Desafios e possibilidades na implementação de uma educação antirracista: estudo de caso em uma Escola Estadual em Minas Gerais

Abstract

Racism, the result of almost four centuries of slavery in Brazil, manifests itself in different ways and places, and schools are one of these spaces. For this reason, this dissertation, developed for the Professional Master's Program in Education Management and Assessment (PPGP), of the Center for Public Policies and Education Assessment of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF), had as its main objective to investigate how professionals perceive the manifestation of racism and racial discrimination at the 2Luiza Mahín State School and the initiatives adopted to confront these forms of violence. The specific objectives that guided the research were: a) to describe how the institution deals with issues related to racial discrimination and how it confronts racism; b) to analyze how students, teachers and other members of the academic community of the Luiza Mahín State School respond to situations involving ethnic-racial discrimination; c) to propose a set of management and pedagogical actions that contribute to the prevention of new cases of discrimination and provide a more inclusive and equitable school environment for all involved. The theoretical framework used was authors who analyze the racial issue in the school environment, as well as those who reflect on the structuring and manifestation of racism in Brazil. The field work, conducted based on semi-structured interviews and questionnaires, identified the main problems as the occurrence of racism and racial discrimination in the institution, the lack of management actions to combat these types of violence, and the difficulty teachers have in intervening in cases of violence or including the topic in their original grammar content. The results allowed the development of an Action Plan that proposed ongoing training, actions to promote black culture, and the creation of a platform to provide materials and information for professionals to consult.