Professora, qual é a minha cor?: reflexões sobre a questão da cor no brasil nas aulas de história

Abstract

This study aims to analyze a set of perspectives on the historical construction of the question of color in Brazil, drawing on theoretical contributions by authors such as Hebe Mattos, Lilia Schwarcz, Thomas Skidmore, Abdias do Nascimento, Sueli Carneiro, and Bianca Santana. It investigates how specific historical formulations and social processes have been materialized in Brazilian society and have influenced forms of racial self-identification, as well as their repercussions in the school context. The research highlights how these constructions affect, in particular, students who do not identify as either white or Black, revealing ambiguities and uncertainties produced by a history marked by miscegenation, whitening ideologies, and the erasure of Blackness. As a development of the research, the study presents a didactic proposal within the field of History teaching, methodologically tructured around the application of a quantitative survey within the school community, guided by the question “What is my color?”. This strategy seeks to systematize racial perceptions among participants and to serve as a basis for historical mediation in the classroom, valuing students as protagonists of the investigative process and fostering critical reflection on the historical construction of color in Brazil and its impacts on racial identity formation.