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Join us and @AmerQuarterly at 1 p.m. ET for a conversation with @thiamparo and @AuroraVergaraF1 on the movement for racial equality and justice in Latin America.

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We're LIVE with @AmerQuarterly's @BrazilBrian, Icesi University's @AuroraVergaraF1, and Fundação Getúlio Vargas' @thiamparo, who will share insights on how the Black Lives Matter movement has sparked grassroots momentums across the region.

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@AmerQuarterly @BrazilBrian @AuroraVergaraF1 @thiamparo George Floyd’s legacy goes well beyond U.S. borders.

@AuroraVergaraF1 says there’s a hope his story will help bring the requests civil society organizations have been making around police brutality against Afro-descendant Colombians to the national debate.

@AmerQuarterly @BrazilBrian @AuroraVergaraF1 @thiamparo 1,810 = People killed by police in Rio de Janeiro in 2019. And in the first half of the year, 80% were Afro-Brazilian notes @BrazilBrian.

999 = People killed by police in all of the U.S. in 2019, by contrast, says @thiamparo, who points to a type of militarized policing.

@AmerQuarterly @BrazilBrian @AuroraVergaraF1 @thiamparo “We're looking at a very difficult time for Afro-descendants across the region” during COVID-19, says @AuroraVergaraF1, highlighting the case of one Afro-descendant Colombian doctor in a vulnerable area who, at the time he passed away from the virus, hadn't been paid in 7 months.

There’s a trend of bringing in Black people to talk about racism only when it’s convenient, says @thiamparo.

I know people who are excellent political analysts but because they are Black women or Black men, they are not called about politics or economics generally.

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There’s a saying among Black feminists that usually only white men are considered “universal” beings who can talk about any issue, says @thiamparo, and that if a Black person like myself opens my mouth, I’ll probably talk about something in a racialized way.

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The conversation is hard in Brazil because we can't have an in-depth conversation about race across different topics.

We need to go beyond only talking about race after a big event like George Floyd or one month of the year and mainstream the conversation.

— @thiamparo

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@thiamparo And that wraps up the event! Many thanks to speakers @AuroraVergaraF1 and @thiamparo, and to @BrazilBrian for moderating.

The full video of today's discussion on #BlackLivesMatter #LasVidasNegrasImportan #VidasNegrasImportam will be available shortly: bit.ly/2Z7OKGz