Whiteness and racism at the University

analyzing the relationship between care practices and appeasement practices

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the care practices at the university, considering them from the racism-whiteness binomial, considering that in many circumstances what is offered as care are appeasement practices that aim to silence and position bodies from of a racist policy of care. For that, we built two essays-analyzers that aim to discuss the proposed theme from three concepts: narcissistic pact of whiteness, white supremacy and critical whiteness; dialoguing with authors such as bell hooks, Lourenço Cardoso and Maria Aparecida Bento. Analyzing our experiences, we realize the difficulty of talking about them, as the narcissistic pact of whiteness is something that structures relationships and produces anxiety, even when we propose to think about racism and whiteness at the University. Finally, we present our experience with a university extension program whose motto is to produce anti-racist care actions. A collective inspired by bell hooks (and that bears the author's name) and which aims to produce spaces for care, listening and welcoming thinking about loving world projects that are involved in confronting oppressive policies.