It has been a commonplace the evidence that the "fights for recognition" are one of the biggest tendencies of contemporary politics. In Brazil this debate emerges with Afro-Brazilian movements and has gained more visibility since assertive actions proposals. On the one hand, the policy of these movements has been ruled by a premise of racial purity, in an attempt of creating a mobilizing ethnic identity; on the other hand, its redistributive demands try to engage the government in public policies which reduce the social-economic differences between white and non-white population in the country. We are before the dilemma of how to articulate the policies for recognition and the redistributive ones. The aim of this paper is to analyze such issues in light of the Afro-Brazilian movement discourse predicament.
Recognition; Redistribution; Racial relations; Black movement; Affirmative actions