expose and contract HIV-AIDS and other venereal diseases. There are also frequent pregnancies.
Education
Education in most Afro-descendant communities
that are located in inaccessible, isolated areas operates at a very low level when compared to the
national average. With any luck, one can attend a
primary school, which does not offer anyone the
ability to get dignified, well-paid work. Getting a
professional, secondary or university-level education is extremely expensive because one has to
move to other areas to complete one’s studies
with scholarships, and night classes or work. This
still generally means having to spend too much on
room and board, and most people just cannot afford it.
Racism and racial discrimination
Racial discrimination happens in diverse ways. It
often manifests itself subtly; other times it is
overt. The most frequent forms of it occur in hiring situations, or as verbal and social abuse by
means of language whose connotation is clearly
racist.
Afro-descendants, and black women in particular,
are discriminated against when they seek dignified employment or even just want a better quality
of life. In some countries, Afro-descendants’ access to public spaces is limited and disdained in
full view of the authorities. Intentionally racist
and exclusionary euphemisms about black people
persist in signs like “We Reserve the Right to Refuse Admission” in bars, restaurants and places
for public entertainment and VIP locations, and in
signs like “Private Residence” or