Black boy’s death sparks racism protest in Brazil
Brazilians march over the death of a black boy whose mother, a maid, had entrusted him to her white employer, in an echo of the racism protests racking the United States. – EPA pic, June 6, 2020.
HUNDREDS of Brazilians marched yesterday over the death of a black boy whose mother, a maid, had entrusted him to her white employer, in an echo of the protests racking the United States. Five-year-old Miguel da Silva died Tuesday when he fell from the ninth storey of the highrise where his mother worked in the city of Recife.
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