Djamila Ribeiro

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Djamila Ribeiro
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Djamila Ribeiro, 2016
Born
Djamila Taís Ribeiro dos Santos

(1980-08-01) August 1, 1980 (age 43)
Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
EducationFederal University of São Paulo
Era20th-/21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
School
Main interests
Notable ideas
Influences

Djamila Taís Ribeiro dos Santos (born 1980) is a Brazilian Black feminist philosopher and journalist. She graduated in political philosophy from the Federal University of São Paulo, where she also earned a master's degree on the work of Simone de Beauvoir and Judith Butler.[2][3][4] Ribeiro is a collaborating editor of weekly magazine CartaCapital, as well as a columnist for CartaCapital and Folha de S.Paulo.[5][6]

In May 2016, she was appointed São Paulo's vice-secretary for Human Rights and Citizenship Affairs, thereby joining the Fernando Haddad administration.[7]

She prefaced the Brazilian Portuguese edition of Women, Race and Class by Black feminist philosopher Angela Davis. Ribeiro and Davis have collaborated on a number of occasions.[8]

Ribeiro also works as a blogger and online activist. In 2018, she appeared as a representative of Brazil's civil society at Harvard and MIT's joint annual Brazil Conference.[9]

In her A Short Anti-racist Handbook (Port. Pequeno manual antirracista), inspired on the book How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, Ribeiro calls upon white people to take responsibility and change attitudes which result in privileges and oppression.[10] Being a follower of Candomblé,[11] Ribeiro has written about how traditional women healers in Afro-descendant communities came to be portrayed as witches by Western civilisation.[12]

In July 2020, Ribeiro decided to report Twitter to Brazil's Public Prosecutor's Office on the grounds that Twitter "economically exploits racism and misogyny" and "profits from attacks on defenceless Black women".[13]

Education

In 2012, Djamila Ribeiro graduated in Philosophy at the School of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences of the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), and became a Master in Political Philosophy at the same institution in 2015, with an emphasis on feminist theory. Currently, Djamila is part of the faculty of the Journalism course at PUC-SP.

Before studying Philosophy, Ribeiro began a degree in journalism. However, Djamila interrupted her studies in the area in 2005.

The philosopher is an active researcher in the academy, with racial and gender relations as her main field of research, as well as feminism. Djamila is a columnist for Folha de S. Paulo, and has also written for the online portals of CartaCapital, Blogueiras Negras and Revista AzMina, in addition to coordinating the Feminismos Plurais collection, by Pólen.

Ribeiro is the author of the works “Lugar de Fala”, “What is Lugar de Fala?”, “Who is afraid of black feminism?” and "Pequeno Manual Antirracista", which together sold more than 500,000 copies in the country. In addition to the books published, Djamila created the Selo Sueni Carneiro, which published books by black authors at more affordable prices.

Political Activism

In May 2016, Ribeiro was appointed Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and Citizenship of the city of São Paulo during the administration of Mayor Fernando Haddad.

In addition, she was invited in 2020 to be deputy on the ticket of Jilmar Tatto (PT) to the city hall of São Paulo. However, Djamila declined the invitation.

In 2022, at the opening of the season of the program Provoca, on TV Cultura, the writer verbalized that she would not sit down to talk to people linked to Bolsonarism, in view of the representation of this administration. In her own words:

“I would not sit with bolsonaristas people because of the representation of this administration. The constant attacks on black people, indigenous people and women. In addition to all the setbacks they defended. They even advocated policies of death. It completely flees from republican ideals”

Awards and honors

Throughout her career, Djamila has received awards such as the SP Citizen Award in Human Rights in 2016, Trip Transformadores in 2017, Best Columnist in the Women's Press Trophy in 2018 and Dandara dos Palmares Award.

The author was also nominated in 2019 for the Jabuti Prize, in the Humanities category, for the publication of the book "O que é Lugar de Fala?", when she became a finalist. In 2020, Djamila won the Jabuti Prize, this time for her work "Pequeno Manual Antirracista".

Also in 2019, Djamila received the Prince Claus Award in the Philosophy category, offered by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which recognized her activist struggle. In the same year, she was chosen as “Personality of Tomorrow” by the French government.

In 2021, Djamila Ribeiro became the first Brazilian person to be awarded the BET Awards, the highest award of the American black community, being consecrated in the Global Good category.

In addition to all the awards, the philosopher is also among the 100 most influential people in the world under 40, according to the UN. She is also a counselor at the Vladimir Herzog Institute.

Furthermore, in April 2022, Djamila was invited to take up the chair at the Academia Paulista de Letras, a position previously held by Lygia Fagundes Telles. The writer applied for the vacancy and, until the present moment, awaits the decision of the institution.

Media Influence

Djamila Ribeiro has already taught feminism classes for a group of TV Globo actresses and directors at Camila Pitanga's house, in Rio de Janeiro, in addition to providing specialized consultancy for the station's programs, such as the transgressor Amor & Sexo, by Fernanda Lima and the program Saia Justa, from the GNT. On instagram, Djamila currently has 1.2 million followers.

Publications

  • O que é lugar de fala? (2017) (What Is Locus of Speech?)
  • Quem tem medo do feminismo negro? (2018) (Who's Afraid of Black Feminism?)
  • Pequeno manual antirracista (2019) (A Short Anti-racist Handbook)[14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Interview: Brazilian Black Feminist Philosopher Djamila Ribeiro on Intersectionality and the Black Feminist Movement" (in Portuguese). Afropunk.
  2. ^ "Djamila Ribeiro, a voz da consciência negra feminina no Brasil". Vice (in Portuguese).
  3. ^ "É preciso discutir por que a mulher negra é a maior vítima de estupro no Brasil". El País (in Portuguese). 23 July 2016.
  4. ^ "20 Jornalistas Negros influentes em diversas áreas do Jornalismo" (in Portuguese). CEERT.
  5. ^ "Movimentos sociais encontram na internet o caminho para mobilizar militantes" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil.
  6. ^ "Expediente". CartaCapital (in Portuguese).
  7. ^ "Djamila Ribeiro é nomeada secretária-adjunta de Direitos Humanos de São Paulo". Brasil de Fato (in Portuguese). 18 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Angela Davis: 'Quando a mulher negra se movimenta, toda a estrutura da sociedade se movimenta com ela'". El País (in Portuguese). 28 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Brazil Conference 2020". Brazil Conference 2020.
  10. ^ "Want to be anti-racist? In Brazil, there's a guide for that". France 24. 13 December 2019.
  11. ^ Piza, Renata (11 December 2017). "Djamila Ribeiro: falar é preciso" [Djamila Ribeiro: speaking is necessary]. Vogue Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  12. ^ Ribeiro, Djamila (13 October 2019). "Às feiticeiras, minha reverência" [To the witches, my reverence] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Djamila Ribeiro denunciará Twitter no Ministério Público por 'explorar o racismo e a misoginia'". 27 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Livros de Djamila Ribeiro". Estante Virtual (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Want to be anti-racist? In Brazil, there's a guide for that". France 24. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
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