An urgent discussion: the possibilities of black youth in the Brazilian world of labor from the perspective of intersectionality and critical legal-labor theory

Abstract

The present work aims to investigate the conditions of young black Brazilians in the world of labor. There are several studies addressing the situation of Brazilian black youth in the areas of education, criminal, cultural, sports. However, there is little exploration in the scientific field of notes about employability, existing possibilities and their current conditions. In this sense, it is opportune to examine the hypothesis that, in the world of work, there is a reproduction of Brazilian racism, leaving this population to remain informal, work analogous to slavery and, when there is a possibility of formality, occupation of the most demanding professions dangerous. Based on theoretical reflections arising from the Critical Social Theory of Labor Law and Intersectionality, a qualitative and quantitative analysis of official census data was carried out, addressing the rescue of workers in conditions similar to slavery and with a greater number of accidents work to prove the hypothesis. That way, based on the intersectionality between age, gender, race and class, it can be concluded that the black population, especially black youth and women, is the most vulnerable.