Luiza Bairros: Police criminalize Black people
Brazil's Minister for Racial Equality accuses police and shoppers of discriminating against young black people during "rolezinhos" (mass gatherings of young people in shopping malls); she was summoned by President Dilma Rousseff to discuss the issue with Ministers José Eduardo Cardozo (Justice) and Marta Suplicy (Culture).
247 - Brazil's Minister for Racial Equality, Luiza Bairros (PT), criticized the police action against the wave of "rolezinhos" (mass gatherings of young people) in shopping malls in the capital of São Paulo. According to Painel, from Folha de S. PaulShe argues that the injunction authorizing shopping malls to bar customers "sanctions racial segregation" and supports what the police "do daily": associating black people with crime.
The minister says the controversy arose because "a segment of society doesn't want their presence in certain places."
She was summoned by President Dilma Rousseff to discuss the matter, along with the Ministers of Justice, Eduardo Cardozo, and Culture, Marta Suplicy.
The government fears that the movement will gain the same notoriety as the demonstrations with the participation of the 'Black Bloc' group.