Among the gloves and grids: considerations on the exploitation of blacks in the theory of Loïc Wacquant

Abstract

This article aims to analyze, in a preliminary way, some studies by Loïc Wacquant on the "no place" of blacks in American society, at times comparing it with our paradigm. Through a brief analysis of his works published in Brazil, this paper is based on an explanation about two research lines of Loïc Wacquant: (i) the exploitation of black Americans in boxing and (ii) segregation promoted by criminal policy. The main objective is to highlight aspects of the sociology of law on racism, drawing a parallel between the boxer and the prisoner, involving the structural points of exploitation and control over these individuals, who, not coincidentally, compose the most stigmatized strata in societies which had already enslaved them.