“Asfixias sociais” da popula??o negra e quest?es para a Terapia Ocupacional / “Social asphyxias” of black population and issues for Occupational Therapy

摘要

In a racially unequal society, black people experience everyday life crossed by the manifestations of racism, which is historical, structural and institutional. Thus, the problems that involve this population are important for occupational therapy, which focuses on people's participation in everyday life. We aim to incite some provocations searching for an open dialogue and invitation to occupational therapists to enter? the themes that involve the black population in their practices and knowledge production. Our reflection begins with the understanding that the reality of black people are marked by social asphyxiation and the genocide of children and young people, causing movements like the Black Lives Matter worldwide, including in Brazil. Afterwards, we highlight that the context of racism linked to the abyss of inequality and accentuated by the pandemic of COVID-19 provokes the policy of death directed to the black population. Sequentially, we pointed the need for this debate, enabling the construction of assistance and knowledge production committed with emancipatory practices; and we highlight the expansion of the number of groups focused on this debate, enabling the construction of different knowledge about and for the black population and technical-political actions for occupational therapy. Finally, we point out that the anti-racist practice of occupational therapy is an ethical, political and technical determinant for carrying out actions that look for racial and social justice in the lives of black and non-black population, in a racialized society.