ABSTRACT

This chapter reviews the research papers prepared for the Commission on Research in Black Education. It discusses some of the author's own research experience and concerns and offer reflections as a Black teacher educator and researcher in Brazil. The commentary has been prepared to present reflections on the Afro Brazilian reality of education. A recent scientific-journalistic study about racism in Brazil presents some interesting data: 89" of Brazilians believe there is racism in the society; only 10" admitted they are prejudiced. This study also suggest that the degree of racism in Brazil and how it is manifested in our society remains unclear because explicit anger and hate are rarely demonstrated in people's behavior toward Black Brazilians and mulattos. Our goal at this point is to help our community understand that racial discrimination in Brazil and in the world can be described as a set of economic, political, social, and ideological relations, as a systemic process grounded in everyday life.