It is necessary to listen to black people in the democracy debate. This was the conclusion of the guests at the conversation table at the launch of the book “”, this Tuesday (4), at .
Economist and lawyer Elena Landau coined the phrase. She initially referred to Preto Zezé, representative of Cufa (Central Única das Favelas), who told her that he had not yet been invited by the federal and state governments to talk about violence and public security since the mega-operation that left 121 people dead in Rio de Janeiro.
For the debaters, Brazilian democracy, at 40, has not yet reached black people and the population of favelas and outskirts, generating a feeling of abandonment by the State and resentment about violence, in addition to the electoral use, on all sides, of the issue of public security.
Surveys after the mega-operation Containment showed that the majority of the population approved the action.
“It’s nice for everyone to say that the State is missing in the communities. But it’s an electoral discussion,” said Landau.
The political scientist , the journalist and the sociologist also participated in the debate , the last two columnists for Sheet.
“Families on the hill live with a father, mother, daughters and the fear that a drug dealer will get along with one of these daughters. This type of emotion is not in the theoretical discourse of the left,” said Sodré.
“This resentment from the people who support the bloodbath is also a relief. It’s terrible to say that. But it’s true.”
The debate at the Travessa bookstore, in Leblon, was mediated by the journalist, one of the organizers of the book alongside special reporter Naief Haddad and the professor and columnist at Sheet Rodrigo Tavares.
The work brings together 40 articles written in Sheet throughout the four decades of democracy, accompanied by another 40 unpublished articles, with comments on the originals.
“If the first list reflects the white and male panorama, the second was designed to try to expand and diversify the public debate. Women represent 60% and black and indigenous people, 40%”, stated Flavia Lima.
The debaters agreed that the political use of the mega-operation in Rio was inevitable — Rio de Janeiro governor Cláudio Castro (PL) said the action was a success, and President Lula (PT), this Tuesday, called it a “slaughter”. For Argelina Figueiredo, however, the ethical limit line was crossed.
“These are not political limits. It is difficult to climb the hill with an arrest warrant, I know it is difficult. We are, in fact, in a tight spot.”
11 months away from 2026, journalist Dora Kramer predicts a dispute similar to that of 1989, the first since redemocratization. The diversity of candidates and the absence of protagonists, for her, could set the tone for the election for the presidency.
“You have several names, everyone wants them. In the center, Eduardo Leite, perhaps? Part of the PSDB people died, another part gave up and others lost their vocal cords, like Aécio Neves. Bolsonaro is losing his relevance because he wanted to repeat Lula, but he is not. Lula has been leading the left-wing crowd for 40 years. Bolsonaro has 15 minutes.”
“It was spent too much and Lula is doing it again. It could be that this time it becomes a bomb for Riocentro and, if he is elected, it will explode in his lap. I was against Dilma’s impeachment because I thought that Dilma had to go all the way with her experience of fiscal irresponsibility — not that she had bad faith, it’s a question of the model. What distresses us all is that this model has already gone wrong”, says Elena Landau.
Debates to launch the book have already taken place in São Paulo and Brasília. The program includes events in Belém, on the 12th, and Lisbon, in Portugal, on the 26th.
