RACISMO NO AMBIENTE PROFISSIONAL ESCOLAR A PARTIR DA PERCEPÇÃO DOS TRABALHADORES DA EDUCAÇÃO DO MUNICÍPIO DE COXIM, MATO GROSSO DO SUL

Abstract

In this work, the perceptions that municipal, state and federal basic education workers in the city of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, have in relation to racism in the professional school environment are raised and analyzed. Considering that racism manifests itself in different ways in Brazil, we sought to identify how ethnic-racial tensions are perceived in the profes-sional relationships that are established in the school environment, and also, to know the importance that education workers attribute to dialogue and training (continued training) related to the subject. It was also sought to identify which strategies and policies are adopted by the managers in the face of combating racial discrimination in the work environment. The present study with a qualitative methodological approach, through the use of an online questionnaire structured with open and closed questions, to dialogue with professionals from three public educational institutions (one at the municipal level, one at the state level and one at the federal level, all located in the municipality of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul) is approved by the Research Ethics Committee. The research is anchored in the theoretical fi-eld of Cultural Studies based on the discussion that it allows about the concepts of culture, race and racism in the daily practices of society. Among the main results of the research is that education workers recognize that racism exists, but, at the same time, they see it as so-mething that is distant from them and from the school, a situation that was evident when 72.5% of education workers they said they perceived racism as a structural problem, but on the other hand, 40% stated that they had never consciously and/or unconsciously discrimina-ted against someone based on color, and only 27.5% considered this possibility; or, even, when 87.5% of professionals admit the importance of dialogue and training regarding racial discrimination, and there are, however, records of teaching staff who disagree and consider that staff are already enlightened enough on the subject; 61% of the public servants are una-ware of whether or not the institution where they work has internal policies to combat ra-cism, as well as 63% do not know how to give an opinion on the performance of managers in this regard. From the manifestations of civil servants, managers and other agencies and enti-ties heard, it was verified that, when there is the implementation of policies and/or internal actions to combat racism, these are punctual and are restricted almost exclusively to the cur-ricular universe and/ or teacher, without taking into account that the educational institution is made up of a diversity of professionals, who, in joint action, lead the educational process.

KEYWORDS: racism; education workers; school professional environment.