Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy
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...
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dialnet-ar-18-ART00013734112020-04-08Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracyMachado, Marta Rodriguez de AssisSilva, Márcia Regina de LimaSantos, Natália Neris da SilvaLawCriminal Law anti-racism legislationBrazilcourtsracial democracyracismlegislação antirracistaBrasilcortesde-mocracia racialracismoThe 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.O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a aplicação da legislação antirracista brasileira, por meio de decisões judiciais em casos de estigmatização racial e insultos. Analisamos mais de 200 casos de insultos racistas e depreciação nos tribunais de justiça brasileiros. Descobrimos que o judiciário tende a minimizar a importância de insultos e estigmas, com julgamentos de não provimento de recursos ou diminuindo sanções. Esse tratamento judicial conflita com as evidências de que insultos raciais são prevalentes na sociedade e servem à manutenção de hierarquias raciais. Enquanto o judiciário parece estar promovendo a aplicação da legisla-ção antirracista, as decisões de fato mostram que o sistema jurídico falha no reconhecimento e no enfrentamento das reais dinâmicas do racismo brasileiro, reforçando o mito da democracia racial brasileira2019text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7320929(Revista) ISSN 2359-5639Revista de Investigações Constitucionais, ISSN 2359-5639, Vol. 6, Nº. 2, 2019 (Ejemplar dedicado a: maio/agosto), pags. 267-296engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI
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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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Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy
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