Untouchable Structures: Racism and Dictatorship in Rio de Janeiro/Estruturas Intocadas: Racismo e Ditadura no Rio de Janeiro

This article aims to racialize the production of memory under the corporate- military dictatorship in Brazil, bringing to bear forms of black resistance organized during the 1960s and 1980s. The hypothesis is that the myth of racial democracy served as one of the ideological mechanisms of the regime. In this way, this period of Brazilian history inscribed a racist operational logic and further entrenched century-long practices of dehumanization. Keywords: Racism; Corporate-military Dictatorship; Transitional Justice. O trabalho pretende racializar a producao de memoria sobre a ditadura empresarial-militar no Brasil, destacando formas de resistencia negra organizadas nos anos 19601980. Parte-se da hipotese de que a adocao do mito da democracia racial como um dos mecanismos ideologicos do regime mobilizou praticas seculares de desumanizacao e inscreveu, a partir delas, uma forma de atuacao racista. Palavras-chave: Racismo; Ditadura Empresarial-Militar; Justica de Transicao.