Approach to Afro-Brazilian history and culture in the BNCC of high school

Reflections from Law No. 10.639/03

Abstract

This work aims to reflect on the approach to Afro-Brazilian history and culture in the National Common Curricular Base of High School in the light of Law nº 10.639/03. To this end, a bibliographic research was carried out based on the examination of academic articles, books, documents and laws that affect the formulation of policies and educational systems. The studies showed that the approaches referring to the teaching of Afro-Brazilian history and culture in the areas of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences and Languages and their Technologies do not contemplate society's aspirations in relation to anti-racist education; problematizations about structural and institutional issues that are the basis for a racist culture are not present in the document; racial issues are addressed in a broad and universal way that privileges the knowledge of Eurocentric Western culture and disregards the specificities of other cultures.