Language and racial discrimination of Afro-Ecuadorians

Abstract

This article analyzes the language of racial discrimination against the Afro-Ecuadorian people in Ecuador, which violates the right to equality and non-discrimination. The objective of the study is to analyze the regulatory framework that seeks to prevent and punish racial discrimination against the Afro-Ecuadorian people and how this phenomenon is manifested at the level of language in Ecuador. A documentary type study was carried out, where the materials used are books, scientific journal articles, institutional reports and current Ecuadorian legislation related to the subject, analyzed according to their nature through the methods of documentary analysis, deductive of legal norms. The result is a characterization of the current regulatory regime to prevent and punish the manifestations of disbelief expressed through language, which allowed concluding that beyond the current legal norms, racial discrimination against the Afro-Ecuadorian people has cultural roots that merit a comprehensive response within the framework of the principles of interculturality and plurinationality.