RACE, GENDER AND SEXUALITY: Afrodiasporic and intersectional perspectives about poor youth’s everday life

Abstract

The social and symbolic construction of youth has the body as a territory of existence, reproduction and social transformation. Youth everyday life is marked by the expansion of possibilities and also by the aggravating factors of global difficulties: inequality, poverty, precariousness of public policies, violence and others. The identity markers of young people, inscribed on their bodies, are presented as factors that directly influence their everyday life: class, race, gender and sexuality. In order to understand the everyday life of young people from identity markers, this research proposed to analyze the everyday life of six young people living in a periphery and, from Afro-diasporic and intersectional references, to propose discussions about identity markers. It uses the phenomenological and critical perspective, based on Frantz Fanon, as a methodological framework, prioritizing the experiences of young people themselves and debating themes that emerge from youth body-everyday-lifeness. The results show intersetions between racial, gender and sexuality issues and point to emerging demands in the face of social transformations and confrontations with the structures of oppress.

Key-words: Youth; Black Population; Everyday life; Racism; Patriarchy.