Racismo anti-negro na China: Uma investigação decolonial sobre hierarquia racial e resistência com professores de Inglês Negros
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Este artigo tem por objetivo expor o racismo anti-negro na sociedade chinesa, ilustrando as experiências de professores/as de inglês negros/as no sector do ensino da língua inglesa (ELI). Com base em onze entrevistas qualitativas, este artigo apresenta três conclusões. Em primeiro lugar, a hierarquia racial na China reflete a hierarquia temporal construída pelo colonialismo ocidental ao classificar culturas e povos numa linha temporal linear. Em concreto, as pessoas brancas são colocadas no topo, as pessoas chinesas em segundo lugar e as pessoas negras no fim da hierarquia. Em segundo lugar, esta hierarquia racial reflete a essência do nativismo prevalecente na indústria chinesa de ELI. A supremacia branca sustenta a ilusão de que os/as professores/as negros/as não têm o estatuto de falantes nativos/as, originando-lhes um sentimento de dupla consciência. Os conhecimentos especializados dos/as professores/as negros/as são postos de lado e negados. Por último, a diversidade de representações raciais nos materiais pedagógicos é vital para o intercâmbio cultural e a infraestrutura epistemológica. A pluralização das representações raciais, enquanto educação antirracista para os/as estudantes chineses/as, oferece conhecimentos sobre pessoas não brancas num contexto em que os discursos raciais dominados pela supremacia branca se disseminaram através do consumo predominante dos meios de comunicação social. Através do ensino da língua os/as professores/as de inglês negros/as humanizam as pessoas não brancas, com vista a uma resistência contra o racismo.
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