"Cora é negra e tem cabelo cacheado igual a mim": literatura infanto-juvenil e a construção da identidade negra na escola

Abstract

The present work highlights the importance of the use of children's books with black protagonists for the development of the identity of the black child. The objectives of the research sought to reflect on the role of the school, on the importance of representativeness in children's books and on how these instruments can help the child to build his/her identity. This is a work based on action research, developed throughout 2019, through the Pedagogical Residency Program. The classes in which the research was developed were 2nd, 3rd and 4th year of elementary school with students between 7 and 10 years in the afternoon shift. Action research is a methodology that allows the researcher to have an active participation in what he proposed to investigate. We conclude the importance that children's and youth works have in the experience of a child. Through them we can obtain debates that demystify the stereotypes of whiteness and build a solid foundation on the positive identity of a black child.