“India”: Rodriguinho offends Isabelle Nogueira on BBB 24 and is warned: “It’s pejorative”

Cunhã-poranga do Boi Garantido explained that the appropriate term, in this case, should be “indigenous”

Singer Rodriguinho was warned by Isabelle Nogueira, in the early hours of this Friday (12), after calling the Amazonian woman an “Indian” on BBB24.

The Amazonian who acts as cunhã-poranga of Boi Garantido, from Parintins, explained to the singer that the use of the term refers to the meaning used by the colonizers when they arrived in Brazil.

“The term ‘India’ is kind of a pejorative term, the world is understanding that now. When you actually talk about an indigenous person, it is indigenous or native people. ‘India’ was when the colonizer arrived in Brazil and wanted to say that we looked like the people of India”,

said the dancer.

In response, the singer from Rio, who is the leader of the house, said: “I want to learn”.

“We are re-educating ourselves, constantly evolving. From then on, you already know”, said Isabelle.

She was one of the three people pre-nominated by the pagodeiro for the second wall of BBB24, which will be formed this Friday. Isabelle, Beatriz or Davi will be chosen by Rodriguinho to be in the spotlight.

Offensive term

The old nomenclature of indigenous peoples, however, is no longer accepted and carries several stereotypes. Indigenous journalist Juliana Lourenço explains part of this process on her Twitter profile.

“’Indian’ is offensive, as it was the name given by the invaders and denies who we are. As Daniel Munduruku says, the word ‘Indian’ is a fiction that was introduced into the minds of Brazilians by the official education system. It’s a word that doesn’t say who we are, but what people think we are,”

she reports.

“They often call us lazy, savage, backward and useless. All these adjectives are within the word ‘Indian’. It denies what we are because we learned that way. For new meanings to be part of our repertoire, we need to create awareness that indigenous peoples are real”, adds the journalist.

*With information from CNN and the EM website

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