CHALLENGES FACED BY BLACK PROFESSIONALS IN PUBLIC POSITIONS OF POWER: a case study

In this work, the importance of affirmative action will be shown through the current scenario in public institutions and its effectiveness in combating inequality and structural racism that permeates these institutions. The data collection of this work took place through a research elaborated by the author where issues such as: gender, self-declaration, and ethnic-racial issues were debated, generating compelling data that served as a basis for the work, in addition to documentary analysis. During the reading of this work, it will be possible to see the difficulties faced by black professionals when trying to occupy positions of leadership/power within the institution, which is the main objective of this academic work. Finally, after the results and discussions derived from the analysis of the research carried out at the MPBA in Santo Antônio de Jesus/BA, the research showed potentialities regarding the deficit of black professionals in positions of power in the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Bahia.