The conquest of indigenous territories and epidemic diseases have gone hand in hand throughout the history of Brazil. The current new coronavirus pandemic that is devastating indigenous communities follows this violent strategy of conquest. My argument is that structural racism that has led to the death of more than 200 indigenous people in the first months of the pandemic should be seen not as irresponsible acts of omission, but as acts of genocide.
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Milanez, F. (2020). Fighting the invisible anaconda amidst a war of conquest: Notes of a genocide. Ambiente e Sociedade, 23, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4422ASOC20200116VU2020L3ID
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