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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sociol.
Sec. Sociological Theory
Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1534313

Faces of Exclusion -the "Social", the "Digital" and "Digital Racism" in a Decolonial Critical Essay

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  • 1 Postgraduate Program in Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil
  • 2 Faculdade de Psicologia - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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    This article addressed digital racism and exclusion from the decolonial perspective, explicitly concerning the possibilities of resistance to colonial structures. This argument was based on the discussion of intersectionality as a reference to the multiple combinations of exclusionary experiences expressed here through new forms of hierarchizing difference, understood from the perspective of social classification, as taught by Aníbal Quijano. We theoretically rehearsed the topic to broaden dialogues, conducting a reflective exercise that invites debate. Based on the notions of subjectivation processes emerging from this elaboration, we performed a propositional reflection, pointing to plural and collective solutions that rescue the memory and knowledge denied by coloniality. Furthermore, we suggest the rediscovery of local practices and values, as opposed to the adherence to standards established by remnants of colonization that are transmitted and reverberated in contemporary daily life.

    Keywords: Decoloniality, Digital exclusion, digital racism, Subjectivation processes, Memory

    Received: 26 Nov 2024; Accepted: 05 Feb 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Mariano, Moura, Mattos, Bizarria and Kind. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Fabiana Pinto De Almeida Bizarria, Postgraduate Program in Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil

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