Paradoxes of identity policies: racializacao como estrategia quilombista do comum

• Published in: Acta scientiarum. Human and social sciences 2020-09, Vol.42 (3)
• Main Authors: Souza, Tadeu de Paula, Damico, Jose Geraldo, David, Emiliano de Camargo
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• ISSN: 1679-7361
• DOI: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v42i3.56465

This article assumes that identity policies will be necessary even when social inequalities are related to some identities. However, the notion of identity has been criticized over the years by European thought that analyzes the Modern Capitalist State, in fields of knowledge such as philosophy, psychology and psychoanalysis. This critical knowledge was colonially imported into Brazil, causing the identity guidelines of black social movements to be often disregarded by these fields, a comfortable position because it maintains the status quo of Brazilian whiteness. This article presents some contributions to the formulation of a world-system where race will not sustain social inequalities. For that, contradictorily it will be necessary to racialize those who understand themselves to be a universal model of humanity. Through a literature review, we discuss the cosmology of the private (based on European myths of origin, with an emphasis on the myth of the social contract and the myth of initial capital), and we present the proposal / response of individualistic, accumulative and selfish society forged by this cosmology. As a setback to this world logic, we propose a cosmology of the common (based on the Yoruba myths, in particular the triad Emr, Ofo, Ase) in the fight against the primacy of colonial reason, as a philosophical perspective that preserves spirituality and, above all, sustains a sharp political proposal of civilization. Keywords: identity; racism; whiteness; common; decolonial. Este artigo parte do pressuposto que as politicas identitarias serao necessarias ate quando as desigualdades sociais estiverem relacionadas a algumas identidades. Contudo, a nocao de identidade tem sido criticada ao longo dos anos pelo pensamento europeu que analisa o Estado Moderno Capitalista, em campos do saber como filosofia, psicologia e psicanalise. Este saber critico foi importado colonialmente para o Brasil, fazendo com que as pautas identitarias dos movimentos sociais negros, muitas vezes, sejam desconsideradas por esses campos, posicao confortavel porque mantem o status quo da branquitude brasileira. Esse artigo apresenta algumas contribuicoes para a formulacao de um sistema-mundo onde a raca nao sustentara as desigualdades sociais. Para tanto, contraditoriamente sera necessario racializar aqueles que se entendem modelo universal de humanidade. Por meio de revisao de literatura, discutimos a cosmologia do privado (com base nos mitos de origem europeus, com enfas