Nelson e Carolina

The article presents a research that aimed to develop an anti-racist proposal for teaching Portuguese in Youth and Adult Education (EJA), based on contemporary studies on literacies. The theoretical framework of the research articulates discussions on EJA (ARROYO, 2017) with analyzes on racism and anti-racist education developed by Djamila Ribeiro (2019), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2019), bell hooks (2013) and Silvio Luiz de Almeida (2018), intertwining them with the field of studies on literacies (STREET, 2014; KALANTZIS, COPE, PINHEIRO, 2020) and critical literacies (FREIRE, 1985, 1987; FREIRE and SHOR, 1986; FREIRE and MACEDO, 2015; JANKS, 2000, 2014; CERVETTI, PARDALES and DAMICO 2001). The qualitative investigation wove bibliographical and propositional research, aiming at the development of didactic material for the critical teaching of Portuguese language in the second stage of elementary education in the EJA modality. For that, we developed a thematic notebook which adressed two black personalities of great importance in the resistance to racism and social injustice - Nelson Mandela and Carolina Maria de Jesus. The proposal of the pedagogical notebook “Nelson and Carolina: Lives that Inspire” highlighted the representation of these black personalities, emphasizing reflections on racism, inequalities and anti-racism and sought to value the voices of EJA students.