Coloniality within the perspective of the intersectionality of race and gender: An analysis of the case of domestic workers in Brazil

ABSTRACT

The present article's main aim is to use the decolonial thought that comes with the emergence of the Modernity / Coloniality, in order to understand how the process of expansion of Western Europe's territories in the Global South culminated over the centuries in the colonizing not only of bodies, but of flavors and minds of the ones who were forcefully dominated. Based on the reflections of decolonial author, such as Aníbal Quijano and Maria Lugones, this article discusses the rise of decolonial feminism and its importance for the personal development of the oppressed, who find themselves in the vicinity of society's obscurantism and their own individuality. Through this analysis - having labor relations as a reference - the present work concludes that oppresion is perpetuated against subjects in the post-colonial world, taking into consideration that this same oppresion is even more intense when the intersectionality of race and gender is taken into account. Therefore, we propose a brief normative analysis of domestic labour in Brazil, presenting a portrait of this labour market, concluding these subjects are still inevitably victmized by "the people" and the capital. Finally, this article presents one final reflection on the situation of domestic workers, taking into consideration the severity of the current Covid19 pandemic and its immediate consequences in this field. Finally, this research is based on academic works by authors in line with decolonial epistemological thinking as a way of contributing to a break with the eurocentric knowledge standard and recognizing the importance of the emergence of a new scientific proposal, which should complementarity and not exclusionnary. © 2020 Centro Universitario de Brasilia. All rights reserved.