Configurations of Gender Neoconservatism Regarding Racism

Abstract

The present work aims to understand how neoconservative women express characteristics of racism. Academic literature has been emphasizing the importance of understanding the role of neoconservative women in advocating moral issues such as family values and gender combat. However, we recognize the importance of understanding how these actors also mobilize in support of racist issues. For this purpose, the profiles of Bia Kicis, Carla Zambelli, and Chris Tonietto were analyzed. The results show that neoconservative women reinforce oppression against the black population through the activation of a "good racism," practices that hark back to the glorification of colonialism and whiteness, the accusation of "Christophobia," portraying the left as racist, the denunciation of teachers' "ideological indoctrination," the delegitimization of the anti-racist movement, the criminalization of the black population, the linking of gender and race as a reproduction of racism, and the mobilization of a Brazilian people defending the values of the neoconservative nation.

Keywords: Neoconservatism. Racism. Gender.