Desafios e estigma no mercado de trabalho: uma análise na construção da identidade profissional dos negros

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the construction of black and black professional identity under the stigma of their ethnic-racial identity. For this, we used the theoretical framework of authors who pursue the proposed theme, namely: Sansone (2003) with the question of areas of socialization of black people, in which he classifies in three parts: the heavy areas, the light areas. and black spaces; Slay and Smith (2011) with the category of stigma that are able to significantly interfere with their relationship with individuals in the social environments in which they attend; and Munanga (2006) with the issue of racial prejudice in Brazilian society that is deeply rooted even with the end of slavery. These reflections on the ethical-racial relations are extremely necessary so that the racist and selective practices that hinder the rise of the black in the labor market are eliminated. A survey was conducted through semi-structured interviews with 08 black and black women inserted in the job market in different areas of activity. For synthesis and discourse of the data obtained in the interviews, the content analysis was used, from the defined analysis categories. As a result, the results that the main influence for the interviewees to decide to enter the job market was the fact that they came from poor families and that they could not give them more than the basic for their survival. In contrast, because they are minorities in the spaces that entered the labor market, usually occupied by white people, this made them feel as if they were strangers and often as not belonging to the higher spaces of society, having to work harder than others. . Thus it is noticeable that the higher the position people hold, the greater their perception of what it is to be black, and thus the greater the likelihood of being discriminated against than a black person who occupies a lower position in society.