CARTOON AS THE POTENTIALIZER OF AN ANTIRACIST GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION

Abstract

Brazil is the second country with the largest contingent of black population in the world, only Nigeria is ahead. However, we have a huge social and economic disparity between the white and black population, in addition to the structural racism that permeates and supports a racist Brazilian society. We know that the Black Movement has been making efforts to fight against structural racism, and through education it has conquered instruments that are useful for this, such as Law 10.639 / 03 and Affirmative Actions - racial quotas -, in addition, the National Curricular Common Base (Base Nacional Comum Curricular - BNCC, in portuguese). Another important point is the problematization and use of media for Basic Education, especially cartoons, which have enormous potential for teaching geography. Finally, armed with the achievements of the Black Movement, legislation, curriculum, media and cartoons, they aim to highlight the potential that cartoons have to produce debates and practices that lead to an anti-racist geographic education in Basic Education and contribute to the ruin of structural racism in Brazilian society. The methodology used was a literature review and a systematization of ideas. Were identified and categorized as potentialities that cartoons have in four categories, which are: concepts and geographical content; values ​​and equivalents; playfulness, imagination and creativity; and, representativeness, empowerment and Black Identity. Cartoons have the potential to use geography in a fun, playful, relaxed way, leaving classifying, boring and uninteresting geography behind. In addition, cartoons have the potential for content and concepts, and bring representativeness and empowerment to black children. They have the potential to build citizens who are aware and fight against racism.