MULHERES NEGRAS & MITOS RACIAIS HEGEMÔNICOS

Abstract

Black women represent the section of the population that experiences the worst impacts and
disastrous effects of the different inequalities characteristic of the Brazilian social fabric. The
strong desire for the progressive whitening of the population prevails throughout the country,
especially under the auspices of the current political structure. To this end, in addition to
wishing, hegemonic groups are guiding and acting through the genocide of the black
population, especially young black people and women, in the expectation that black people as
a whole will disappear. This article, based on the epistemological strategy of Conceição
Evaristo's Escrevivência, aims to provoke dislocations and discomfort, as well as adding to the
drivers for promoting transformations in the inhumane context in which our ancestors
experienced life, and how the majority of black women in the country still survive today. One
of the main conditions for effectively changing this context is the presence of black people in
spaces of power and, above all, in the political arena. We need to present new portraits. We
need to detach the image of black women from the imposed processes of insecurity, especially
food insecurity, as well as other causes of illness - in the face of the imposition of poverty,
inaction in the face of alarming indicators in relation to femicide and the lack of life prospects.
It is important to make images that portray black women in their full potential commonplace,
welcoming our e We need to present new portraits. We need to detach the image of black
women from the imposed processes of insecurity, especially food insecurity, as well as other
causes of illness - in the face of the imposition of poverty, inaction in the face of alarming
indicators in relation to femicide and the lack of life prospects. We want to make images that
portray black women in their potential commonplace, welcoming our referrals to Living Well.