A pauta racial nas empresas brasileiras e as experiências raciais de trabalhadores/as negros/as do setor de tecnologia da informação e comunicação
Resumen
In this master’s research, we aim to understand how the “racial agenda” has been mobilized
by Brazilian companies, especially from the repercussions of the murder of George Floyd, and
how black informational/digital workers experience insertion and permanence in a markedly
white sector, which, to a greater or lesser extent, have sought to incorporate this “agenda”. To
this end, we followed cases of companies that had public repercussions on the national scene,
either through statements considered racist or selection processes exclusive to black
professionals. We work with the Nubank, Magazine Luiza, and Ável repercussions. Aligned
with this larger context, we sought to understand the perceptions of black informational
workers who work in technology companies in the city of São Carlos-SP. We used the life
history method to access black employees’ perceptions and racial experiences in different
stages of their lives, focusing on their racial experience in the current work. Based on the
interviews, we sought to understand whether and in what ways these workers would be targets
of racial distinction. We noticed that their organization in a collective or committee allows
important deliberations for this group and its permanence within the company. This
ambiguous position these workers occupy in the company does not escape the logic of
exploitation, since they become the main ones responsible for combating the inequalities that
cross them through the creation of actions of diversity and inclusion, and the racial literacy of
the other workers, without the due financial return. Finally, we try to discuss through the
literature how the concepts of diversity, identity, and difference are understood in this context.
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