Manifesto by intellectuals defends Black candidates.
The manifesto, signed by more than 200 academics and intellectuals, also expresses solidarity with historian Douglas Belchior, a pre-candidate for federal deputy for the PSOL party; according to Belchior, the party is discriminating against him by placing his campaign in second place in its electoral strategy, with less money and less visibility; the party denies this.
247 - More than 200 academics and intellectuals signed a manifesto in defense of Black candidates in the 2018 elections and in solidarity with historian Douglas Belchior, pre-candidate for federal deputy for the PSOL party. According to Belchior, the party is discriminating against him by placing his campaign in the background of the electoral strategy, with less money and less visibility. PSOL leaders deny this.
The manifesto states that "the filter that parties use to tell voters which candidates are relevant is racist and sexist." The result "is that the face governing the country remains predominantly white and male," says the text, signed by leaders such as Professor Kabengele Munanga and filmmaker Joel Zito de Araújo.
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