Por uma prática antirracista: o Ensino de História por meio de episódios de racismo na mídia brasileira

Abstract

The racism of the present has its origins in the language and strength of slavery expanded in the 16th century. Colonial Brazil, the so-called Portuguese America, has a history linked to Atlantic slavery. But slavery in Brazil was a genocide against Africans, as well as indigenous people. However, where there was slavery, there was resistance. Law no. 3,353 of 1808 declared slavery extinct, but, despite being a struggle of resistance by the enslaved, it entered history through official memory as a gift from white people. Another issue is equality, guaranteed by law, but denied by science, as it naturalizes racism through racialist theses and racial determinism at the end of the 19th century. How can we understand the invisibilities and racial violence that occur today? A first step is to start discussing "otherness", a dangerous characteristic of racism in Brazil. Another is to perceive the contradictions of the past and reflect through memory, history and forgetfulness. Thus, the research analyzes cases of racism broadcast in the media (television, news and social networks), developing didactic plans so that this topic can be thought about and debated on the school floor. In this way, five episodes of racism were selected, analyzed and debated with 2nd grade classes at IEMA Bacelar Portela. As the teaching work was being carried out, the Racist Digital Platform doesn't bother me! was being fed with content aimed at anti-racist History Teaching.