RAÇA E TERRITÓRIO NAS JORNADAS DE 2013 NO RIO DE JANEIRO: EXPERIÊNCIAS DE ATIVISTAS E MILITANTES DA RAÇA NEGRA

Abstract

In 2013, Brazil was the scene of a massive cycle of popular demonstrations. This movement, popularly known as the 2013 Journeys, was initiated by the Free Pass Movement with the agenda of increasing Brazilian public transportation fares. Just as the movement became multifaceted, its agenda, which was initially unified, transformed into thousands of agendas. This article analyzes the relationship between race and territory as intersectional issues in the 2013 Journeys in Rio de Janeiro. The main objective was to understand how black people marked by territory, as  defining element of their ills, experienced the cycle of protests during the 2013 Journeys in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The methodology used was based on a literature review and seven interviews with militants and activists from the 2013 Journeys in Rio de Janeiro. The results show that the 2013 protests were a space for the racialized and peripheral population to denounce the violence they suffered, especially police violence committed in greater proportion against black boys, adolescents, young people, and men. The 2013 protests also served as a political training ground that fostered the construction of new identities active in institutional politics.