Foucaultian reflections about racism as a strategy of governing itself and others in the episode of "the coffee aunt"

Abstract

Social networks are often favorite place to show off discriminatory events, such as the polemic episode held between humorist Danilo Gentili and Senator Regina Sousa (PT-PI), in 2016. The episode "the coffee aunt" inspired this article that problematizes racism as a power strategy to govern itself and others. Therefore, it will be used the bibliographic research focused on the studies of governmentality and parrhesia by Foucault (2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014), and social theory by Fanon (2008), as well the case study. The conclusion, it is that, while approaching language as social practice, racism is a socio-historical construction that originates subjectivities that are consciously and unconsciously manifested by ones speech.