Friday Briefing: We need to talk about racism

Good morning and welcome to PORTUGAL DECODED, where we cover all sides of life in this gorgeous country. Today, in the wake of a spate of anti-migrant attacks, we reckon with some inconvenient truths.

TALK OF THE TOWN

18th century tile panel of black woman, probably a slave, preparing fish. Pimenta Palace, Museum of Lisbon.

POLITICS

The Parliament voted down Chega’s attempt to sue President Marcelo for “treason against the Fatherland” and violating the Constitution over his statements on colonial reparations (More).

A third of the Portuguese do not inten…