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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

SEPPIR:  Brazil's Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality
By Karen Juanita Carrillo

Members of Brazil's renowned Black Movement - the country's Black Consciousness Movement - are credited with pushing for the creation of SEPPIR, the Secretaria Especial de Políticas de Promoção da Igualdade Racial (Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality). 

"It was one of the first things President Lula's government did," Edson Santos, the current head of SEPPIR said in an exclusive interview: "Based on the recommendations from the Durban conference [the United Nation's World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and EdsonSantosnRogerWillian.JPGRelated Intolerance (WCAR), which was held in Durban, South Africa from August 31 to September 8, 2001].

Edson Santos (right), Brazil’s minister in charge of SEPPIR, explains his organizations goals with the help of his translator, Roger Willian (left)

(Karen Juanita Carrillo photo) 

"Durban told governments they needed to do more to promote racial equality.  That spurred on the Black Movement and through their pressure they insisted on the need to create SEPPIR."

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