O lugar dos negros pobres na cidade: estudo na área de risco do bairro Dom Bosco

Abstract

To understand the process of inserting the black poor population in urban areas is necessary to go to the origins of our socioeconomic formation. The slave system, which was part of that process, we used the manpower black African to produce wealth, leaving its mark deep in our society. Upon being freed former slaves, did not have many job options and no land to grow and live. Unless staying on farms or to venture into the cities in search of better living conditions. However, the stigma of color and slavery left deep roots that persist to date. The blacks, still occupies the less skilled tasks, the educational level is still low, receive the lowest wages and the place is left to live are poor, whether in the slums, tenements, and today in areas of known environmental risk. This study proposed to examine the resident population of area subject to land slip in the city of Juiz de Fora - MG and was chosen for both the neighborhood Don Bosco, in order to analyze the trajectory of life, the struggle for a place to live, the socioeconomic and environmental vulnerability in which the descendants of slaves, that neighborhood residents are exposed.