Escola: possibilidades e desafios da inclusão autônoma do afro-brasileiro a partir de categorias revisitadas da modernidade

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify the mechanisms of exclusion of the Afro-Brazilian in a specific place: the public school. Considering modern conceptual categories such as citizenship, social inclusion and equality, I investigate if there is a concurrence in the meaning of the legitimate discourse – that is present in the formal space of teaching - and the meaning that is assigned to the social phenomena by the research subjects about from their environment. The empirical part of this study was carried out with Afro-descendant students which were in the 8th grade of primary school in a school located in the outskirts of Porto Alegre. A qualitative analysis was performed. The data was collected mainly through a questionnaire that was applied individually, and a semi structured group interview. Based on the data analysis I concluded that the categories on which the public school acts uncritically did not reflect the reality of the Afro-descendant student. When the public school acts uncritically cons