teaching and learning materials, materializing in the school everyday prejudice the students
and black and white students.
We know that according to Resolution 47/135 UN 1992, as stated in its article 4:
States should adopt, where appropriate, measures in the field of education, to promote
knowledge of the history, traditions, language and culture of the minorities existing within their
territory. The people who belong to minorities should have adequate opportunities to gain
knowledge of the society as a whole.
In response to pressure from the black movement and also the provisions of the Declaration
and Plan of Action of the Third World Conference Against Racism (Durban, 2001), the
President signed in January 2003, a law that has become mandatory teaching History and
Afro-Brazilian culture and African in Basic Education. In turn, the National Council of
Education developed and endorsed the National Guidelines for Race Relations Education
and Teaching of History and Afro-Brazilian and African Culture in education systems.
These are understood as imperative measures for the transformation of racism in education
systems, since the fight against racism, sexism and its derivatives in education. It is
necessary that discriminatory practices are recognized and studied in the school daily, and
that its harmful effects are known / recognized by the technical team of public
administrations.
Since the enactment of the law, the Ministry of Education has implemented some policies
and actions. Yet past 5 years, we see that little has been altered in the school everyday. And
from a scan of the actions and their results we can establish some considerations and
recommendations.
a) It is necessary to consider the need for a coordinated policy at national level. It is not
enough the development of specific actions as therapeutic for the problem. More precisely,
public policies to combat racism and sexism in education should consider the need for
consistent establishment of wide policies, minimum 5 structural axes, namely:
1) inclusion of racial and gender subject in the school curriculum, to be worked in diverse
disciplines;
2) Initial and continuing training of teachers;
3) training of managers and managers, technicians and others involved with the education
system, with a view to analyze critically about the institutional and individual forms of racism
and sexism.
4) evaluation and distribution of educational materials and specific didactics for anti-racist
and anti-sexist education;