RACISM, THE BRAZILIAN BLACK MOVEMENT, AND THE HEALTH OF THE BLACK POPULATION

Abstract

This article aims to understand how racism influences the health of the black population and, based on this, presents, through brief historical excerpts, the struggle of the Brazilian black movement for achievements in public health. This is a bibliographic and documentary research based on historical-dialectical materialism since it is understood that reality is dynamic and contradictory, and it is necessary to unravel the layers of immediacy that surround the topic. It is understood that, due to the health inequalities that affect black people, as a result of structural racism, the Brazilian black movement plays a fundamental role in the construction of public health policies aimed at reducing these disparities. However, it is essential to recognize that there is still much to be done, since, as indicated by certain health indicators, a significant portion of the black population continues to face racial discrimination promoted by institutional racism present in Brazilian health policy.