Young, Black and Poor in Brazil “For me, 20 years have passed but little has changed,” he said in an open letter to Brazilian authorities delivered last week, on the anniversary of the killings. “It’s been 20 years of not being respected by government officials, of a lack of public policies that target poor black youth. There is no investment in children. It’s easier to kill them than care for them.” Brazil has changed substantially since the Candelária killings, leaving behind the economic and political crises of the 1990s to attain steady, even heady, growth and stability. Unemployment has fallen to record lows, half of the population is now middle class, and the inequality that was once this country’s hallmark has become a little less glaring. But few of these changes have benefited those at the very bottom of the social pyramid, and young, black and poor boys like Wagner remain particularly vulnerable to violence. For the full NY Times opinion piece, click on the link below.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:17:04 +0000
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