Racial justice and human rights of traditional peoples and communities

Abstract

The objective of this article is to contextualize the current scenario of growth of authoritarianism and of attacks on human rights and democracy, using race as an analytical and political axis. It is interesting to understand the issue of race in the agendas of public policies and human rights of traditional peoples and communities, in particular with the indigenous and quilombolas, and the perverse effects of the colonial project. We conclude that the legacy and recreation of slavery and structural racism are strengthened in a context in which hate speech, hateful public practices, and other forms of intolerance proliferate. In parallel, the human rights and public policy agenda continues to reproduce silence and slowness when it comes to dealing with the agenda of racial inequality and subordination.

Keywords

• direitos humanos
• justiça racial
• povos e comunidades tradicionais