“Work takes up all your time”
Social Security, Blackness, and the spatio-temporal logic of Brazilian Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17820241 |
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| Authors | Marco Túlio Corraide (0000-0003-2999-5171, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-05-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oñati Socio-legal Series (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2079-5971 • E-ISSN: 2079-5971 |
| Publisher | Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law (PUBLISHER • ES) |
| DOI | 10.35295/osls.iisl.2613 |
| OpenAlex | W7160398361 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The Brazilian social security system, as part of an anti-Black structure, perpetuates racialized exclusion through its socio-legislative processes. By analyzing the regulation of labor temporalities, judicial interpretations, and the landmark case of Fazenda Brasil Verde v. Brazil, this study examines how Black people’s access to social security is systematically hindered. The article develops the concept of ontological labor, defined as the work of existing within anti-Black structures, and applies it to the field of social security to challenge current institutional frameworks. It concludes that while Social Security Law has transformative potential, persistent colonial structures and social death logics produce a system that maintains racial disparity. The study proposes three concrete legal mechanisms for reform: a constitutional amendment to classify racism as a social risk under Article 201, automatic contributory amnesty for victims of slave-like labor, and the formal recognition of non-documentary evidence for periods of structural informality
Amnesty · Field (mathematics) · Human rights · Racism · Social exclusion · Social security · Transformative learning · Work (physics) · Health, Education, and Cultural Studies · Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil · Social and Political Issues
| Highly cited | No |
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