Abstract
This article aimed to analyze if the immigrants’ skin color (black or white) influences the justifications for the positioning in the face of police violence whose victim is an immigrant suspected of drug trafficking. A total of 300 university students from the state of Paraíba participated in the study. The data were processed by the IRAMUTEQ software, by descending hierarchical classification (DHC). As a result, in the condition of white immigrant, no favorable positions were verified for police conduct. In the condition of black immigrant, on the other hand, there was disagreement with the police action, however, blaming the immigrant also occurred, sometimes used as an argument to try to justify or tolerate the police approach. Thus, an unfavorable consensus regarding the figure of the black immigrant was found, based on prejudiced arguments usually used by society in an attempt to protect the majority groups and promote the maintenance of the social structure, reinforcing racial prejudice and social inequalities.
Keywords:
Speech; Justification; Race; Immigrants
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