December 7, 2024

Giovanna Eubank on the racist attack on her children: “Would she get all that attention if we were black parents to black kids?” | Nice

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Giovanna Eubank on the racist attack on her children: "Would she get all that attention if we were black parents to black kids?"  |  Nice

Mago Coutinho: Thank you Bruno and Giovanna for being here with us this Sunday (31), that day, I imagine, is difficult for you and your children. I would like to know what happened on Saturday afternoon (30), there in Portugal?

Bruno Gagliasu: We went to a famous restaurant which is on the beach.

Giovanna Eubank: In fact, it is a restaurant that we really like to go to, because we always find many black people in the restaurant. For our kids, we think it’s very important to be in environments with black people.

Bruno: They were playing on the beach, and suddenly one of the children came and told us what had happened. And then we got upset, and really upset. And I started… and I saw those pictures.

She told Giovanna what had happened and reproduced what she had heard.

Giovanna: The woman was saying many things. Among them he says, “You filthy niggers,” “Go back to Africa.”

Bruno: Portugal It’s not the place for you, get out of here.”

Giovanna: I don’t think she ever expected a white woman to fight her like she did, like that. I know that as a white woman, by going there to meet her, my words will be validated. I will not go out with the crazy, the angry, as with many other black mothers, who are lionesses every day, just like I was in this episode.

Bruno: What would have happened if we were black, my wife?

Giovanna: Would I get that much attention if we were black parents to black kids?

a Nice I posed these questions to Karla Akuterin, who has a Ph.D. in Gender, Women’s and Feminist Studies at UFBA. explain it “Every day, black men and black women, who are heads of families, try to defend their children and yet they are criminals.”

Magoo: In 2017, I gave an interview here to Nice To talk about the racism they were subjected to and the attacks they were subjected to at that time. Giovanna, you commented that you are not ready to face racism. What has changed since then?

Giovanna: You changed everything, Magoo. Today I am a woman who is fully aware of my privileges, I am a woman who is always surrounded by other black women, I learn daily. I will do justice to the White Privilege and fight head-on.

Reporter Nice in Portugal, Leonardo Montero, was on the beach where the woman carried out the attacks – and spoke with witnesses. They said that The assailant was already arguing with the attendees prior to the racist actions.

per note, The management of the restaurant denied the racist behavior of women and allowed the submission of photos recorded by security cameras. it’s the The Brazilian Consulate, also by note, offered legal assistance.

The woman was taken to a Republican National Guard police station, very close to the beach where Bruno and Jovana were with their children. She testified, was identified and later released. Now, the couple have up to six months to file a formal criminal complaint with the Portuguese authorities.

According to human rights lawyer Helio Gustavo Alves, this racist crime is enshrined in the Portuguese Penal Code, in Article 240. Depending on how the Portuguese court looks, a woman can face a prison sentence of 6 months to 5 years.

a Nice Unable to contact the abuser responsible for racist abuse for children Giovanna Eubank And the Bruno Gagliasu.

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