“Nada foi em vão”: uma análise sobre as obras de literatura infantis da atualidade como ferramenta de combate ao racismo em sala de aula

Abstract

After reflecting on the books that are commonly used in school spaces related to ethnic-racial issues, the question came to me that works are not currently produced so that they are always addressed or if there is no real concern in seeking and updating works current to be worked in schools. With this, a bibliographical research was carried out and three books of national children's literature were selected – ''Amoras'' by Emicida, ''O Pequeno Príncipe Preto'' by Rodrigo França and ''Com qual penteado eu vou?'' by Kiusam de Oliveira – with the objective of being analyzed in search of characteristics that confirm the existence of current production with a focus on working on racial and ethnic issues, observing in these works the themes worked in the books and their importance in combating racism in the classroom, analyzing the construction of black identities of the main and secondary characters of the books. Through this work, it was possible to visualize in the studied books, aspects that contribute to the identity and cultural formation of children, through the phenotypic characteristics of the characters as well as culture, religiosity, among others. In this way, it is clear that there are a large and diverse productions made today involving racial ethnic themes and the question remains as to why it is still so rare to find this variety in school spaces.