A importância de enegrecer a universidade brasileira: diálogos emergentes com o olhar do serviço social

Abstract

This research addresses the lack of black representation in Brazilian federal universities, with a focus on the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). The study investigates how this issue manifests itself and is expressed in the Pedagogical Course Project (PPC) of UFSM's Social Services program. The central hypothesis asserts that the absence of black individuals in universities, especially at UFSM, is rooted in structural racism and the pact of whiteness established in Brazil. This work aims to demonstrate how the lack of black representation is a problem both for the production of scientific knowledge, which, as a result, is limited in its perspective, and for Brazilian society, as it reinforces existing ethno-racial inequalities. To address this issue, the methodology used consisted of a qualitative bibliographic and documentary review that examined manifestations of whiteness in Brazilian universities and subsequently focused on the more specific context of UFSM and the Social Work program through the PPC