The influencers are under investigation for the crime of racism and racial slurs against children in Rio

This Wednesday 31, the Commissioner for racial and intolerance crimes (Decradi) will open an inquiry to investigate the episode involving digital influencers Kerollen Cunha AND Nancy Goncalvesmother and daughter respectively, who shared videos on their TikTok profile in which they appear delivering a banana, a stuffed monkey and even money to black children who were on the street.

According to the lawyer Fayda Beloa specialist in anti-discrimination law, the episode is characterized by the presentation of “recreational racism”, which consists of someone using “discrimination against black people for the purpose of having fun”.

“Can you measure the level of monstrosity these two ‘disinfluencers’ felt when they gave a monkey and a banana to two children and continue to post on social networks to their over 13 million followers? To ridicule two black children, to incite to this perverse discrimination that takes away our status as a person and animalizes us as if it were a joke”, says Fayda in a video released on her networks.

Decradi will open an investigation into what happened and will investigate whether Kerollen and Nancy have committed a crime of racism or racial offense. It will also be investigated whether both have violated any offense of the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA).

Influencers have more than 1 million followers on Instagram and 13 million on TikTok. Both live in Rio de Janeiro. Kerollen, who is Nancy’s mother, was the one who posted the videos.

The original videos have been deleted from Kerollen’s profile, but continue to circulate on social media. You can see the moment the influencer approaches a black guy and gives him a gift. When the child opens the package, he comes across a banana and is unhappy, the influencer even asks him if he didn’t like it. In another video, Keollen approaches a black girl and asks her if she wants R$2 or gift wrapping. The boy chooses the gift and when he opens it he is faced with a stuffed monkey.

“Influencers” Karollen and Nancy found it fun to seek out black children and offer bananas and monkeys as gifts to gain views.

We could write many things, but Dr. @faydabelo I have already said what is necessary.

We’ve blurred the faces of the children to preserve their images. pic.twitter.com/wJTCgYflFg

— Africanize (@africanize_) May 30, 2023

Source: Terra