“A Lei 10.639/03 é uma utopia”: análise das práticas de docentes da rede estadual de ensino de Alagoas sobre as relações étnico-raciais

Abstract

Practice.Law 10.639/2003 obliged the inclusion of the history of Afro-Brazilian and African cultures in the curricula of basic education and teacher training and is, therefore, one of the main ways of combating the racism that structures Brazilian society. The 20th anniversary of the promulgation of the law mentioned above raises the question that motivated this study: how is the teaching of Afro-Brazilian history and culture being applied and widespread daily in public schools in the Alto Sertão of Alagoas? In order to find this answer, an analysis was made relating the training and teaching practices of some of the state school teachers at one of the schools located in Delmiro Gouveia - AL. The research data was obtained through field observation and semi-structured teacher interviews. The analysis of collected data is theoretically based on authors who discuss teaching practices concerning ethno-racial relations, such as Gustavo Gomes (2020) and Adriana Dantas and Gabriela Valente (2021). Based on what was observed in the interviews and the classes attended, it is possible to say that these teachers have practices and stances classified by Gomes (2020) as intermittent. Racial issues are present in their classes, but at extremely specific moments, for example, when the curriculum requires them to talk about the colonization of Brazilian territory, and in the month of November when Black Awareness is celebrated, or both cases. Our research problematizes data that considers some variables that corroborate this process. This illustrates how challenging it still is, for a variety of professional, political, and cultural reasons, to teach Afro-Brazilian History and Culture in schools in the interior of Alagoas.