“I don’t want this crime to go unpunished,” says interpreter and presenter who was the target of racist attacks on the Internet

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Wic told GLOBO that the racist attack took place earlier this week. In one of the comments on the profile containing the content of the attraction she presents on the group, “Bom dia favela”, a follower wrote: “A talking monkey.” Another follower writes: “comment on the accommodation the government has given to black women, in stables.” She said she hadn’t seen it and was alerted by an admirer who tagged her name in the post. Once the printing was complete, the next step was to fill out a police report online. Thursday afternoon, the artist met with his lawyer to find out what measures to take.

—This is not the first time that these insults have reached my profiles or the work I do. This time I took a print. On Monday, I was under the stress of a professional and personal routine. This comment came and I said I wasn’t going to let it go, especially because I’ve seen other people in my family experience this, including children. My godson, a six-year-old boy, has already experienced this. They were in an article about the football team he plays for and called out insults like this. I cannot remain silent about this. I must lead by example. We cannot let this become normalized,” he said.

According to Wic, this comment was made when posting a video of his television presentation. She called out an article that talked about a social project, when the subscriber felt entitled to express a racist insult. She claims the protest was gratuitous because she would not have said anything that would stir up feelings of hatred among her supporters.

—I was waiting for a lawyer to help me. I will have an appointment with him now to help me with the next steps. Knowing what I can do, since this was an internet attack and we know it could have come from a fake account. But I don’t want this crime to go unpunished,” he said, adding that these people often use their anonymity on the Internet to attack.

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Wic said he was pleased with the expressions of support and would not rest until he moved this case forward.

— I didn’t make a post (talking about the subject). I just shared it with my family. People found out about it and it caused quite a stir. This happens to many people every day, but not everyone has this support network, lives in an artistic environment, or works in a vehicle that provides exposure. (This thing) burst the bubble and got out to people and the next thing I knew it had left my niche and turned into all this.

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As during the broadcast of the National Samba Day celebration, the presenter suggested that Virgínia Fonseca, queen of the drum of Grande Rio, use boys and girls from the community to promote her brand, WePink, during the carnival, many associated this comment with criticism. This gave rise to rumors that the attacks came from fans of the influencer, but Wic denies this.

—It was on a page that has nothing to do with carnival. It has nothing to do with Virginia, he assured.

Another instance of racism reported by Wic Tavares occurred during a festival he attended. She says she was approached by a woman who praised her beauty and offered to work with strangers. As she showed some hesitation, the caller allegedly told her: “Don’t worry. They won’t touch you because they’re afraid of getting melanin.”

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— I didn’t think about it at the time. But then I saw that it was wrong. I do not transmit any diseases. I was shocked to see where ignorance could lead people. This is one of the cases that struck me the most.

She believes that the attacks could be linked to the success of certain black people:

—When we start to have space and notoriety, these guys, for no reason, grow wings and start attacking us with these kinds of insults. I don’t know if it’s to destabilize. But I think they are uncomfortable with the increased presence of black people on television. I’m sorry, but these people have to get used to it, because we are going to play more and more of a leading role in this story. For many years we didn’t have one, but now our opportunity has arrived.

Civil police said they had not found the file online, but said the Office for Racial Crimes and Offenses of Intolerance (Decradi) was aware of what happened.

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Wictoria Pereira Tavares, known as Wic Tavares, highlighted in the samba competition of the Unidos da Tijuca Carnival 2022, made her debut as the official voice of the first post-covid-19 pandemic carnival in Marquês de Sapucaí, when she sang alongside her father, Wantuir, in front of the sound car of the Borel association. The same year, he received the Golden Standard as a revelation, during a ceremony organized in Morro da Urca.

However, its history with carnival began much earlier. At the age of six he was already attending the Unidos da Tijuca court, always accompanying his father. In a television interview during the 2005 parade, at the age of eight, she told the reporter interviewing her that she would be the school’s future headliner, in a prescient act.