Why is the work of black intellectuals ignored in Brazilian universities? Halls of higher learning are yet another example of whitewashing Criado em 13/05/2015 13h56 Por Mariana Tokarnia - Repórter da Agência Brasil Edição: Lílian Beraldo From top left, clockwise, Clóvis Moura, Abdias Nascimento, Lélia Gonzalez and Beatriz Nascimento Note from BW of Brazil : This should actually come as no surprise. As we have consistently documented here on this blog, Afro-Brazilians have been made almost completely invisible in numerous areas of Brazilian society. With the forces of white supremacy completely dominating important genres of the nation such as media , politics , and literature , among countless other areas, it would only make sense that black Brazilians were also excluded from bibliographies and topics of discussion in halls of higher learning. Considering the fact that A frican-Brazilians have only in the past decade been able to enter Brazilian univer