Racial injury on brazilian's football: a sociohistorical analysis of some sporadic (not so) cases occurred in recent years

Abstract

Although the discourse of the authorities who manage football at the global level oppose any form of discrimination, especially the racial nature, the recurrence of cases continues. Even though many researchers characterized as something unique, racism in football presents general elements that sometimes are ignored. Examples can be seen in the cases of Brazilian players such as Aranha, Arouca, Daniel Alves, Tinga and Roberto Carlos, as well as the Brazilian arbiter Marcio Chagas da Silva. Several of them were studied academically, however, as they are specific analyzes (case studies), they don’t articulate racism phenomenon in football as a whole. Therefore, the aim of this article is to present a reflection of this unfortunate social phenomenon that have no indications that are making a comeback - however there are lots of awareness campaigns by the authorities and the press. The research is guided by procedures from the present history methodology.