Racismo ambiental às comunidades remanescentes de quilombolas: o caso da comunidade negra de Paratibe

Abstract

The present work’s problematic is the understanding of in what way the real estate speculation in the Quilombola Community of Paratibe constitutes a form of environmental racism. The general objective is to understand the concepts of environmental racism, violations of rights in the quilombola communities of Brazil, in particular, the process of urbanization of João Pessoa and the impacts of real estate speculation on the Quilombola Community of Paratibe and what ways to combat it. To do so, we will approach the concept, the trajectory of the Quilombo’s formation in the Brazilian State, in Paraíba and the Quilombo of Paratibe. As well as the role developed over the years by the Brazilian State in protecting these communities, according to constitutional commandments, advances and setbacks. This brings us to reflect on the concept of racism and its new configurations, in the case of environmental racism, in order to associate and seek to understand the impacts generated on the territory, culture, economy and the entire environment of these communities. The methodology consists of a case study, through the bibliography, documents, anthropological report, of exploratory and descriptive nature, whose purpose is to give visibility to the emergence of the Quilombola Community of Paratibe, facing real estate speculation. In addition to the difficulties it faces on a day-to-day basis, it’s constantly losing territory and consequently its identity, culture and history.