O lápis “cor da pele”, quem tem? Descrevendo experiências em relações raciais com crianças na educação infantil

Abstract

This article is part of a research developed within the projects of GEABI - Group of Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Studies it has as objective an intervention in the school routine to contribute to the construction and affirmation of the identity of the children inserted therein and to draw the attention of educational institutions for pedagogical practices that lead children to have knowledge of Afro-Brazilian and African culture. The research methodology was to use in an Early Childhood class the artistic languages as stories of black children in children's books as protagonists and heroes, as well as didactic materials such as modeling mass and crayons. The analyzes of the children's drawings and speeches indicate that the racial question worked through the teaching committed to the cultural diversity in the school routine contributes to the affirmation of the identity of the black children, it has also shown that the ethnic-racial valorization in the curriculum promotes a less racist society with possibilities of recognizing difference as diversity and human potentialities.