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Merit and inequality: the appropriation of racial emmancipation in big corporations by perception of black leaders

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2023.59.2.01

Keywords:

Desigualdade, Lideranças Negras, Mérito, Corporações

Abstract

This research debates the insertion and mobility of black people in upper positions in the business world through the self-perception of these individuals about their own careers and the inconveniences found in this process. Merit is one of the main variables that guide the prospect of ascension in the new capitalist culture. Thus, changes in the production system and their interference in relations, together with historical perspectives on race relations, from the past to the present, provide the basis for the analysis of the empirical material collected by this research. This investigation points out that the discourse of the new capitalism that absorbs individuals plays a central role in maintaining social and economic inequalities.

Author Biographies

Carine Lima dos Passos, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense - UENF

Cientista Social pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF Campos). Mestre e doutoranda em Socologia Política pela Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF).

Fabrício Maciel, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF

Doutor em Ciências Sociais pela UFJF (2012), com estadia de sanduíche na PH Freiburg, Alemanha (2011). Pós-Doutorado em Sociologia na Universidade Humboldt, Berlim, Alemanha (2014-2015), pelo Programa de Pós-Doutorado no Exterior, como bolsista PROBRAL/CAPES. Desde 2016, Professor adjunto de teoria sociológica do Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Instituto de Ciências da Sociedade e Desenvolvimento Regional, UFF, Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ. Professor permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia Política da UENF.

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2023-12-13

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Vol. 59 No. 2 (2023): May/August

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