Fábio Porchat says he is allied with the fight against racism (namesake) and clings to legal limits to defend freedom from oppression
In defense of comedian Leo Lins, Fábio Porchat claims to be allied with the fight against racism (namesake) and clings to legal limits to defend freedom from oppression.
Politically, two men on opposite sides. Socially, the two men teamed up to maintain their privileges.
Porchat says that within the law you can make fun of everything. Before going into the merits of this affirmation, the law 7.716/89, competent to define the crimes deriving from racial prejudice, prescribes in its article 20-A, the punishment for recreational racism.
It should be noted that recreational racism, which has historically negatively affected the black population, only became illegal this year.
If we follow Fábio Porchat’s logic, we could practice racism for fun until 2022 and that’s fine.
To know more: The complexity and sophistication of racism
If only the legal system could solve all evils and protect all rights. The law and morals regulate our society.
Often not everything in the law is moral and not everything moral is in the law. It should be noted that the morality addressed in this text should not be confused with moralism, far from approaching any conservative idea. Moral, in this text, refers to the behaviors that guide social relationships.
Recreational racism wasn’t in the law, so was it likely to be practiced? Was it morally acceptable to practice racism for the sake of entertainment until the beginning of the year? We know it’s not, even Porchat knows it’s not.
To know more: Racism is a crime and, as such, must be punished.
It should be noted that the legal system, although changing, does not follow social changes and debates with the same speed. The law, by itself, does not encompass the boundaries of a society.
Slavery was permitted by law.
Jim Crow was a character permitted by law.
Blackface, a racist and common practice to this day, remains a loophole in the law.
The law should not be an accessory argument for the defense of the propagation of prejudice. Much less as an accomplice of those who pose as an anti-racist ally.
*Guilherme Macedo is a partner of the Corre sociocultural projects center, lawyer, advisor of Jovem Advocacia at OAB/SP and president of the Tax Council of Fridays for Future Brasil.
Source: Terra
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