Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy

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Autor(a) principal: Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Lima, Márcia, Neris, Natália
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista de Investigações Constitucionais
Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/70080
Resumo: The goal of this paper is to analyze Brazilian anti-racism law in practice, assessing judicial response to cases of racial stigma and insult. We analyzed over 200 cases from 9 Brazilian states involving racial insults and racial disparagement in Brazilian courts of appeal. We find that the judiciary tends to downplay the importance of insult and stigma, often dismissing cases or lowering penalties. This judicial treatment conflicts with the evidence that racial insults are prevalent in society and serve to maintain racial hierarchies. While the judiciary appears to be enforcing anti-discrimination law, the actual decisions show that the legal system fails to recognize and deal with the real dynamics of Brazilian racism thereby reinforcing the myth of Brazil racial democracy.
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spelling Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracyLaw; Criminal Lawanti-racism legislation; Brazil; courts; racial democracy; racism.The goal of this paper is to analyze Brazilian anti-racism law in practice, assessing judicial response to cases of racial stigma and insult. We analyzed over 200 cases from 9 Brazilian states involving racial insults and racial disparagement in Brazilian courts of appeal. We find that the judiciary tends to downplay the importance of insult and stigma, often dismissing cases or lowering penalties. This judicial treatment conflicts with the evidence that racial insults are prevalent in society and serve to maintain racial hierarchies. While the judiciary appears to be enforcing anti-discrimination law, the actual decisions show that the legal system fails to recognize and deal with the real dynamics of Brazilian racism thereby reinforcing the myth of Brazil racial democracy. NINC - Núcleo de Investigações Constitucionais da UFPRMachado, Marta Rodriguez de AssisLima, MárciaNeris, Natália2019-11-29info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/7008010.5380/rinc.v6i2.70080Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 6, n. 2 (2019): maio/agosto; 267-296Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 6, n. 2 (2019): maio/agosto; 267-296Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 6, n. 2 (2019): maio/agosto; 267-2962359-563910.5380/rinc.v6i2reponame:Revista de Investigações Constitucionaisinstname:Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)instacron:UFPRenghttps://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/70080/39877Direitos autorais 2019 Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado, Márcia Regina de Lima Silva, Natália Neris da Silva Santoshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-09-13T13:19:13Zoai:revistas.ufpr.br:article/70080Revistahttps://revistas.ufpr.br/rincPUBhttps://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/oairevista@ninc.com.br||2359-56392359-5639opendoar:2021-09-13T13:19:13Revista de Investigações Constitucionais - Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy
title Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy
spellingShingle Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy
Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis
Law; Criminal Law
anti-racism legislation; Brazil; courts; racial democracy; racism.
title_short Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy
title_full Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy
title_fullStr Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy
title_full_unstemmed Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy
title_sort Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy
author Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis
author_facet Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis
Lima, Márcia
Neris, Natália
author_role author
author2 Lima, Márcia
Neris, Natália
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis
Lima, Márcia
Neris, Natália
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Law; Criminal Law
anti-racism legislation; Brazil; courts; racial democracy; racism.
topic Law; Criminal Law
anti-racism legislation; Brazil; courts; racial democracy; racism.
description The goal of this paper is to analyze Brazilian anti-racism law in practice, assessing judicial response to cases of racial stigma and insult. We analyzed over 200 cases from 9 Brazilian states involving racial insults and racial disparagement in Brazilian courts of appeal. We find that the judiciary tends to downplay the importance of insult and stigma, often dismissing cases or lowering penalties. This judicial treatment conflicts with the evidence that racial insults are prevalent in society and serve to maintain racial hierarchies. While the judiciary appears to be enforcing anti-discrimination law, the actual decisions show that the legal system fails to recognize and deal with the real dynamics of Brazilian racism thereby reinforcing the myth of Brazil racial democracy.
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