A questão racial presente na obra Quarto de despejo: diário de uma favelada

Abstract

The present work sought to analyze the racial issue present in the work Eviction Room: diary of a slum, by Carolina Maria de Jesus. It‘s a work autobiographical, which the writer/character being a woman, black, poor, slum, semi-illiterate and single mother, recounts her daily life and of the residents of Favela do Canindé. Therefore, it was necessary to verify the historical process that they gave beginning to racism, reflected on the adversities faced by Carolina, as well as such as racial discrimination, inequality and whiteness taking privileges, sought to understand how Carolina, a subordinate figure, became successful writer, entering the Brazilian literature, as well as its exclusion of the literary canon. A bibliographic research with critical reading was performed, deepening in the writer's trajectory, since the work describes her experiences. Through Carolina's reports, the subhuman situation that black people are subjected, a reality no different from today, since a hierarchical society is maintained, determined by structural racism. Therefore, it was considered significant to resurrect the writings of Carolina, symbol of struggle and representativeness, respecting their place of speech, and, above all, showing the need to recognize the myth of racial democracy in order to build a anti-racist society