A perspectiva da mulher negra presidiária a partir das reflexões sobre o racismo e as possibilidades de construção de ações emancipatórias

Abstract

This study arises from the attempt to collaborate with the improvement of living conditions of imprisoned black women. What are the possibilities of emancipatory actions based on educational processes that are based on the articulation of thematic axis of Human Rights and Affirmative Action facing the vulnerabilities of the condition of imprisoned black women? According to the raised profile, the female prison population is characterized as black or mixed-race, young, single mother and the vast majority arrested for involvement in drug trafficking. Thus, we aim to develop an understanding that can contribute to the formulation of actions for this specific population, reflecting the new paths enabling the organization of subjects of rights and their struggles. To achieve this goal we have as a methodology the survey and analysis of the relevant bibliography. The construction of the study’s objective is referenced in some theorists and the postcolonial perspective that addresses themes that pervade and articulate the interfaces between race relations, gender and human rights: Franz Fanon, Boaventura de Souza Santos, Kabenguele Munanga Michel Wieviorka, Michel Foucault, Paulo Freire, among others. The research results show that the absence of works that address the specificities of black women and the racism present in the logic of the prison system, as well as proposals for affirmative action will undermine the chances of emancipatory educational practices that address the vulnerabilities of the condition of imprisoned black women. We emphasize that the cyclical problems of the prison system can only be addressed properly through actions based on the real reasons for mass incarceration of the black, poor and peripheral population.