AS RELAÇÕES ÉTNICO-RACIAIS NAS ESCOLAS DE NÍVEL MÉDIO DE SÃO LUÍS: um estudo de caso no CEM - Cidade Operaria I

Abstract

This research analyzes the ethnic-racial relations in CEM City Operaria I. The study will delineate the concepts of racism and ideology and the ways it plays in Brazilian society, describes the ethnic and racial relations in the context of school with emphasis on institutionalization of Law 10.639/03 as an important achievement of the black movement. Examines the myth of racial democracy, highlighting classical authors of Brazilian sociology and mainly analyzes the policies of Affirmative Action as a breakthrough that rescues the historical debt of the Brazilian State to the black people. In field research examines racial ethnic education in the high school in San Luis as its empirical dimension Center City High School Worker I, the thread of research was attempting to grasp through interviews with teachers and administrators which advances and difficulties it faces Unit Basic Education when it comes to racial ethnic relations: the limits and possibilities of the law on racial prejudice deconstruction. To do so we start from questions developed in our research project: What are the theoretical and methodological conceptions of ethnic and racial relations CEM City Operaria I adopt? How are developed pedagogical birth of ethnic and race relations of black student population in the teaching of sociology activities? There are continuing education for teachers working along ethnic and race relations? What are the advances and difficulties that the CEM City Operaria I have had in activities involving ethnic and race relations? To support our research we have relied on authors such as: Lopes (2007), Moura (1994), Munanga (1999), Nunes (2004), D'Adesky (2001), among others. The instruments used for data collection were participant observation, semistructured interview with the Pedagogical Coordinator and two teachers from the night shift (a history professor and a professor of sociology) The survey found showing that CEM City Operaria I have difficulties in Work involving ethnic and race relations, especially in the work of continuing education and development activities in this theme