“Combinaram de nos matar”: o projeto de genocídio da população negra no contexto das políticas de saúde pública e segurança pública no Brasil

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a true showcase of contemporary barbarity. In Brazil, socioracial inequality stood out, manifesting itself in extreme ways in the mortality rates of the black population, both in terms of "deaths suffered" and "deaths killed". In this context, the research that resulted in this dissertation was dedicated to investigating the genocide of the black population in Brazil, carried out by the State, with an emphasis on its action through Public Health and Public Security policies. To this end, a study of the foundations of modern racism was essential, since the "race factor" was presented as a fundamental parameter for the operationalization of these policies, within a neoliberal context and an ideology of terror. However, when seeking grounding in the social formation of Brazil, it was understood that the genocide of the black population is a project whose foundations are laid in the colonial experience, and is currently being carried out as a mechanism for maintaining the status quo, that is, as part of the process of reproduction of capital. Furthermore, the research sought, based on data from these policies, to analyze whether there were ruptures or continuities in the execution of this project after the Pandemic, considering the exposure of inequalities and the movements generated in response to these issues, especially in confronting the myth of racial democracy.