Social assistance and quilombolas communities in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Sidimara Cristina
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Brandão, André Augusto Pereira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Textos & contextos (Porto Alegre)
• Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fass/article/view/38226
• topic: Social Assistance; quilombo remnant; social policy; Assistência Social; Remanescente de quilombo; Política Social

This article analyzes the operationalization process of the Social Assistance Policy from the perspective of SUAS. The research that gave rise to these reflections used the semi-structured interview as a methodological procedure, applied to the implementers and managers of the social assistance policy. The sampling was restricted to municipalities where quilombola communities certified by Fundação Cultural Palmares are located, in the territory of Vale do Mucuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Thus, our investigation was conducted in the municipalities of: Carlos Chagas, Ouro Verde de Minas, Pescador, Teófilo Otoni and Ataléia. With the systematization of the data, we conclude that access to the social assistance policy is minimal and disregards the collective identity of this traditional population. Even though the social assistance policy is recognized as a right, it is still offered only to those who are considered extremely miserable and not to those who need it, reproducing the stigma of “poor to poor policy”.