Ivanir dos Santos files a complaint against Ludmila: “It is a crime”

For 40 years of work on behalf of freedoms, human rights and pluralisms against racism and religious intolerance, Babalawo Ivanir dos Santos I received the news of this with surprise and indignation Lyudmila He displayed a biased statement in his show at Coachella, USA. In a conversation with GENTE Column, Ivanir – who is also a professor in the graduate program in Comparative History at UFRJ – says he is filing a public complaint against the singer, so she can speak out immediately, which is the first step towards a lawsuit for religious discrimination.

“It's a huge contradiction for her, being a black LGBT+ woman. All the prejudice she experienced brought her back. She attacks the culture of her ancestors, even though she is evangelical. What is a black person contributing by behaving this way? anything. What's even worse is finding out that her production manager is a trans woman. It gets worse, because Section 20 of the Kao Act, which we will use against this situation, is the same one that gave protection to the LGBT community sector. This phrase from the show is as offensive to blacks as the swastika is to Jews. “You've committed a crime and you need to answer for it,” Evanir says.

The researcher was a consultant for the series Rebel Archangel, from Globoplay, where Lyudmila first worked as an actress. She played a military police officer who chased down bandits who attacked Candomblé terreiro in the community of Rio. “This excuse from her now that she didn't really know what she was saying on stage, or that they took it out of context, is not true, because she took a class on this, and she starred in a series about this issue. “I'm speaking as a witness, because I was on the recording,” she said. Evanir continues.