In this article, we conducted a literature review and critique, with reflections on biopolitcs and the racism of society and state through Michel Foucault, Bauman, Hannah Arendt, Giorgio Agamben and Michel Wieviorka, considering the Brazilian reality, in particular, the context of violence against tradicional peoples, against the poor black youth, indigenous people and against the front of leaders of social movements, which have been threatened with death. For Foucault, biopolitcs in the leaves to die or kill in the name the life of some groups, or in defense of society and maintaining security is made racist practices.Neste artigo, realizamos uma revisão teórica e crítica, com reflexões a respeito da biopolítica e do racismo de sociedade e...