Racial Perception, Self-Acceptance and Ancestry: Identity Recognition Through the Autobiographical Genre.
Portuguese Language Teaching. Racial Identity. Autobiography. Antiracist Education. Self-acceptance.
The teaching of Portuguese Language, guided by documents such as the
Brazilian National Common Curricular Base (BNCC), the National Curricular
Parameters (PCN), and the Currículo Carioca, promotes a pedagogical practice
oriented toward students’ realities by bringing relevant social themes into the
classroom. Within this context, it is both urgent and necessary to address
issues such as self-acceptance, racial perception, ancestry, and identity
recognition, considering the frequent cases of racism and discrimination inside
and outside school settings. This project aims to explore racial identity through
the production of autobiographical texts, encouraging students’ self-
recognition, fostering reflection on racial issues and diversity, and promoting
self-awareness as a foundation for antiracist education. Based on theoretical
frameworks by Soares (2002), Bentes (2004), Geraldi (2006), Koch and Elias
(2008), Marcuschi (2008), Bakhtin (2010), Solé (2014), Santos (2015), and Almeida
(2017), the proposal involves a didactic sequence structured through action
research. The activities include diagnostic assessments, pre-reading, reading,
debates, writing tasks, and critical reflection. The objective is to enhance both
racial awareness and the development of purposeful writing among seventh-
grade students in middle school.