Searching for a pattern of subordination of black populations in Western São Paulo in the post-abolition period

Abstract

The two decades following post-abolition represent a key moment to observe continuities or re-significations of the socioeconomic subalternity of the Black population. By discussing the concepts of race, racism, structural racism and racialization processes that will produce Black sub-citizenship, this article seeks to highlight, from a varied scope of sources, empirical dimensions of Black subalternity based on the in-depth study of a characteristic city of the western São Paulo coffee economy.

Keywords:
Black population; Black subalternity; Racism; Western São Paulo; Post-abolition; Coffee economy