A constituição do sujeito negro e a educação (anti)racista : uma leitura da construção identitária das personagens negras nas obras O olho mais azul, de Toni Morrison, e O avesso da pele, de Jeferson Tenório.

Abstract

The objective of this research is to establish a comparative analysis between the works The Other Side of the Skin, by the Brazilian writer Jeferson Tenório, and The Bluest Eye, by the American writer Toni Morrison, focusing on the impact of racism on the identity formation of the black characters. The investigation problematizes the effects of racial discrimination on the construction of the subjectivity of these characters, highlighting how the narratives evidence both family strategies for dealing with racism and the explicit and subtle manifestations of discrimination in the social sphere. We will seek to classify such appearances into categories of manifestation: explicit (openly manifested through speech) and subtle (perceived through actions or inactions, silences and omissions). The analysis will seek to identify how racial relations, both in the family and social context, influence the trajectories of the characters Henrique and Pedro (The Other Side of the Skin) and Pecola and Cláudia (The Bluest Eye), evidencing how racism operates in their lives and in the lives of those around them. To this end, the research adopts a critical view of the concepts that support and perpetuate the racist structure, such as the privilege of whiteness, discussed by psychologist Cida Bento (2022); structural racism, analyzed by professor Silvio Almeida (2019); and colorism, addressed by professor Alessandra Devulsky (2021), among other authors who contribute to the debate. In addition to identifying the forms in which racism manifests itself, the research seeks to understand the levels of consciousness and awareness of the characters regarding this oppression, observing how they perceive, react to or internalize the discrimination they experience.