Identidade racial na cultura escolar: "escrevivendo" memórias de jovens negras na Educação Profissional Tecnológica

Abstract

This dissertation is the result of research developed in the Master's Program in the National Network in Professional and Technological Education – ProfEPT, at the Federal Institute of Parnaíba-PI. With the aim of investigating the identity formation of young black women in the school space, collaborating with the promotion of identity self-knowledge and anti-racist education. The following investigated question was raise: How do black students construct their identities? To this end, we carried out a bibliographical study, addressing topics such as identity, the ideology of whitening, the myth of racial democracy, women and their racial conditions and their place in the world and at school. The research location was the Professional State Education Center (CEEP) Leonardo das Dores, located in the Bernardo Rego neighborhood, in the city of Esperantina-PI. The research participants were 15 black students from the 3rd year of the Integrated Secondary Administration Course. The methodology used was qualitative and participatory bibliographic research, an instrument that brings the researcher closer to the phenomenon investigated. The method for producing knowledge was “writing”, based on the works of the writer, Conceição Evaristo. For the development of the research, strategies were implement such as application of a questionnaire, meetings for writing with the students, where it was possible to identify the conceptions and practices that support their identities. With the purpose of carrying out articulated work, which considers the needs felt by the students, in understanding their identity recognitions, an Educational Product, E-Book, was developed, entitled “Writing Memories of Young Black Women in Professional and Technological Education.” The research showed that knowing History, through the hands, speeches and memories of the enslaved, is extremely important for the appreciation and respect of the Africanities present in Brazilian society. The significant participation of black women in the formation of Brazilian society and in the identity formation of the students studied was also highlight. The importance of anti-racist education within professional and technological education was also highlight, as an instrument to combat inequalities and build a more egalitarian society.