Vozes silenciadas, corpos em luta: interseccionalidade, dispositivos de racialidade e a luta das mulheres negras: críticas ao "identitarismo" no Brasil contemporâneo

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze the understanding of the devices of raciality, proposed by Sueli Carneiro, with intersectionality, according to Kimberlé Crenshaw, in order to identify how multiple oppressions still affect black women in Brazil today. By examining the context of political setbacks and significant advances by the extreme right and all its conservatism, major challenges arise for the historical struggles for racial and gender equality. The study seeks to interpret how race, gender and class intertwine in the experience of black women and place them in a condition of marginalization, according to Lélia Gonzalez. The research uses a literature review anchored in theoretical reflections by authors such as Sansone, Colling and Vargas, in order to examine the tensions that impact organized movements, as well as the agency and resistance strategies developed by black women. Exploring the relevance of intersectionality as an analytical tool, discussing the erasure promoted by devices of raciality and highlighting the political party under-representation of black women will be the means of demonstrating the pejorative use of the term “identitarianism” by conservative discourses, which seek to delegitimize social struggles and reinforce structural hierarchies. The struggle of black women is presented as an emancipatory political project to overcome inequalities. The conclusion is that strengthening Identity struggles and using intersectionality as an analytical tool are essential for confronting historical oppressions with a focus on building public policies that promote social justice and good living for all people.