“Eu não vou sucumbir”: mulheres negras, usuárias do CRAS, no enfrentamento às opressões de raça, gênero e classe

Abstract

This research delved into the experiences and livingness of three black women, users of a Reference Center for Social Assistance - CRAS, located in a small town in the Alagoas countryside to understand the modes of resistance developed and used by them in facing racial oppression, For this, as specific objectives this study sought to identify the resources (material and psychological) used to face the oppressions experienced in daily life; to reflect on the place of black women in the technical guidance documents and booklets produced by the governamental skills; discuss about the production of quilombola in the context of interactions in the territory of CRAS. In order to conduct the research, I started with knowledge that developed in the surroundings of large centers, in the favelas, in the kitchens, in the old slave quarters, in the gardens, since it was in this movement for survival that our experiences allowed us to create parameters of survival and tell about our trajectories and, therefore, subaltern, counter-colonial and black feminist productions are the theoretical basis that supports the study. The conversations, offered by bell hooks, provided the instrument used to enter and experience the field, allowing the researcher together with the research participants to be in a situation of democratic, fair research and knowledge sharing. The research results were produced through the instrumentality of the writings of Conceição Evaristo, which in addition to presenting the reality of these women also made it possible to denounce the historical, social, political and cultural constructions that allow and are omitted in the face of the violence that black women are exposed daily. The narratives were organized around three axes: Public policies and forms of resistance, black women and affectivity, family and work. Public policies are understood by the research participants as a reservoir of hope and also as an aid in their daily needs. The family, especially the children, are cited by them as the main reason and driving force of the resistance they make on a daily basis. The love in the lives of the black women participating in the research is blurred in acts of violence practiced by people who are also understood as objects of affection.