Racionais fan and purple Corinthian fan: meet Silvio Almeida, the new Minister of Human Rights

The lawyer specializing in human rights e racial issues He is a professor at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie and at the School of Law of Fundação Getúlio Vargas and a philosopher graduated from the University of São Paulo. In addition to teaching classes at Brazilian universities, Silvio He is also a visiting professor at Columbia University, in the United States. 

Silvio Almeida preside over Luiz Gama Institute – collective of intellectuals and activists that proposes racial discussion in Brazil. In addition to the strong presence on the front line of black militancy, together with social movements and groups of intellectuals, Silvio gained even more prestige after the release of his book, entitled “Structural Racism”, published in 2018.

After the announcement that he would be minister, Silvio took to Twitter to talk about the responsibility of taking on the role: 

Silvio was recently on Mano Brown's podcast, talking about his career

Behind the scenes of academic guerrillas, the professor Silvio He listens to good rap and is a die-hard fan of Racionais Mc's. Son of the former Corinthians goalkeeper, Barbosinha, the lawyer is a Corinthian fan.

Recently he was at Mano a Mano podcast, by Mano Brown, and told more details about his childhood, youth and the beginning of his academic career. 

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