Efectos psicosociales de la discriminación en hombres y mujeres afrocolombianas en condición de refugio en la ciudad de Quito.

Abstract

The research aims to understand the psychosocial effects of discrimination suffered by afro-colombian men and women in refugee status in the city of Quito. To achieve this purpose, the relationship between the psychosocial approach of the theory of social representations and the intersectionality perspective was established as an interpretative framework. From the qualitative analysis of three focus groups and graphic representations of discrimination, the following findings were identified: In women, a process of racialized sexualization is manifested that has multidimensional psychosocial effects with a feeling of inferiorization to the base and an adjustment response related to the whitening of the bodies. In men, a process of racialized stigmatization oriented towards labor exploitation is manifested that has multidimensional psychosocial effects with a feeling of guilt at the base and deterioration of bodies. It is concluded that there is a differentiation of the phenomenon of discrimination experienced by men and women who reproduce gender roles from a colonial matrix of power and that it has a multidimensional character.