Poetry and Racism in Times of COVID-19

Abstract

This article intends to discuss poetry in times of uncertainty: pandemic, prejudice and politics, and seeks to verify how the testimony of racism, necropolitics and biopower, in the time of COVID-19, has affected the bla­ck population when looking at the following question: why is it still necessary to say that black lives matter? In order to establish a dialogue in the theoretical field, the study brings to light the concept related to biopower, in the sense of Michel Foucault and the concept of necropolitics conveyed by Achille Mbembe, in addition to other criticisms, theoretical contributions and studies belonging to the fields of literary theory and cultural studies.