Djamila Ribeiro Explained

Djamila Ribeiro
Birth Name:Djamila Taís Ribeiro dos Santos
Birth Date:1 August 1980
Birth Place:Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Education:Federal University of São Paulo
Region:Western philosophy

Djamila Taís Ribeiro dos Santos (born 1980) is a Brazilian Black feminist philosopher and journalist. She graduated in political philosophy from the Federal University of São Paulo, where she also earned a master's degree on the work of Simone de Beauvoir and Judith Butler.[1] [2] [3] Ribeiro is a collaborating editor of weekly magazine CartaCapital, as well as a columnist for CartaCapital and Folha de S.Paulo.[4] [5]

In May 2016, she was appointed São Paulo's vice-secretary for Human Rights and Citizenship Affairs, thereby joining the Fernando Haddad administration.[6]

She prefaced the Brazilian Portuguese edition of Women, Race and Class by Black feminist philosopher Angela Davis. Ribeiro and Davis have collaborated on a number of occasions.[7]

Ribeiro also works as a blogger and online activist. In 2018, she appeared as a representative of Brazil's civil society at Harvard and MIT's joint annual Brazil Conference.[8]

In her Short Anti-racist Guide (Port. Pequeno manual antirracista), inspired on the book How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, Ribeiro calls upon white people to take responsibility and change attitudes which result in privileges and oppression.[9] Being a follower of Candomblé,[10] Ribeiro has written about how traditional women healers in Afro-descendant communities came to be portrayed as witches by Western civilisation.[11] [12]

In July 2020, Ribeiro decided to report Twitter to Brazil's Public Prosecutor's Office on the grounds that Twitter "economically exploits racism and misogyny" and "profits from attacks on defenceless Black women".[13]

Awards and honors

In 2019, Djamila received the Prince Claus Award in the Philosophy category, offered by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which recognized her activist struggle. In the same year, she was chosen as “Personality of Tomorrow” by the French government, and also was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women.[14]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Djamila Ribeiro, a voz da consciência negra feminina no Brasil. . pt.
  2. Web site: É preciso discutir por que a mulher negra é a maior vítima de estupro no Brasil. . pt. July 23, 2016.
  3. Web site: 20 Jornalistas Negros influentes em diversas áreas do Jornalismo. CEERT . pt.
  4. Web site: Movimentos sociais encontram na internet o caminho para mobilizar militantes. 18 January 2016 . . pt.
  5. Web site: Expediente . . pt.
  6. Web site: Djamila Ribeiro é nomeada secretária-adjunta de Direitos Humanos de São Paulo. Brasil de Fato. pt. May 18, 2016. 31 October 2018. 6 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181206102401/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2016/05/18/djamila-ribeiro-e-nomeada-secretaria-adjunta-de-direitos-humanos-de-sao-paulo/index.html. dead.
  7. Web site: Angela Davis: 'Quando a mulher negra se movimenta, toda a estrutura da sociedade se movimenta com ela' . El País . pt . July 28, 2017.
  8. Web site: Brazil Conference 2020. Brazil Conference 2020.
  9. Web site: Want to be anti-racist? In Brazil, there's a guide for that . December 13, 2019. France 24.
  10. Web site: Djamila Ribeiro: falar é preciso. Djamila Ribeiro: speaking is necessary. Renata. Piza. Vogue Globo. pt. December 11, 2017. February 13, 2020.
  11. Web site: Às feiticeiras, minha reverência. To the witches, my reverence. Djamila. Ribeiro. pt. October 13, 2019. February 13, 2020.
  12. Web site: Books Djamila Ribeiro. December 12, 2023.
  13. Web site: Djamila Ribeiro denunciará Twitter no Ministério Público por 'explorar o racismo e a misoginia'. July 27, 2020.
  14. News: 2019-10-15 . BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year? . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-12-17.
  15. Web site: Livros de Djamila Ribeiro. Estante Virtual. February 19, 2020 . pt-br.
  16. Web site: Want to be anti-racist? In Brazil, there's a guide for that. December 13, 2019 . France 24. en. February 21, 2020.