Reflections on pigmentocracy and colorism in Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Góes, Juliana Morais de
Data de Publicação: 2022
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: REVES - Revista Relações Sociais
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufv.br/reves/article/view/14741
Resumo: This article analyzes race relations in Brazil focusing on two concepts: colorism and pigmentocracy. Alice Walker created the first concept to describe a racial-patriarchal system that values light skins over dark skins created by the U.S Black community. Alejandro Lipschütz created the second term to describe the racial dynamics of Latin American societies, which rank people according to phenotypic characteristics (especially skin color). Through the juxtaposition of these concepts and the literature on race and racism in Brazil, it is argued that the term pigmentocracy captures Brazilian reality better than the term colorism. One essential characteristic of Brazilian racial dynamics is lost when analyzing this country through the lens of colorism: how the ideology of whitening and the violence against the subjectivity of the Black population structure the myth of racial democracy. Pigmentocracy, on the other hand, illuminates the violence related to the valorization of European phenotypic characteristics, the violence associated with the myth of racial democracy and the ideology of whitening.  
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spelling Reflections on pigmentocracy and colorism in Brazil Reflexões sobre pigmentocracia e colorismo no BrasilPigmentocracyColorismRacismBrazilPigmentocraciaColorismoRacismoBrasilThis article analyzes race relations in Brazil focusing on two concepts: colorism and pigmentocracy. Alice Walker created the first concept to describe a racial-patriarchal system that values light skins over dark skins created by the U.S Black community. Alejandro Lipschütz created the second term to describe the racial dynamics of Latin American societies, which rank people according to phenotypic characteristics (especially skin color). Through the juxtaposition of these concepts and the literature on race and racism in Brazil, it is argued that the term pigmentocracy captures Brazilian reality better than the term colorism. One essential characteristic of Brazilian racial dynamics is lost when analyzing this country through the lens of colorism: how the ideology of whitening and the violence against the subjectivity of the Black population structure the myth of racial democracy. Pigmentocracy, on the other hand, illuminates the violence related to the valorization of European phenotypic characteristics, the violence associated with the myth of racial democracy and the ideology of whitening.  Esse artigo analisa as relações raciais no Brasil a partir de dois conceitos: colorismo e pigmentocracia. Alice Walker cunhou o primeiro conceito para descrever um sistema racial-patriarcal, criado pela comunidade negra estadunidense, que valoriza peles claras em detrimento das peles escuras. Alejandro Lipschütz criou o segundo conceito para descrever as dinâmicas raciais de sociedades latino-americanas, que hierarquizam pessoas segundo características fenotípicas (especialmente a cor da pele). Através da justaposição desses conceitos e da literatura sobre raça e racismo no Brasil, argumenta-se que o termo pigmentocracia capta melhor a realidade brasileira do que o termo colorismo. Afinal, perde-se uma caraterística fundamental das dinâmicas raciais brasileiras ao analisar este país pelas lentes do colorismo: a forma como o mito da democracia racial se estrutura pela ideologia do embranquecimento e pela violência contra a subjetividade da população negra. Já o conceito pigmentocracia ilumina tanto a violência relacionada a valorização de características fenotípicas tidas como europeias quanto a violência relacionada ao mito da democracia racial e a ideologia do embranquecimento.Universidade Federal de Viçosa - UFV2022-10-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufv.br/reves/article/view/1474110.18540/revesvl5iss4pp14741-01iREVES - Revista Relações Sociais; Vol. 5 No. 4 (2022); 14741-01iREVES - Revista Relações Sociais; Vol. 5 Núm. 4 (2022); 14741-01iREVES - Revista Relações Sociais; v. 5 n. 4 (2022); 14741-01i2595-4490reponame:REVES - Revista Relações Sociaisinstname:Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)instacron:UFVporhttps://periodicos.ufv.br/reves/article/view/14741/7497Copyright (c) 2022 REVES - Revista Relações Sociaishttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGóes, Juliana Morais de2023-01-16T14:18:28Zoai:ojs.periodicos.ufv.br:article/14741Revistahttps://periodicos.ufv.br/reves/PUBhttps://periodicos.ufv.br/reves/oaireves.journal@ufv.br||2595-44902595-4490opendoar:2023-01-16T14:18:28REVES - Revista Relações Sociais - Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Reflections on pigmentocracy and colorism in Brazil
Reflexões sobre pigmentocracia e colorismo no Brasil
title Reflections on pigmentocracy and colorism in Brazil
spellingShingle Reflections on pigmentocracy and colorism in Brazil
Góes, Juliana Morais de
Pigmentocracy
Colorism
Racism
Brazil
Pigmentocracia
Colorismo
Racismo
Brasil
title_short Reflections on pigmentocracy and colorism in Brazil
title_full Reflections on pigmentocracy and colorism in Brazil
title_fullStr Reflections on pigmentocracy and colorism in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Reflections on pigmentocracy and colorism in Brazil
title_sort Reflections on pigmentocracy and colorism in Brazil
author Góes, Juliana Morais de
author_facet Góes, Juliana Morais de
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Góes, Juliana Morais de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Pigmentocracy
Colorism
Racism
Brazil
Pigmentocracia
Colorismo
Racismo
Brasil
topic Pigmentocracy
Colorism
Racism
Brazil
Pigmentocracia
Colorismo
Racismo
Brasil
description This article analyzes race relations in Brazil focusing on two concepts: colorism and pigmentocracy. Alice Walker created the first concept to describe a racial-patriarchal system that values light skins over dark skins created by the U.S Black community. Alejandro Lipschütz created the second term to describe the racial dynamics of Latin American societies, which rank people according to phenotypic characteristics (especially skin color). Through the juxtaposition of these concepts and the literature on race and racism in Brazil, it is argued that the term pigmentocracy captures Brazilian reality better than the term colorism. One essential characteristic of Brazilian racial dynamics is lost when analyzing this country through the lens of colorism: how the ideology of whitening and the violence against the subjectivity of the Black population structure the myth of racial democracy. Pigmentocracy, on the other hand, illuminates the violence related to the valorization of European phenotypic characteristics, the violence associated with the myth of racial democracy and the ideology of whitening.  
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