Abstract
This article aims to present and discuss the results of the Law and Racial Mediation research: The role and effectiveness of using law as a mediator for race relations in contemporary Brazil. We collected data and analyzed the point of view of legal professionals on the anti-racism law. Our sample, composed of 103 legal professionals, was non-probabilistic. The findings reveal that respondents, categorized as a group with a progressive vision within the law, have assessed that the anti-racism law is not efficient or effective. And they evaluated that the law should be improved. They show a predilection for non-punitive axes and for solutions that do not involve judicialization. They suggested restorative justice, the knowledge about discrimination and antidiscrimination; and development of skills to reduce the divergence between legal knowledge and the Brazilian reality.
Highlights
In Brazil, racism and racial discrimination is one of the most controversial themes
Cronbach’s alpha coefficient Considering the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the blocks as a whole, we noticed that there was a positive assessment, in general, of the reliability of the blocks that brought questions that indicated whether the law had been well designed, about the characterization of the professionals, and the block that asked about the importance of building some knowledge on racism, and on the evaluation of the quality of the law
We conclude that law professionals evaluate that the anti-racism law is not efficient, effective, or relevant
Summary
In Brazil, racism and racial discrimination is one of the most controversial themes. For a long time, the existence of discrimination based on race or color was denied, based on the idea of miscegenation would be insurance against the existence of racism.In 1950, UNESCO sponsored studies in the country with the objective of investigating this phenomenon and ended by concluding that the great miscegenation in the country did not eliminate the building of racism. In Brazil, racism and racial discrimination is one of the most controversial themes. The existence of discrimination based on race or color was denied, based on the idea of miscegenation would be insurance against the existence of racism. In 1950, UNESCO sponsored studies in the country with the objective of investigating this phenomenon and ended by concluding that the great miscegenation in the country did not eliminate the building of racism. It constructed an ideology that hinders the perception of the existence of racial discrimination and racism. (CRUZ, 2014; MAIO, 1999, 2000). Many studies have been done demonstrating that, racism has existed even before the official recognition of this phenomenon. Racism has shaping and structuring Brazilian society
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