However, his preface was conspicuously silent on the subject of systemic racism and rampant racially-motivated crime against people of African descent in the Western Hemisphere and, indeed, around the world. Ultimately, this two-faced geopoliticization of human rights can only undermine US global leadership in the promotion of civil liberty. And the consequences of systemic racism are perilous not only for Afro-Brazilians, but for all Brazilians. Lula’s Ministry of Racial EqualityLula has made tackling systemic racism a pillar of his second tenancy of Brazil’s presidential palace. The solution to this glaring crisis is not to brush it under the rug or ignore it in leading human rights reports, but to confront it, as Lula intends, head on.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 29, 2023 11:37 UTC