“From my place of privilege, racism is an issue to be discussed very seriously,” the singer said in a press conference before the Virada Salvador Festival
Claudia Leitte commented for the first time on accusations of religious racism. Reported to the Public Prosecutor of Bahia for having deleted Orixá Iemanjá’s name from the song Crabthe singer stated in a press conference before her show at the Virada Salvador Festival that “this problem [racismo] It’s a very serious issue.” According to G1, the artist stated in the interview that from his “place of privilege, racism is an issue to be discussed very seriously, not so superficially.”
“I really value respect, solidarity, integrity. We cannot negotiate these values in any way, nor put them like this, thrown to the Internet court. That’s all,” concluded Leitte.
In videos posted on the Internet, the singer changed the lyrics Crabremoving Iemanjá’s name to sing “King Yeshua”, Jesus in Hebrew.
The complaint to the MP-BA was filed by yalorixá Jaciara Ribeiro and by the Institute for the Defense of the Rights of Afro-Brazilian Religions (Idafro). In a statement, the organization specifies that an open investigation aims to verify whether there has been religious racism “consisting in the violation of cultural heritage and the rights of religious communities of African origin, without prejudice to possible criminal liability”.
According to the complaint, to which the Estadao accessed, the change decontextualizes the music and demonstrates contempt and hostility towards Afro-Brazilian religions, constituting discrimination. Idafro and yalorixá also argue that the Iemanjá Festival, represented in Craband the figure of Orixá themselves are cultural assets protected by law and changing the lyrics of the song can be considered an attack against them.
Source: Terra
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