Trajetórias racializadas no curso de Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Alagoas: memórias, cartas e afetos

Abstract

Abstract: This monograph aims to discuss the importance of racial literacy as a strategy for confronting structural racism by professionals in psychology. The discussion is based on a correspondence between two psychology students at the Federal University of Alagoas, who think about their academic trajectories in a racialized manner using intersectionality, an analytical tool developed by Black feminists, as a theoretical reference. The use of these concepts in professional practices enables the confrontation of dystopian racial narratives that still exist, circulate, and update themselves in our country. Considering the historical factors of the emergence of psychology combined with the Brazilian political and social context, it is concluded that a psychology education that does not guarantee students access to racial literacy fails ethically.