Mulheres negras acadêmicas: preconceito, discriminação e estratégias de enfrentamento em uma universidade pública do Brasil

This study describes experiences of prejudice and discrimination by blackwomen in a public university and their coping strategies. A descriptive qualitative studywas conducted through interviews with 15 women between the ages of 22 to 55. The datacollected were submitted to content analysis giving r...

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Autores: Munoz, Bruna Lanzoni, Oliveira, Gisela Lays dos Santos, dos Santos, Alessandro de Oliveira
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Associação Brasileira de Estudos Canadenses (ABECAN)
Repositorio:Interfaces Brasil/Canadá (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.ufpel:article/14420
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufpel.edu.br/index.php/interfaces/article/view/14420
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Black women
Prejudice
Discrimination
Higher Education Institutions.
Mulheres negras
Preconceito
Discriminação
Estratégias de Enfrentamento
Instituições de Ensino Superior.
Descripción
Sumario:This study describes experiences of prejudice and discrimination by blackwomen in a public university and their coping strategies. A descriptive qualitative studywas conducted through interviews with 15 women between the ages of 22 to 55. The datacollected were submitted to content analysis giving rise to the categories: conceptionsabout being a black woman; experiences of prejudice and discrimination in the university;strategies for coping with prejudice and discrimination. It has been found that the conceptof being a black woman necessarily involves the challenge of constructing a positiveself-image and identity and a perspective of resistance. Prejudice and discrimination atthe university have manifested themselves through experiences that indicate hostility,rejection, and impediments. The strategies of coping with prejudice and discriminationinvolve family support, involvement with aesthetics, religiosity and ancestry of Africanmatrix and the participation in organized groups of black students within the university.