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A Brazilian politician donned blackface during a recent state assembly session, in a shocking protest against the appointment of a transgender legislator to head a women’s rights commission.
The incident unfolded last Wednesday at a Sao Paulo assembly meeting, as state legislator Fabiana Bolsonaro, 32, smeared brown makeup on her face and argued that while she could identify as black, she could not possibly know the lived experience of a black person.
“As a white person, having lived through everything I’ve experienced as a white person, now, at 32, I’ve decided to put on makeup, to dress up as a black person,” Bolsonaro said.
NEW: Brazilian politician Fabiana Bolsonaro performs blackface to show trans people that putting dark foundation on her face doesn't make her black, just like changing your body doesn't make you a different gender.
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“I’m painted black on the outside. Come on, I identify as black. So why can’t I, then, chair the commission on racism?” Bolsonaro asked, adding, “Because I’m not black.”
“So what I’m saying here is that transgender people must be respected, yes. We’re seeing the biggest increase in history in the murder of transgender people, and they must be respected, yes. I don’t want any trans person to face any kind of prejudice. I don’t want any trans person to be murdered for being trans — but I also don’t want any trans person to take my place.“
Bolsonaro’s protest came as transgender legislator Erika Hilton, who was elected to Brazil’s National Congress in 2022, was recently appointed to chair the country’s Commission for the Defense of Women’s Rights.
Bolsonaro, previously Fabiana Barroso, bears no relation to Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, but adopted the surname years ago in a major show of support for the embattled former populist leader.
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