Histórias de vida de professoras negras na educação superior

Abstract

Public policies - such as Quota Law - seek to ensure and expand the presence of people of African descent in university education. However, inequalities in access to university remain a reality for the black population, as well as occupying positions in this area. In this sense, the present investigation analyzes the professional trajectories of black university professors, emphasizing the relationship between education, work and university teaching. Qualitative research, with an exploratory characteristic, was developed from life stories analyzed from a hermeneutic perspective. It is identified that the participants had their professional choices encouraged by the family and all experienced similar conditions: they had to reconcile education and work during their academic career, and university teaching became a professional objective after entering postgraduate school. The teachers reveal that their stories are marked by double discrimination - of race and gender - with their presence in university education institutions valued by colleagues of African descent, generating reflections in black and non-black students.

Keywords: Teaching. University education. Black women.