Anti-racismo na produção científica: a superação do modelo epistêmico europeu dominante

Abstract

Racism is a historical-cultural problem that occurs in the relationship between socially constructed and distinctly hierarchical groups, in which racial inequality becomes the product of confrontation, opposition and oppression among them. This idea of understanding racism as a non-unilateral phenomenon has gained strength in academic production and, as a result, the traditional theoretical-methodological model of studies on race relations has been questioned: there is a probable reproduction of racist structures in the idea of the “black problem” in Brazil. In this sense, this research aims to analyze, from bibliographical research, the role of intellectuals, especially white ones, in the fight against such structures. Thus, it sought to analyze the racist discourse, in its genesis, that is, within the European colonial project, as well as its relationship with the hegemonic epistemic model and how this colonial epistemic model influences studies on racial relations in the area of knowledge of Social Sciences. In addition to the contributions of thinkers of the postcolonial and decolonial movements and black Brazilian intellectuals, it sought to examine the potential of researches which have as its analytical concern the white racial identity, in a critical perspective, to produce new analyses in racial studies. Finally, the search considers how to decolonize knowledge, presenting a parallel between the contributions of the different addressed studies.