QL13: The Kiratiana Interview

Author: Question Lane
Published: Wed 19 Feb 2020
Episode Link: https://questionlane.com/kiratiana-interview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kiratiana-interview

In this episode entrepreneur, and freelance journalist Kiratiana discusses her YouTube video, The Whitening of Brazil: Why Black Brazilians Marry White (Ad Junior)

Summary

Episode Length

53:15

Topics Covered

References Made

Topics Discussed

Racism

Kiratiana defines racism and discusses its effects

Classifications

Kiratiana identifies and explains the racial classifications in Brazil and how they differ from the United States

Portrayal

Kiratiana explains how Black “Preto” people are portrayed in the media in Brazil specifically through television

Literacy

Kiratiana discusses the educational system in Brazil for Black people and how it compares to the United States

Culture

Kiratiana discusses how Black Brazilians have maintained and lost portions of their African culture post slavery compared to Black Americans

Suppression

Kiratiana discusses if Black Brazilians are exposed to fellow Black people who fought against slavery and for their civil rights/justice claims

Reparations

Kiratiana provides her opinion on if Black Brazilians have a movement pushing for reparations comparable to the reparations push that Black people have in the United States

Family

Kiratiana provides her opinion on why Black Brazilians deny their Blackness and choose to marry and reproduce with white people when they experience upward social and financial mobility