Skin color

awakening the critical sense through the identification of racist messages in the images

Abstract

In the current context, where messages do not come only in written or oral form, but also from images, and where structural racism is present, the objective of this project is to awaken the critical sense in the face of racist values – implicit or explicit – present in images. The proposal consists of forming citizens capable of intervening in reality to transform it and covers different areas – Arts, Biological Sciences, Human Sciences and Languages – by working on visual literacy, semiotics, Darwinian natural selection and the history of eugenics. In order to exercise a critical eye in the face of images containing stereotypes and messages of a racist nature, the students were divided into groups and analyzed a list of 15 images (artistic painting, photographs, advertisements and figures from textbooks), where they also had the opportunity to write their impressions and criticisms about such messages. Then, the students were assisted in the elaboration of a propaganda script with an anti-racist proposal, which valued blackness and diversity. Following their respective scripts, each group produced a TikTok-style advertisement where they acted themselves.