The central argument of this thesis focuses on the concept of disrespect in the theory of recognition of Axel Honneth. According to the German philosopher, the experience of disrespect of certain social groups unleashes a mobilization toward a struggle for recognition. From this point of view, the struggle for recognition aims at restoring relations broken by systematic practices of offense which injures self-trust, self-respect, and self-esteem. In view of testing this hypothesis, I opt as a field of empirical observation for the conditions of black women who daily suffer discrimation and domination based on race, gender and class in Baixada Fluminense, particularly in the municipalities of Duque de Caxias and Nova Iguaçu. At the first moment, I will present a diagnosis of the way the multiple discrimination, race, gender and class, take place in the daily life of black women living in the region historically marked by the precariousness of the basic conditions of life both in economic and cultural terms. Secondly, I will demonstrate the capacity of this experience in mobilizing black women in different spaces of social organization such as collectives, NGOs, and social movements. At last, I will pinpoint on the relevance of political representation in the decision-making spaces in view of the defense of basic rights which may guarantee the integrity and the minimally worthwhile conditions of life for black women.