Racism and schooling: Forms and consequences in black students' school life

Abstract

This article carried out an integrative literature review with the objective of identifying the most evident forms of racism in the school environment, as well as the consequences of this phenomenon on the school life of black Brazilian students. For this, a bibliographic survey was carried out in the on SciELO, PePSIC, LILACS and PsycINFO databases, involving Portuguese, English and Spanish journals, from April to June 2019, using the descriptors: education, school, teaching and racism. The 16 findings indicate that flagrant and subtle forms of racism expression are more frequent in schools, as well as institutional racism present in documents and books which guide educational practices and affirmative policies; cultural racism involving religious disqualification; and individual racism, starting from depreciation of the physical characteristics of the subjects. It was found that students who are victims of racism present higher rates of school failure and dropout during the basic education, an aspect that hinders access to higher education. Before this reality, it is believed that teacher training, focused on diversity and on effective changes in the school curriculum, can contribute in a meaningful way to the valorization of the black population and to the reduction of racism in schools.