The Mata Cavalo/Brazil quilombo and the COVID-19 syndemic : racism and the right to (r)exist in question

Quilombola communities have felt the effects of racism deepened by COVID-19, whose repercussions are amplified in contexts of racial inequalities, characterizing it as a syndemic. The term refers to the synergy of biological, economic, environmental, political, and social elements that enhance coexisting conditions and states, impacting life and affecting health. Thus, our study seeks to analyze the repercussions of the COVID-19 syndemic based on the perceptions of quilombola community leaders in Mato Grosso, Brazil. In a qualitative study, three leaders were interviewed in May 2022, using a semi-structured script and treating the data through thematic analysis. The COVID-19 syndemic highlighted the structural precariousness of transport, roads, sanitation, and access to water, food, and health services. Isolation, deaths, and fears had psychosocial repercussions, but little attention was paid to mental health. Anti-racist proposals call for: repairing precariousness by recognizing the State's debt to the black population; valuing experiences, way of life, cosmovision, and Afro-centered ancestral civilizational values. Finally, the aim is to strengthen, reaffirm, and implement anti-racist actions, such as the Statute of Racial Equality and the PNSIPN, in all possible spaces, policies, and institutions.

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

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Ciencia & saude coletiva - 29(2024), 3 vom: 07. März, Seite e08322023

Sprache:

Portugiesisch

Weiterer Titel:

O quilombo Mata Cavalo/Brasil e a sindemia da COVID-19: o racismo e o direito de (r)existir em questão

Beteiligte Personen:

Madureira, Kleber Gonçalves [VerfasserIn]
Barsaglini, Reni [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 08.03.2024

Date Revised 08.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1590/1413-81232024293.08322023

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369414047