Abstract
The purpose of this article is to develop a historical materialist discussion about the contradictions between State and Affirmative Action policies in the capitalist mode of production. For this purpose, we consider the real and concrete dynamics between capital, social movements, political and economic conjunctures, that they interfere in the State's action, in addition to theories about social relations of class and race, which are central to an analysis of Brazilian social formation, without which we cannot have a better understanding of the present time. We briefly present some formulations of the Marxist tradition regarding State and racial relations and discuss some dilemmas that involve Affirmative Action policies in Brazil, considering that they are conquests of the working class, at the same time that they make it possible to maintain the order of Capital.
Keywords:
Affirmative Action; State; Racism; Capitalism; Historical Materialism