Quem é negro, quem é branco: desempenho escolar e classificação racial de alunos

This article is based on research undertaken with classes from the 1st to 4th grades of primary education in a public school in the municipality of São Paulo and discusses the differences between the racial classification of school children carried out by teachers and that made by the childre...

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Main Author: Marília Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Associacao Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Educação 2005-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Educação
Online Access:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=27502807
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description This article is based on research undertaken with classes from the 1st to 4th grades of primary education in a public school in the municipality of São Paulo and discusses the differences between the racial classification of school children carried out by teachers and that made by the children themselves. The concept of race adopted is that of social race, that is, a social construct based on an erroneous biological idea but which has proved efficient for maintaining privileges. Concludes that the fact that the difference in school performance between white and black children in the school is greater when the teachers classification is employed in place of self-classification results as much from teachers whitening children with good performance as from their evaluating children, chiefly boys, they perceive as Negroes with greater rigour. It further emphasises that it is not a case of accusing the teachers of deliberate racial discrimination but of investigating the ways in which racism, present in Brazilian society as a whole, also penetrates school relations.
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spelling doaj.art-844e677b1da8462cb5d78f083c113b892022-12-22T03:22:44ZporAssociacao Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em EducaçãoRevista Brasileira de Educação1413-24781809-449X2005-01-01287795Quem é negro, quem é branco: desempenho escolar e classificação racial de alunosMarília CarvalhoThis article is based on research undertaken with classes from the 1st to 4th grades of primary education in a public school in the municipality of São Paulo and discusses the differences between the racial classification of school children carried out by teachers and that made by the children themselves. The concept of race adopted is that of social race, that is, a social construct based on an erroneous biological idea but which has proved efficient for maintaining privileges. Concludes that the fact that the difference in school performance between white and black children in the school is greater when the teachers classification is employed in place of self-classification results as much from teachers whitening children with good performance as from their evaluating children, chiefly boys, they perceive as Negroes with greater rigour. It further emphasises that it is not a case of accusing the teachers of deliberate racial discrimination but of investigating the ways in which racism, present in Brazilian society as a whole, also penetrates school relations.http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=27502807
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Quem é negro, quem é branco: desempenho escolar e classificação racial de alunos
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title Quem é negro, quem é branco: desempenho escolar e classificação racial de alunos
title_full Quem é negro, quem é branco: desempenho escolar e classificação racial de alunos
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title_short Quem é negro, quem é branco: desempenho escolar e classificação racial de alunos
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