Concepts of racism in O Globo newspaper editorials between 2012 and 2023

This article examines the presence of different concepts of racism in the editorials of O Globonewspaper concerning Racial Affirmative Actions(RAA) policies and racism between 2012 and 2023, exploring possible changes over time. The analysis is grounded in theliterature addressing racism as ideology, structure and discrimination, seeking to identify which of these perspectives is most prevalent in the newspaper’s editorials and how they relate to its official stance on RAA. The findings reveal a significant shift in O Globo’s editorial position: the paper was predominantly opposed to RAApoliciesuntil 2018 but began supporting these policies in 2020. In terms of concepts of racism, the notion of racism as discriminationdominates for most of the period, except between 2015 and 2018, when racism as ideologyassumedgreater prominence. The analysis did not find anyclear connection between the newspaper’s stance on RAA and its approach to racism.