Afro-Brazilian Actress Taunted by Fellow Brazilians on Facebook After Revealing Her Natural Hair

July 16, 2025

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Afro-Brazilian Actress, Taís Araújo, was hit with a barrage of racist feedback on her Fb web page after posting this picture:

A few of the feedback she acquired included: “who posted the image of this gorilla on Fb?” “lend me your hair I wash dishes,” and “I didn’t know that zoo has digicam.” Araújo has reported the vile feedback to the Brazilian authorities, nevertheless, she has opted towards deleting the messages stating as an alternative:

I gained’t delete any of these feedback. I need you all to really feel the disgrace I felt: the disgrace to nonetheless have individuals so cowardly and small on this nation…I gained’t be intimidated or preserve my head down. I’ll proceed to do what I do greatest: work. If my picture or the picture of my household bothers you, it’s your downside!

Taís Araújo is arguably essentially the most well-known black actress in Brazil. Araújo and her equally notable actor husband, Lázaro Ramos, are essentially the most seen black couple within the nation. Though 50% of Brazil’s inhabitants is of African descent, black individuals are not often seen within the media. Araújo and her husband are breaking obstacles each time they seem on their nationwide TV present, “Mr. Brown,” a sequence is impressed by Beyoncé and Jay Z.

Araújo’s fame has led to an outpouring of assist and media protection of the incident, nevertheless, her expertise isn’t the primary of its form in Brazil. In July, Maria Julia Coutinho, Brazil’s first black Climate Presenter was additionally subjected to racist feedback.

Araújo’s experiences as a black actress in Brazil are akin to a number of the similar struggles black actresses face right here within the states. It seems as if “blackness” is beneath assault even in international locations the place having black pores and skin doesn’t essentially place you within the minority.