Promises and Pitfalls of Intersectional Politics: The Black Coalition for Rights in Brazil

Sérgio Costa (), Flavia Rios and Fernando Baldraia
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Sérgio Costa: Lateinamerika-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, 14197 Berlin, Germany
Flavia Rios: Instituto de Ciências Humanas e Filosofia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói 24210-201, Brazil
Fernando Baldraia: Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento, São Paulo 04015-051, Brazil

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-14

Abstract: Based on evidence collected in a collaborative research project, this article studies the Black Coalition for Rights created in Brazil in 2019. Compared to previous experiences of antiracist struggles in Brazil, the Coalition stands out for its decentralized organization, its ability to convey political content through adequate aesthetic forms, its capillarity in the domestic sphere, and its transnational articulations. Equally striking is its intersectional character understood as both the emphasis on the transversal character of racism and the stress of the interdependent character of social struggles against different forms of inequalities (with regard to gender, race, class, etc.). The Coalition has so far proven to be particularly successful in terms of its mobilization capacity, its public visibility, and its agenda-setting power. According to our preliminary findings, its success can be explained, to a great extent, by its ability to vocalize a broad set of political claims and, consequently, to fill the gap left by other civil society actors demobilized by the far right-wing backlash in Brazil and the pandemic. Since January 2023, in the context of a new progressive government, the Coalition has started facing difficulties in preserving its intersectional and socially encompassing character.

Keywords: racism and antiracism; intersectionality; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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