Cyberacism. Facebook. Black Communities. Cyberacist and Cyberantiracist Practices

The big question that I raise in this thesis is the thinking about cyber practices directed at the black population on Facebook, in order to problematize the phenomenon of racial relations from this space, which is currently established as the main social network in Brazil with the greatest number of practices and report of cyber-ism, as highlighted by Safernet (2020). In light of the above, the thesis aims to analyze the practices of cyberism and cyberanti-racism on Facebook, observing how this phenomenon can facilitate the understanding of the production of racism in the digital world, which is presented through its forms of expression and report. The paths followed are supported by ethnography and merge with the “parafuso methodology” to enhance analysis strategies, by expanding the methodological paths that constitute an anti-racist proposal, which I conceptually apply and develop throughout the thesis and intend to think the phenomena that permeate racial relations that enhance the existing knowledge of black communities. Thus, I searched for the dynamics of racism in theoretical literature and produced in the media, analyzing this phenomenon in different media based on the idea of the turn that provides opportunities for different discourses, positions and reflections about Brazilian society. In the second moment, I executed a documental research through the survey of bulletins about report of racism practices on social networks, in order to understand the different ways in which cyberism occurs, in addition to bringing to light other documents such as newspapers and online magazines in order to catalog news related to the practices in focus. In the third moment, I executed the field research on Facebook and after analyzing the data obtained. Finally, I observed the outcomes of cybercism, and the implications within the Facebook social network, starting from the impact of its dissemination and realization that affects social actors involved in local and global contexts.