The word favela has such a bad PR. We (privileged, mostly white, educated) hear this word and we are already horrified, we think we know it all, we want to avoid all contact possible with anyone living in a favela. Because we are afraid of them. We assume they are bad people who will steal our shit. . It hurts me because I have met amazing people living in favelas. When I asked for some dance moves they helped. Now i live very very close to two favelas (lets just call them communities, because after all they are really communities and they also prefer referring to themselves as community members). When some people hear this their face changes and they have this are you fucking crazy expression. . I have never felt unsafe where I live. (But I recently ran away from a guy who wanted to rob me at Ipanema and I got a phone stolen at Lapa). I happily take mototaxis daily. I happily walk down (up not so much but that doesn’t have anything to do with fear more like dying because of the steep streets). People say hello to me, I say hello to them, nobody is weird, just regular people, living life. . Yes I know there are more dangerous communities. I know there can be shootings. Because some very poor people only see getting into drug trafficking an option to survive. Maybe they don’t know better. Maybe there were just born in this. . I have no idea because my life is different. And I also don’t wanna think that just because I live where they do means I know anything about them. I know shit. I have no idea. I absolutely cannot understand most of the struggles they have. . I don’t understand their fear and hate for police. Maybe because I am the type who police wants to keep safe here. They look at me and come to me and tell me nicely to avoid a neighbourhood. They are super nice to me and protective. They would never check my pockets for drugs because I was born to be a white European girl with light hair and eyes. They are not at my doorstep waiting for me to screw up and checking me all the time for anything illegal. So I don’t know how is it to grow up like this. . All I know that I would not change my awesome place for anything. #brazil #riodejanerio #favela Facebook Tumblr Tweet Pinterest Tetszik 0 2019. április 02. - lea.daranyi leadaranyi készítette ezt a képet. Tovább Facebook Tumblr Tweet Pinterest Tetszik 0 Szólj hozzá! brazil instagram favela riodejanerio
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