Anti-racism legislation in Brazil: the role of the Courts in the reproduction of the myth of racial democracy

IF 0.3 Q3 LAW

Revista de Investigacoes Constitucionais-Journal of Constitutional Research Pub Date : 2019-11-29 DOI:10.5380/rinc.v6i2.70080

M. Machado, Márcia Regina Barros da Silva, Natália Neris da Silva Santos

引用次数: 3

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to analyze Brazilian anti-racism law in practice, assessing judicial response to cases of racial stigma and insult. We analyzed over 200 cases from 9 Brazilian states involving racial insults and racial disparagement in Brazilian courts of appeal. We find that the judiciary tends to downplay the importance of insult and stigma, often dismissing cases or lowering penalties. This judicial treatment conflicts with the evidence that racial insults are prevalent in society and serve to maintain racial hierarchies. While the judiciary appears to be enforcing anti-discrimination law, the actual decisions show that the legal system fails to recognize and deal with the real dynamics of Brazilian racism thereby reinforcing the myth of Brazil racial democracy.

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巴西的反种族主义立法:法院在再现种族民主神话中的作用

本文的目的是分析实践中的巴西反种族主义法律，评估对种族污名和侮辱案件的司法反应。我们分析了来自巴西9个州的200多起案件，涉及巴西上诉法院的种族侮辱和种族贬低。我们发现，司法部门倾向于淡化侮辱和耻辱的重要性，经常驳回案件或减轻处罚。这种司法处理与种族侮辱在社会中普遍存在并有助于维持种族等级制度的证据相矛盾。虽然司法部门似乎在执行反歧视法，但实际的判决表明，法律制度未能认识和处理巴西种族主义的真正动力，从而加强了巴西种族民主的神话。

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来源期刊

Revista de Investigacoes Constitucionais-Journal of Constitutional Research LAW-

CiteScore

1.20

自引率

33.30%

发文量

审稿时长

26 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal’s editorial line follows the main research areas developed by the research group (NINC), with focus on the critic study of Constitutional Law and legal and political institutions, and their connections with democracy, state intervention, fundamental rights and theories of justice, with particular emphasis on issues inserted into the contact points with fields of Public Law intimately connected with Constitutional Law, such as Administrative Law, Electoral Law and Theory of the State.