Social assistance and quilombolas communities in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Cristina de Souza, Sidimara
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Pereira Brandão, André Augusto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Argumentos (Montes Claros. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/argumentos/article/view/3832
• topic: Assistência Social; Remanescente de quilombo; Política social

In the present work, we sought to analyze the operationalization process of the Social Assistance Policy with quilombola communities. The research used as a methodological procedure the semi-structured interview, 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 stopped in the municipalities of: Carlos Chagas, Ouro Verde de Minas, Pescador, Teófilo Otoni and Ataléia. With the systematization of the data collected, it is concluded 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 “policy from poor to poor”. Keywords: Social Assistance; quilombo remnant; social policy.