Gênero, raça e classe: um estudo sobre interseccionalidade, estereótipos e educação

Abstract

Prejudices and stereotypes referring to gender, race and class, were formed and have been maintained for a long time in society. Education as one of the main formative processes in society is not free from the creation or reproduction of these stereotypes. Although education is organized in important institutions such as schools and universities, it is not limited to these institutions, acting also through culture, family, religious beliefs, legislation and communicative processes of traditional and digital media, for example. The education is constantly being analyzed and transformed. This research aims to understand the importance and contribution of intersectionality theory, which considers gender, race and class issues in its social, political, economic, cultural and educational analyses, in order to obtain a better understanding of the role of education in the possibility of deconstruction of gender, race and class stereotypes. For this research, a broad literature review was used as a method, seeking to investigate, review and reflect on key concepts for this research. The following are important points addressed in this research: the identification of historical and contemporary problems on gender, race and class, based on conceptual elements and statistical data; presentation of the main conceptual points of the intersectionality theory; the analysis of discourses as a technology of power, stereotypes as discourse devices and their socio-educational implications; understanding how intersectionality can contribute to reflection on overcoming gender, race and class stereotypes in education. We can conclude that education is part of a broad and totalitarian social structure, therefore, we cannot charge education with saving the world from prejudice, discrimination and oppression, since it is also part of these institutions. However, it is possible to initiate social transformations based on new ideas about education, which can contribute to the fight against gender, race and class stereotypes and prejudices. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]