Pandemic and coloniality in (dis) course in the body of the black woman

Abstract

This paper proposes to reflect on the pandemic from the black woman, specifically from the place of the domestic worker as representative of coloniality and social inequalities in Brazil. For reflection, the statement sent to the domestic worker Mirtes Souza is taken in the special Falas Negras, shown on Globo on November 20, 2020 in reference to the National Day of Black Awareness. Through the Discourse Analysis with Foucault, the reflection of the article is directed, through the lens of intersectionality and decoloniality, to show the line of strength that makes this body vulnerable not only in the pandemic, but in a historical ballast in course since colonization with permanent updates that allow them to happen with a natural effect, which is the role of the Colonial Device. The statement is the starting point for tracing a memory network in order to revolve historical conditions for the place of this woman in the present, pointing out the dehumanization of this body as a result of a colonial project in progress until today.