “Retratos da vida” (portraits of life), in the newspaper Extra.
Bombom, 40, attended classes of Communication and Fashion, and opted for the first. According to the newspaper, she chose Journalism course to be the area in which she would work, as she is already a reporter on the Rede TV! Program TV Fama.
“I want to have my own program and be the ‘Brazilian Oprah Winfrey’, said Bombom, citing the famous American host.
Adriana Bombom with her daughters Olívia and Thalita from her marriage with singer Dudu Nobre
Claiming to be very grateful to Marlene, Bombom said she would like to work with her on a project.
“Imagine! It would be a great joy. Marlene has been following my work and still makes comments and warns me about what I can improve.”
Note from BW of Brazil: As BW of Brazil suggested a few years ago, former Globo TV host Glória Maria is perhaps the most successful of Afro-Brazilian women journalists and although she never reached the heights of success and television dominance of Oprah, she is the closest thing that Brazil has ever seen.
“Glória Maria our Oprah Winfrey” – Many Brazilians already see former host as the “Brazilian Oprah Winfrey”
As many Brazilians also see her in this way, the famous host has already addressed comparisons with the American superstar on a number of occasions.
Photo: “Oprah Winfrey is a woman that I admire a lot. She’s not an inspiration, because when I started being a journalist Oprah didn’t exist. I admire her for her life trajectory: born poor, suffered abuses and managed to get where she is, even being black and not being beautiful. She’s a woman that deserves all the admiration and respect of the world.”
12/28/2009
AE – Is it true that you want to be the host Oprah Winfrey?
Glória Maria – When people ask me if I think I’m the Brazilian Oprah, I say that I think Oprah’s the American Glória Maria. I admire her too, and I wish to have a little bit of power and money she has. But I don’t feel I’m Oprah because she’s leaving the air. I don’t want to remain behind the camera. If I had this path, I say bye bye.
3/10/2009
Do you have the desire to do a talk show, a sort of Brazilian Oprah Winfrey?
Glória – Everyone says I’m the Brazilian Oprah, but I think that she is the American Glória Maria. The only difference between us is that she gets a truckload of money and I don’t. Today, I just want to know how to take care of my girls … [the host adopted two girls in July] But who knows, right? If it was something that seduced me, I would agree. You have to have a challenge, something new. Doing a talk show is not new; only if I get to do it in a new way. I’m proud to have been a pioneer in all the things of journalism. I’ve always been a woman who paved the way. I was the first and only black host who did ten years on Fantástico. I was also the one who requested to leave. Therefore, if it is to do something that everyone does, I’m out!
Note from BW of Brazil: Congratulations for a long career of success to Glória Maria and good luck to Adriana Bombom in her endeavors. But the comparison and success of someone like Oprah Winfrey speaks volumes of how racial politics is seen in the seen in the two country. For many years Brazilians have pointed to the United States in a sort of “knee jerk” reaction type of way when the question of racism comes up. In the face of consistent cases of racism that occur in Brazil everyday, people still prefer to deflect the fact by pointing the finger at the racist history of the United States.
The fact is, the ascension of an Oprah Winfrey to the top position of media mogul and Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States and the non-existence of equals in Brazil speaks volumes about racial realities in the two countries. To be quite honest, I am not one to view the successes of individuals as absolute proof of the state of race relations. Winfrey and Obama are two people who were chosen by “the system” for specific reasons and, in fact, serve as means of the American media to attempt to diminish continuous racial problems in that country.
On the flip side, in Brazil, the ascension of Afro-Brazilians into such positions in an extremely Eurocentric Brazilian media seems almost impossible. Many studies and reports over the years have made comparisons on race and media in both countries and reveal that African-Americans, even being under-represented, are visible in the American media in ways that Brazil’s media would apparently never accept. Many of the black images that one sees in Brazil’s media today are imported programs from the United States broadcast in Brazil with either subtitles or overdubbed in Portuguese. Today, Brazil’s media has already chosen two white women, Ana Maria Braga and now, Fátima Bernardes, as the chosen ones to ascend to the position of “Brazilian Oprah Winfrey”. Of course, it would be great to see more Afro-Brazilian women in positive positions of highlight and power in Brazil, but as the recent controversy over the program Sexo e as negas shows, the Brazilian media continues to prefer to keep black women either in the bedroom or in the kitchen.
Note
1. For more on this report see “Racial and Ethnic Stereotypes in Brazilian Advertising” by Carmen Sílvia Moraes Rial in Antropologia em Primeira Mão. Florianópolis, PPGAS/UFSC, v. 49., available here.
Source: The Pop News, Bem Paraná, Extra, Black Women of Brazil
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JAMAICA
Sizzla Kalonji, Jah Cure & Chronixx holding a vibes at Judgement Yard compound in August Town, JA.
Sizzla Kalonji, Jah Cure & Chronixx holding a vibes at Judgement Yard compound in August Town, JA.
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Adriana Bombom wants to be the “Brazilian Oprah Winfrey” but is this possible in Brazil’s Eurocentric media?
Glória Maria, Oprah Winfrey and Adriana Bombom
Note from BW of Brazil: What woman wouldn’t want to trade places with the American media mogul Oprah Winfrey? The presence of a black woman in such high media profile is an inspiration for millions of women around the world, particularly black women. Recently, dancer/TV reporter Adriana Bombom made the announcement that she too wants to hold a similar place as the queen of American talk shows. But, in reality, there has already been one woman who has come perhaps closest to the coveted position of Brazil’s top black woman news/TV host.
Dancer/TV reporter Adriana Bombom
Adriana Bombom: “I want to be the Brazilian Oprah Winfrey”
Courtesy of Extra
Once a counselor, always a counselor. And all it took was a meeting with Marlene Mattos, who’s been a friend since age 19, when it was revealed at the now defunct program Planeta Xuxa, so that Adriana Bombom would quickly rethink her life. In a brief conversation with the director, the mulata decided to go back to school and go to college.
Friends with Adriana since she was 19, Marlene Mattos encouraged the TV personality to go back to school
“Whoever is not an heir has to study. We never stop being the next one and therefore I decided to encourage her in what I think is important for her life and career,” said Marlene to the column “Retratos da vida” (portraits of life), in the newspaper Extra.
Bombom, 40, attended classes of Communication and Fashion, and opted for the first. According to the newspaper, she chose Journalism course to be the area in which she would work, as she is already a reporter on the Rede TV! Program TV Fama.
“I want to have my own program and be the ‘Brazilian Oprah Winfrey’, said Bombom, citing the famous American host.
Adriana Bombom with her daughters Olívia and Thalita from her marriage with singer Dudu Nobre
Claiming to be very grateful to Marlene, Bombom said she would like to work with her on a project.
“Imagine! It would be a great joy. Marlene has been following my work and still makes comments and warns me about what I can improve.”
Note from BW of Brazil: As BW of Brazil suggested a few years ago, former Globo TV host Glória Maria is perhaps the most successful of Afro-Brazilian women journalists and although she never reached the heights of success and television dominance of Oprah, she is the closest thing that Brazil has ever seen.
“Glória Maria our Oprah Winfrey” – Many Brazilians already see former host as the “Brazilian Oprah Winfrey”
As many Brazilians also see her in this way, the famous host has already addressed comparisons with the American superstar on a number of occasions.
Photo: “Oprah Winfrey is a woman that I admire a lot. She’s not an inspiration, because when I started being a journalist Oprah didn’t exist. I admire her for her life trajectory: born poor, suffered abuses and managed to get where she is, even being black and not being beautiful. She’s a woman that deserves all the admiration and respect of the world.”
12/28/2009
AE – Is it true that you want to be the host Oprah Winfrey?
Glória Maria – When people ask me if I think I’m the Brazilian Oprah, I say that I think Oprah’s the American Glória Maria. I admire her too, and I wish to have a little bit of power and money she has. But I don’t feel I’m Oprah because she’s leaving the air. I don’t want to remain behind the camera. If I had this path, I say bye bye.
3/10/2009
Do you have the desire to do a talk show, a sort of Brazilian Oprah Winfrey?
Glória – Everyone says I’m the Brazilian Oprah, but I think that she is the American Glória Maria. The only difference between us is that she gets a truckload of money and I don’t. Today, I just want to know how to take care of my girls … [the host adopted two girls in July] But who knows, right? If it was something that seduced me, I would agree. You have to have a challenge, something new. Doing a talk show is not new; only if I get to do it in a new way. I’m proud to have been a pioneer in all the things of journalism. I’ve always been a woman who paved the way. I was the first and only black host who did ten years on Fantástico. I was also the one who requested to leave. Therefore, if it is to do something that everyone does, I’m out!
Note from BW of Brazil: Congratulations for a long career of success to Glória Maria and good luck to Adriana Bombom in her endeavors. But the comparison and success of someone like Oprah Winfrey speaks volumes of how racial politics is seen in the seen in the two country. For many years Brazilians have pointed to the United States in a sort of “knee jerk” reaction type of way when the question of racism comes up. In the face of consistent cases of racism that occur in Brazil everyday, people still prefer to deflect the fact by pointing the finger at the racist history of the United States.
The fact is, the ascension of an Oprah Winfrey to the top position of media mogul and Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States and the non-existence of equals in Brazil speaks volumes about racial realities in the two countries. To be quite honest, I am not one to view the successes of individuals as absolute proof of the state of race relations. Winfrey and Obama are two people who were chosen by “the system” for specific reasons and, in fact, serve as means of the American media to attempt to diminish continuous racial problems in that country.
On the flip side, in Brazil, the ascension of Afro-Brazilians into such positions in an extremely Eurocentric Brazilian media seems almost impossible. Many studies and reports over the years have made comparisons on race and media in both countries and reveal that African-Americans, even being under-represented, are visible in the American media in ways that Brazil’s media would apparently never accept. Many of the black images that one sees in Brazil’s media today are imported programs from the United States broadcast in Brazil with either subtitles or overdubbed in Portuguese. Today, Brazil’s media has already chosen two white women, Ana Maria Braga and now, Fátima Bernardes, as the chosen ones to ascend to the position of “Brazilian Oprah Winfrey”. Of course, it would be great to see more Afro-Brazilian women in positive positions of highlight and power in Brazil, but as the recent controversy over the program Sexo e as negas shows, the Brazilian media continues to prefer to keep black women either in the bedroom or in the kitchen.
Note
1. For more on this report see “Racial and Ethnic Stereotypes in Brazilian Advertising” by Carmen Sílvia Moraes Rial in Antropologia em Primeira Mão. Florianópolis, PPGAS/UFSC, v. 49., available here.
Source: The Pop News, Bem Paraná, Extra, Black Women of Brazil
Great article.
Gains Under PNP Neutralised By IMF Agreement Conditionalities, Says Political Commentator
Published: Monday September 22, 2014 | 12:24 pm0 Comments
Party supporters gather at the People's National party 76th conference held at the national Arena in St Andrew yesterday. - Photo by Norman Grindley/Chief Photographer
Political commentator Richard ‘dikkie’ Crawford says the gains made by the Portia Simpson Miller Administration have been cancelled out by adjustments made under the country’s arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Speaking at the People’s National Party Conference yesterday, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said Jamaicans were better off than they were two years ago when her Administration took over.
She said unemployment has gone down, General Consumption Tax has been reduced, benefits under the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education have increased and that the economy is in a much better shape.
However, speaking on Independent Talk on Power 106 FM this morning, Crawford, who also convenor of Jamaicans United for Sustainable Development, downplayed these reported gains.
Crawford says it is important to remember that these gains have been made within the context of a strict IMF programme which has called for, among other things, a wage freeze and devaluation of the dollar.
Audley Shaw insists PNP failing
And while Mrs Simpson Miller was rebutting criticism that her party has been passing IMF tests while failing the People’s Test, Opposition spokesman on Finance, Audley Shaw, continued to rip into her management of the country’s affairs.
At an area council three meeting held at the Bustamante High School in Clarendon yesterday afternoon, Shaw argued that while the PNP was celebrating another successful pass at their fifth IMF test many Jamaicans were hurting.
According to him, the PNP also has failed what he called the back to school test, the garbage test, food prices test and the mosquito tests.
Shaw says the Simpson Miller led Administration has been dwelling on what it has dubbed the four missing years while completely ignoring what he termed the 18 forgotten years.
When will Black nations learn to leave the IMF alone
