EXPERIENCES FROM BLACK WOMEN AND BLACK FEMINISM IN BRAZIL
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In the light of reflections put forward by post-colonial feminists, such as Lugones (2008), Curiel (2007) and Collins (2000), this paper aims to present the results of investigative research in which interviews were conducted with black women from five regions in Brazil, focusing on their perceptions and interpretations of the effect of racism on their lives. It also explores how these women, as members, as Collins points out (1990), of oppressed groups, maintain the epistemic advantage of knowing about and understanding the actions and behaviour of both groups, the dominant and the oppressed, placing them in a privileged political position that enables them to evaluate society and put forward new political proposals, based on the point of view and position shaped by this double vision.
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