Remember when we posted about the TV characters “negro mama” and ““Paisana Jacinta” on Peruvian television?

You’ll remember the portrayals were blatantly racist and sexist, reiterating tired and offensive stereotypes, with “Negro Mama”, a Black man, presented as a thief and a liar, and “Paisana Jacinta”, an indigenous Peruvian woman, presented as ignorant, dirty, and toothless.

The Peruvian organization LUNDÚ had been working on a campaign to protest these racist portrayals.

Originally, as the BBC reported, LUNDU was  successful and the Lima-based TV station suspended the characters.

But unfortunately, after a counter-campaign to bring the characters back on-air, including a facebook group whose name means, roughly translated, “LUNDU are just black people suffering from complexes,”