IN THE RIDE OF MARXISM: THE SOCIAL WORK AND THE ETHNIC-RACIAL ISSUE SEEN BY THE MARXIST PERSPECTIVE

O SERVIÇO SOCIAL E A QUESTÃO ÉTNICO-RACIAL VISTO PELA PERSPECTIVA MARXISTA

Abstract

The primary hypothesis of this work is that racism permeates and defines all social relations in the country, so Social Work and Social Workers can not be perceived outside the broader prism of this alienating social context. This reality has a negative impact on the production of knowledge in the area, as well as in the absence of the debate in the paradigm and theories that underpin the profession. Among the categories of analysis of social reality we highlight the social question because it is understood as the very reason for existence and the emergence of Social Work as a profession. Thus, we believe that the concept of social question most frequently used by Social Work does not include the historical processes that involve the black population. Therefore, according to Octávio Ianni's perspective, the existence of a latent social question from Brazil Colônia can not be understood as one of the expressions of the social question. As for Marxism - the theory behind the profession - it has been adulterated and masked in class determination, but in reality it opens the possibility of thinking of race / ethnicity without hierarchy.