“Ou seja, o lixo vai falar, e numa boa” - Questão social e racismo: um estudo na produção de conhecimento de assistentes sociais negras antirracistas na contemporaneidade

Abstract

This study seeks to reflect on the debate surrounding social issues and racism, based on Brazilian socio-historical formation and the contributions of black social workers in the Brazilian Social Service. This is a qualitative, exploratory, bibliographic and documentary study. The investigation was carried out based on the foundations of the Marxist method and intersectionality, used as tools for the critical analysis of systems of exploitation and oppression that interrelate and configure socio-racial inequalities in Brazil. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) from the perspective of Teun A. Van Dijk was used as a data analysis method. The documentary investigation is centered on reports produced by the Research Theme Groups (GTP) "Work, Social Cuestiones and Social Services" and "Social Services, Exploitation Relations/Gender Oppression, Feminisms, Race/Ethnicity and Sexualities". The ABEPSS document "Subsidios para el Debate sobre la Cuestión Étnico-Racial en la Formación en Trabajo Social"; the CV Lattes of black intellectuals who have been published on the topic; and digital sources like the “Práxis Preta” podcast. The methodological approach adopted included the following steps: a) a bibliographic review of secondary sources: books, collections and academic articles, in physical and digital formats, accessed through platforms such as SciELO and Google Scholar, prioritizing black intellectual thought in the understanding of Brazilian social formation; b) a bibliographical survey of the production on social and racial questions in postgraduate programs in Social Work, in the Catalog of Thesis and Dissertations of CAPES, from 2010 to 2023; c) a bibliographic survey of 26 social work magazines classified as A1, A2, A3, A4, B3 and S/A between 2010 and 2023, from which 14 articles were selected; d) a documentary analysis to present the personal and academic trajectories of black intellectuals dedicated to the study of social questions and racism. The results indicate that the discussion of social questions and racism is present in the production of knowledge in social work. However, this production remains invisible within the profession, which implies a lack of mediation for an analysis of the concrete reality experienced by the working class and the determinants of social concerns in Brazil.