Desigualdades étnico-raciais e ensino médio: o que jovens negros(as) e brancos(as) pensam a respeito?

Abstract

The present research proposed to understand what black and white young people think about ethnic-racial inequalities and secondary education. To understand the proposed problem, we selected a public state school located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. At the institution, we conducted participant observation for seven months. We chose to dialogue exclusively with third-year high school students. The dialogue established with them took place through four discussion groups. In the groups we had the participation of 29 students. Of these, 18 are women and 11 are men, who self-declared as black, brown and white. The research showed that this public's perception of Brazilian socio-racial inequalities and, consequently, of racial quotas, needs to be better questioned, since socioeconomic asymmetries are perceived as being the main explanatory factor of the dilemmas faced by average schooling.