The purpose of this article is to reflect on the Slam Movement of poetry in the city of São Paulo from the analysis of the poem A coisa tá negra [Things look bleak] (2018), by slammer Felipe Marinho. Through the re-reading of the facts and their resignification from the demands present in Marinho’s poetic narrative, we perceive a discourse that translates into a historical object, highlighting the ethnic-racial theme, racism, blackness and black empowerment.
