[Black Brazil]
Luis Roberto Barroso: “There are times in life when everyone needs to choose which side of history they want to be on. Today, we affirm that we are on the side of those who fight racism.”
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Black Brazilian Congresswoman Benedita da Silva welcomed a new electoral ruling aimed at fighting racism in Brazil s electoral process.
Black political candidates in Brazil must get a fair share of air time and public funding, the top electoral court has ruled in a decision set to change the face of elections.
“There are times in life when everyone needs to choose which side of history they want to be on. Today, we affirm that we are on the side of those who fight racism,” Luis Roberto Barroso, president of Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court, said in a statement following Tuesday night’s ruling.