Professor homem, negro na escola da infância: reflexões e apontamentos de um iniciante

Abstract

The present work is a continuity of individual reflections in the theme of racial relations, black population and gender/sexism articulated in the teacher practices in children education as realized by a black teacher who, in his day by day work, discerned how complex are the school social relations. From this point it comes the itinerary for this investigation: to discuss gender and race in school social relations; to point out some guidelines in an inquiry of gender/ man and race/black in an environment eminently feminine. The methodology utilized is Oral History with the telling of two moments: the coming to a new work at the first school and, in a second moment, a pedagogic practice. The results indicate that relations of gender and race present at Brazilian society are reflecting in school relations. These relations are markedly racist and biased in femininity and common sense, though silenced and hidden. They indicate also some challenge and surmounting as facing the man black teacher as (1) a professional as the woman teacher; (2) male/fatherly and “anti-sexist” figure, and (3) social and ethnic references and gender diversity in those spaces.