Black women and Necropolitics: how they face the death of their children?

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The death of young black people is the main result of urban violence. When these young people die they leave their families, especially black mothers who needs to deal with the pain. OBJECTIVE: To analyze ways of confronting black women in the face of the murder of their children in Salvador. METHOD: This is a qualitative documentary research carried out on websites that published reports of these women between 2014 and 2019. The data were analyzed from content analysis, based on Minayo.To carry out the research, public documents and free access were used. RESULTS: Eight reports of black mothers were mapped, seven from online newspapers and one from blog. These reports reveal much psychic suffering, and reveal contexts marked by racism, violence and violation of rights. In this scenario, some forms of confrontations emerged, such as religiosity, the search for justice and the perception of black mothers in the face of racism. CONSIDERATIONS: It was possible to know the walk of these women who were crossed by violence and and that from this they built ways of coping and care. The results point to a greater need for research that investigates more about this suffering and its consequences in the mental health of these mothers.