Racismo, livro didático e a lei 10.639/03: um diálogo necessário sobre a representação do negro no livro didático de história do ensino fundamental

Abstract

The present work is in the field of discussions dealing with the ethnic theme in the textbook, especially the History of Brazil book. Its purpose is identify the approach to racial issues and Afro-Brazilian culture in books didactics, adopted in a public school and in a private school in Salvador. O The objective is to analyze how the 5th grade History of Brazil book approaches the themes cited in Law 10639/03. Knowing the contents of the discipline of History of Brazil used by teachers to work on the racial ethnic issue in their teaching practice, certifying that the contents proposed by Law 10639/03 are being addressed and investigating the stereotypes in the analyzed books. For that, we selected three works used in the field of elementary education: Ápis Author's story José William Vesentini, Dora Martins and Marlene Pécora, from Ática publishing house, 2nd edition of 2012; akpalo authored by Aline Correa, from Editora do Brasil, 2010 edition; Living Values ​​Project, by authored by Maria Amélia Vieira and Rute de Sousa Galvão, from the publishing house Construir (does not cite the edition), was adopted at the school in 2012. It is concluded, therefore, that the results of the research showed that although the improvements were important after the approval of Law 10639/03, the theoretical subject related to racial issues, until then has a need for effective representation and meaning of the black population in the the course of history mainly in the slavery era of our country.