BODY-ADDRESS OF BLACK WOMEN IN STREET SITUATION: CHALLENGES FOR A DECOLONIAL AND ANTI-RACIST PSYCHOLOGY

Abstract

The present article intends to provoke the look of psychology in relation to the subjectivity and bodies of black women living on the street, considering that the concept of body-dwelling shows that the primary address of these women, sometimes the only one, is their own body and thus their subject condition is constantly threatened, in relation to time, space and interpersonal relationships. For this, we will seek to weave a critique of the coloniality present in the racial and gender dimensions of contemporary times and seek to deconstruct this watertight knowledge through decolonial and anti-racist reflections in the field of psychology. Understanding that racism is a narcissistic wound that affects deep layers in the black subject, especially for black women living on the street, these are wounds that cross their entire body and their existence. With this, it is perceived that the resistance and re-existence of these women permeates a constant struggle of becoming in the face of a capitalist, racist and misogynistic society.