Who is (not) Afraid of the Black Literature? Black Love in the Fight Against the Genocide of Bleaching

Abstract

Historically, the idea has been constructed that the literary canon is a selection based solely on the quality of the text. Such a perspective, in addition to ignoring the undeniable power relations involved in the process, also ends up hampering the creative possibilities of many artists. In this work we will discuss some aspects of these conflicts, mainly associated with the importance of the struggle for the valorization of black literature, not only as a fundamental artistic manifestation, but also as an instrument to fight the genocide of the black population, undertaken now through the defense of the miscegenation myth redemptive, the basis of the policy of whitening the Brazilian population since the end of slavery, now for the idea of ??a homogeneous nationalism common to all. We understand that the best way to combat this process of extermination is to value love and the black family and only literature is capable of giving a new meaning to the centuries of brutalization and animalization of black bodies and affections.