Open wounds of racism in the school environment

Abstract

The reflections presented in this article deal with the racism that permeates the school environment, as a result of the result of a survey carried out with 54 students in the 7th grade of Elementary School II in a public school in Salvador, Bahia, in 2023. Thus, a qualitative-quantitative approach was used using the semi-structured questionnaire technique, in order to obtain the largest possible number of answers, however, with emphasis on their quality and considering the subjectivities inherent to the theme. In addition, activities such as conversation circles, music and drawings were carried out, with the objective of capturing the students' perception in greater depth. It is noteworthy that the school was pointed out by most students as being the place where they heard about or learned about racism and that in this same environment racialized students suffer racist violence. To build reflections on the theme, the text is based on authors such as ALMEIDA (2021), OLIVEIRA (2007), GOMES (2006), MBEMBE (2019), SILVA (2010).