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I hate to tell you, but racism is alive and well in a lot of parts of the world.

For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of racism, at least in white circles and white media.

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.

There are a number of parallels between the slums of Brazil and those found in my hometown, Karachi. The dichotomy that exists in Brazil is uncannily similar to that found in Pakistan, and I hope to one day make a film that follows similar themes.

Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption.

For my own part, once I became a teenager, I experienced severe and violent racism.

Brazil is the second blackest nation in the world.

Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse.

I must be intellectually honest and say there is a great justice deficit among us. Not all Brazilians are treated equally.

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.