Since the Constitution of 1991, ethnic diversity has been recognized as one of the great advances in democracy and equality in Colombia. Nevertheless, under the idea of an egalitarian country, the anti-racist fight has been delegitimized. Although legal advances must be recognized, the reality of displaced black communities is different from what is proposed in the legislation. If we add variables such as gender and class, we can show that racism and discrimination find differentiated ways of acting on individuals. The problem has become so complex that it can also be seen hidden behind other systems of oppression such as classism or sexism. In this article, we analyze how the experiences of racialization are configured to sustain what Philomena Essed (1991) defined as everyday racism. To do this, we analyze the life stories of two displaced black women focusing on four living conditions that function as indicators of the level of racial injustice in society: access to dwelling, education, the labor market, and access to justice
