The maid-turned-rapper taking on racism in Brazil
When Preta-Rara wrote a viral social media post about her time as a domestic worker in Brazil, she sparked a national conversation about exploitation and abuse.
Preta-Rara is a Brazilian rapper, author, historian – and former maid. In 2016, when she wrote a post on social media about her time as a domestic worker, it went viral, sparking an avalanche of responses from maids all over Brazil sharing stories of the racism, exploitation and abuse they'd experienced at work. She quickly found herself the de facto spokesperson for a movement – using the platform she has in the music industry and on social media to challenge views about domestic work, racism and body shaming in Brazil.
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Robert Darden is an American professor who's dedicated his life to preserving gospel music. Over the years he's collected 8,000 songs, digitised them and made them available to the public. This interview was first broadcast in 2017.
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Presenter: Andrea Kennedy
Producer: Zoe Gelber
(Photo: Preta-Rara. Credit: NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Getty Images)
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