Racism and “whitening,” immense wealth and favelas, social inequality and the status of women. To what extent do different social classes live within their own “bubble”? Why do such vast inequalities not lead to stronger social resistance and demands for change? And how much has changed under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva?
The program’s guests are constitutional law expert Dimitris Dimoulis, professor at the FGV Law School in São Paulo, and Brazilian scholar Soraya Gasparetto Lunardi, professor of Constitutional Law and Fundamental Rights at UNESP, São Paulo State University.
Marking the anniversary of Brazil’s declaration of independence on 7 September 1822, and ahead of the country’s elections in October, “Historical Walks” travels to Latin America’s largest country, exploring it beyond the familiar stereotypes of samba, Carnival, and soccer. A historical and musical journey through a country that is a mosaic of cultures, immense wealth and extreme poverty, tolerance and structural racism, and deep social inequality.
Produced and presented by Marilena Katsimi