ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this article is to briefly present and analyze the complexity of class and race relations in the understanding of the composition of the Brazilian working class, through Fernandes (2007)FERNANDES, Florestan. O negro no mundo dos brancos. 2. ed. São Paulo: Global, 2007., Ianni (1978)IANNI, Octavio. Escravidão e racismo. São Paulo: Hucitec, 1978. and Moura (1992)MOURA, Clóvis. História do negro brasileiro. 2. ed. São Paulo: Ática, 1992.. One The must begin by understanding that racialist theories persisted in the formation of the Brazilian Working class and that this happened since very beginning of the process of transition from slavery to labor relations in capitalist society.
Keywords:
Slavery; Capitalism; Working class