Estórias sobre os nossos tons; usos e apropriações da literatura afro-brasileira na educação infantil

Abstract

In this monograph we sought to present the role that children's literature exercises within the educational scenario as a pedagogical resource to be used to construct the identity of the child, in particular the Afro-Brazilian child. It aims to analyze the contribution or not of this tool for the identity formation of the child and its importance in the inclusion of the school context. In this context, literature establishes a relationship of knowing the world by providing the child with knowledge and expanding historical and cultural references, combating prejudice and racism. Through theoretical references, reading and analysis of various works and authors, which contemplate in their speeches the importance of understanding how children in their relationships build a prejudiced and essential reality for the deconstruction of racism in the social order, built undeniably in the adult world, but nevertheless they are no longer the target of child observation. It is proposed that Literature as an art and craft prioritize an education where diversity both in social aspects and in the cultural aspect within schools raise children's self-esteem, leading them to recognize themselves as protagonists of their own history without having to experience the stigma of prejudice that is intrinsically linked to its daily life and motivates it to establish a collective construction for the deconstruction of segregationism within the school and in all society.