Banca de DEFESA: PALOMA RODRIGUES CARDOSO

Social representations of anti-racist practices

Social Representations; Anti-racist Practices; anti-racism

This research aimed to identify social representations of antiracist practices in Brazil, investigating how Brazilians understand and practice their antiracist stance and what their information is about the practices. Despite the term "antiracist practices" having gained greater visibility in recent times, antiracism movements are historical and have produced, and still produce, changes and ruptures in structurally racist society. The psychosocial dissatisfaction of minority groups faced with discrimination, state negligence, social shortcomings, and in extreme but common cases of violence or death, led people to unite and protest against the systemic violence that, through racist logic of thought, government, and culture, affected them. Using the Theory of Social Representations and the Theory of Active Minorities, we also sought to measure the probable social influence that racial minorities potentially provoke in the psychosocial changes of racial prejudice through antiracist practices. A field study was conducted using virtual (online) descriptive instruments. We used the Structural Approach of Social Representations and the Theory of Active Minorities. The objective of this study is to identify social representations of antiracist practices in socially separated groups based on the variables: ethnic identity, gender, and education level. 200 participants over 18 years old took part in this research.