School environment is the most cited by Brazilians among the places where they have already suffered racism, says research

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‘The school is a microcosm that reproduces the environment in which we live in society as a whole’, says Ana Paula Brandão, Seta’s manager and researcher. School is the place where you make friends Rede Globo A survey by Intelligence in Research and Strategic Consulting (IPEC), commissioned by the SETA Project and the Peregum Black Reference Institute, places the school environment at the top of the list of places where Brazilians most claim to have suffered racial violence. Of every 10 people who report having suffered racism in Brazil, 3.8 were victims of violence in schools, colleges or universities, according to the survey Perceptions About Racism, which was completed in July. The survey — which will be debated this Tuesday (15th) at the Editora Globo Auditorium, in Rio de Janeiro, at an event supported by the Roberto Marinho Foundation — seeks to understand how the Brazilian population perceives racism. 2,000 people were heard by IPEC and, among other points, indicated in which environments they had already suffered racism: 38% suffered racism at school/college/university; 29% experienced racism at work; 28% experienced racism in public spaces (streets, parks, squares, etc.); 18% experienced racism in commercial establishments (supermarkets, malls, street stores, cinemas, restaurants, etc.); 11% experienced racism in the family environment. The following were cited as environments where racism was practiced: banks (10%), in the community where they live (8%), public transport (7%), religious spaces (5%) and recruitment agencies for work (3% ). Ana Paula Brandão, manager of the Education System Project for an Anti-racist Transformation (SETA), says that the data are unfortunate, but not surprising. The school is a microcosm that reproduces the environment in which we live in society as a whole. everything that happens there [na escola]it happens here [no resto da sociedade], in a way that reproduces complex relationships. In the expert’s opinion, this happens because Brazil is an undeniably racist country. According to the survey, 81% of the population agrees with this, and 44% of respondents consider that race, color or ethnicity is the main factor that generates inequalities in the country. To reverse the scenario, Ana Paula, who is a Master’s student in Public Policy Studies in Human Rights at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), calls for the application of mechanisms that already exist to guarantee an anti-racist education. Law 10,639 is already 20 years old and 11,645 is 15, but they are not properly worked on in schools. We need public investment, the adoption of means that allow Afro-Brazilian and indigenous histories to be taught. Who knows, maybe children will grow up aware and the future will be different Law that obliges teaching Afro-Brazilian history turns 20, but it is far from being reality in schools, say specialists Country has worst index in 10 years of public schools with projects to combat racism, survey points out When analyzing the IPEC survey, specialists from Seta and Peregum make recommendations to the State. One of them is “develop programs to combat institutional racism in public bodies, especially in education, justice and public security”. Photo shared by FGV student; he was accused of racism and suspended from college Photo: Reproduction/Social networks FGV student who called a colleague a ‘slave’ is convicted of racism and must pay compensation of R$ 44,000 Other results Another important indicator confirmed by the survey is that of groups suffer the most racism, according to the interviewees. For 96%, black people are the main victims. Then appear: Indigenous peoples, with 57%; African immigrants, with 38%; Quilombolas, with 29%; Brown people, with 23%; Latino immigrants, with 6%; Asian people, with 6%; Asian immigrants, with 5%; White population, with 4%; and European immigrants, with 1% What these data show is something we already know. Phenotypes, traits, skin color and physical characteristics are still the main vector of prejudiced actions in Brazil. And racism appears in different ways in society. Sometimes explicitly, sometimes covertly. For 66% of people, racism appears in verbal violence (name calling and insults); for 42%, on unequal treatment; for 39%, in physical violence (aggressions); for 28%, in denial of opportunities; for 23%, on religious intolerance; for 22%, on the exclusion, isolation and contempt of a group of people; for 15%, pressure or embarrassment for someone to change their appearance; for 11%, by ignoring the existence of a certain group of people; for 9%, in practices or actions that favor a certain group of people; for 8%, the inequality of investment in different territories, depending on the group that lives there; for 7%, by denying the history, contributions and powers of a certain group of people; and for 5%, in institutional actions and measures by the State and public and private organizations. “These data corroborate the need to strengthen public policies to combat structural racism and the importance of formal and non-formal education, which focuses on overcoming racist practices and combating inequalities”, concludes Rosalina Soares, research and evaluation by the Roberto Marinho Foundation. 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