Brazil Has Never Had a Black Woman on Its Supreme Court. This Movement May Change That

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In Brazil, a nationwide campaign called Preta Ministra is addressing an existing issue in the racially unequal country: the lack of Black women on the Supreme Federal Court.

that he has “no rush” to announce the next minister:"Everything has its time. I have to talk to a lot of people. I have to listen to a lot of people,” he said during a press conference this week. “It is the most political nomination in the judiciary. More than a jurist’s professional competence, the criteria is, above all, political. It has to do with reliability and the proximity one has with the president,” Carvalhal says.

Gonçalves agrees that, regardless of Lula’s nomination, change is already taking place in Brazilian politics. “Because of the campaign, some local Black jurists are, today, known by people from all over the country. This might open doors to other powerful spaces that are also relevant, if not in the Supreme Court, maybe a vacancy in the Union Attorney General. We are hopeful,” she says.

 

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