Fugindo para a for？a: cultura corporativista e "cor" na Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

this article？s object is to show the preliminary results of a research called "the negroes on the military police", which main purpose is to present the careers of african-brazilians on the mp - how it is often called this police force - and to present speeches about race and the negro identity. therefore, work conditions and the day-after-day reality of the mp tasks were analyzed, being this latter specialized in ostensive uniformed policing. fifty in-depth interviews were made with soldiers and officers from four battalions and from the military police headquarter. although this research was not intended to have statistic significance, a especial effort was made to do a deep study inside the corporation. to do that, one battalion was chosen in a predominantly poor area, and another one in a middle-class area. almost half of the interviewed were soldiers, the others being officers of several ranks. in spite the focus of the research was negro policemen, a small group formed by white military policemen has also been interviewed.