The State’s social control of Brazilian black youth

Authors

  • Pedro Egidio Nakasone Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
  • Juliana Oliveira Marzola dos Santos Universidade Federal de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v13i3.35385

Abstract

This study proposes to unveil the structuring elements of State’s social control over young black people
in Brazil. To this end, a documental analysis was carried out, passing through the slavery abolition historical
process and social conditions that marks present times, having the prospect of racial system's maintenance
which guarantees white Brazilian society status quo in these processes. The State is analyzed as the privileges’
silent guardian and demonstrates that the structural violence which young black people are subjected, such as
mass incarceration and the genocide that are in vogue at the country, are linked to the lack of access to public
policies, due to a historical construction of inequalities. It can be seen, then, that Brazilian's social structure is
racist since its genesis, which already demystifies the fallacy that black people are criminals.

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Author Biographies

Pedro Egidio Nakasone, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)

Assistente Social. Mestre em Serviço Social e Políticas Sociais pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp, Santos, Brasil).

Juliana Oliveira Marzola dos Santos, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Graduanda em Serviço Social pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp, Santos, Brasil).

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Published

29-12-2021

How to Cite

Nakasone, P. E., & Santos, J. O. M. dos. (2021). The State’s social control of Brazilian black youth . Argumentum, 13(3), 121–133. https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v13i3.35385

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2021): Inequality and gender violence

Section

Thematic Articles

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