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Cartas para a Minha Avó
2021
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Enquanto escrevia essas cartas para você, meu irmão Denis, o mais velho, me enviou uma foto sua, vó. Você estava toda altiva, usando roupas brancas e com um turbante na cabeça. Fiquei observando cada detalhe da imagem, me demorei imaginando quais histórias havia por trás das rugas em seu rosto, quantas vidas tinham sido afetadas por aquelas mãos calejadas que curavam cobreiros e davam esperança aos que foram benzidos. Mas nada me chamou mais atenção do que seus olhos. Um olhar penetrante, forte e, de novo, altivo. Minha mãe carregava o mesmo olhar, apesar de ele ter sido encurvado pelo tempo. Às vezes ela falava só com olhares, e eu aprendi a decifrar cada um «Saia daqui», «Fique quieta», «Não se meta, é conversa de adulto», «Quando seu pai for trabalhar, você vai se ver comigo».
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Djamila Ribeiro
Djamila Ribeiro
Author · 5 books

Djamila Taís Ribeiro dos Santos is a Brazilian feminist and academic. She graduated in Philosophy from the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), in 2012, and became a Master in Political Philosophy at the same institution in 2015, with an emphasis on Feminist Theory. In 2005, she interrupted a degree in Journalism. His main activities are in the themes: Race and Gender Relations and Feminism. He is an online columnist for CartaCapital, Blogueiras Negras and Revista Azmina and has a strong presence in the digital environment, confirmed by his belief in the importance of appropriating the internet as a tool in the militancy of black women, and, according to Djamila, the "hegemonic media "tends to make them invisible. In May 2016, she was appointed Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and Citizenship in the city of São Paulo during the term of Mayor Fernando Haddad. He wrote the preface to the book "Women, Race & Class" by the black and feminist philosopher Angela Davis, which until then was an unprecedented work in Brazil and which was translated and released in September 2015. She constantly participates in events, documentaries and other actions involving race and gender debates. She is the author of works that are a reference in the feminist and anti-racist struggle, such as "Who's Afraid of Black Feminism?" and "Small Anti-Racist Handbook", and "What is a Place of Speech?" and published, together with the author and Phd in Philosophy and Law Silvio Almeida, "What is Structural Racism?". All works originally published in Portuguese.

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