Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy
| Autor: | Natália Neris da Silva Santos, Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado, Márcia Regina De Lima Silva |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Sociology and Political Science
Anti-racism media_common.quotation_subject Reproduction (economics) Appeal Stigma (botany) Legislation Criminology courts Law Criminal Law Racism KZ2-6785 Insult Racial democracy Political science health care economics and organizations media_common Law of nations K1-7720 humanities anti-racism legislation Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence brazil Brazil racial democracy racism |
| Zdroj: | Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 6, n. 2 (2019): maio/agosto; 267-296 Revista de Investigações Constitucionais Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) instacron:UFPR Revista de Investigações Constitucionais, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 267-296 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2359-5639 |
| DOI: | 10.5380/rinc.v6i2 |
| Popis: | 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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