Nassif asks: Will Brazil face the Joker effect?
"In Brazil, the deaths of black people at the hands of police have become commonplace due to their repetition. But social tension is growing ever higher, a high-pressure cooker," says the journalist.
By Luis Nassif, on GGN – It recounts a situation of extreme tension that explodes with a specific episode: a group of market yuppies humiliate a person dressed as a clown in a subway car.
There is a reaction, and the victim kills the aggressors. From then on, a pandemic of violence explodes throughout the city, and the clown costume becomes the symbol of the reaction.
What is happening today in the United States is similar: a spontaneous reaction triggered by the death of George Floyd, a Black citizen detained by police and killed after being subjected to nine minutes of asphyxiation by a police officer.
The episode triggered a wave of protests across several cities, igniting the pressure cooker of deep-seated racism in American society, exacerbated by the rise of white supremacy represented by Donald Trump.
On top of that, there's the revolt against the failed fight against Covid-19, the explosion of unemployment, the incidence of the disease, manifesting itself more sharply in poor regions and among black populations. And, at the helm of the country, an internal struggle between political parties.
In Brazil, the deaths of black people at the hands of police have become commonplace due to their repetition.
But social tension is rising, a high-pressure cooker.
There will be no way to avoid emulating the pervasive violence of the United States.