MULHERES NEGRAS: BARREIRAS RACIAIS E ASCENSÃO SOCIAL NAS TRAJETÓRIAS DE DIRETORAS

Abstract

This research has as general objective to understand the trajectory of black women from teachers to principals in schools of basic education of Tubarão/SC in their dynamics of social relations of gender, race and class.  As specific objectives it sought: to know the route and the confrontation of black women within the spaces of sociability at school and outside it;  investigate the academic and professional trajectory of black directors at building their identities;  to analyze the process of the social ascension of the black teacher to management positions in the school as a space of leadership and a  place of resistance in the relations of race, gender and class.  The theoretical framework is anchored in Thompson (1981) and Frigotto (1999); and Thompson (1992), Guimarães (2003), Davis (2011;2016), bell hooks (1995;2019), Carneiro (2003a;2003b), Gonzalez (1982a;1982b;1985), and Gomes (2005).  The methodology used was the  life story related to the ascension trajectory based on interviews with black directors.  Among the results, the racial discrimination experienced in the course of their lives  the school space stands out, in contrast to a strong self-esteem and self-demand as guiding threads and education as a space for change for black women.