Guerrilha na educação: a ação pedagógica do Movimento Negro na escola pública

Abstract

This study analyses the impact of the struggle against racism in Brazilian education. Its stating point is a study of events in the Black Consciousness movement which are carried out in public, state and municipal schools in Rio de Janeiro, with the objective of assessing their conceptions concerning the black culture and consciousness as well as trying to understand what happens when one asks Black Consciousness Movement for orientation or analysis of events in their specific field. It was noted that the events organized by Black Consciousness in public schools showed a variety of characteristics and dealt with topics never found in school programs or the school textbooks. As these events appear not to come from the educational system, the probability is that they are generated by the Black Movement from which comes subsidies and incentives. The study concludes that the action of the Black Movement both in society and in the schools is obliging people to change their ideas concerning social and power spaces.