The Social Imaginary and the Hiring of Black Women

Abstract

This article aims to problematize whether the mechanisms used in speeches in social circles and media hinder the insertion of black women in the job market, corroborated by the dissemination of a social imaginary permeated by derogatory speeches; whether their academic training has contributed to the recognition of their potential for possible employment in areas considered prestigious. The work of Jesus (2019), a black woman, was chosen as a reference for a memory from the last century that describes the trajectory of black women in search of better working conditions; says about the contributions of records to thinking about social, political, cultural memories, and discourses based on social imaginary. The importance of the theme is justified, due to the fact that nowadays there are discourses that depreciate the figure of black women, due to the social role they occupy, in different areas, whether in the community or work environment. It was possible to observe that few articles worked on the issue of memory, relating it to social issues, in the field of education and work, demonstrating a gap to be worked on and investigated. The results demonstrate the need to expand discussions regarding black people and the process of naturalizing the workspaces relegated to them.