Efeitos do racismo no desenvolvimento econômico brasileiro

Abstract

Brazil is one of the most unequal countries in the world; while it is one of the largest economies in the world, it has poverty rates comparable to the poorest countries. However, social inequality cannot be talked about without talking about gender and race relationships, because research shows that in addition to regional and occupational inequalities, black and brown make up the poorest extracts of society, receiving lower wages and having worse social and economic indicators than the national average. The objective of this work is to analyse how structural racism permeates economic relations in Brazil. Thus, we will analyse the history of Brazil, with emphasis on racial and social relations, as well as economic factors of the colonial, imperial and republican periods prior to the Constitution of 1988.