An interview with Dr. Thiago Amparo, a human rights attorney, author, and activist in Brazil. We discuss the recent murder of João Alberto (a Black Brazilian man) by security guards on the eve of the country's Black Consciousness Day, the protests that followed, and how the popular notion of racial democracy continues to clash with Brazilians' efforts to grapple with a racist reality.
In this interview, human rights attorney, author, and activist Dr. Thiago Amparo explains recent examples of violence against Black Brazilians and places those events in the context of Brazil's history and modern social and political reality. Dr. Amparo's most recent English-language writing may be found in Critical Essays on Human Rights Criticism, edited by Andras Sajo and Renata Uitz, and in various newspapers including Americas Quarterly.