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Revista Eletrônica de Educação

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BARBOSA, Maria Rita de Jesus. The influence of the racial theories in Brazilian society (1870-1930) and the materialization of the Law no 10,639/03. Rev. Elet. Educ. [online]. 2016, vol.10, n.2, pp.260-272. ISSN 1982-7199.  https://doi.org/10.14244/198271991525.

The purpose of this paper is to draw a brief analysis of racial theories produced during the nineteenth century, taken as reference at that time, so that we can understand more its use in the Brazilian context, and the current Afro-descendant struggle for rights and the fight against racism. How the Brazilian intellectuals managed to rely on these racial doctrines and adapt them to such an unequal context like in Brazil. Scientific racism was a doctrine that, being universal and rational, affirmed there were biological hierarchies between human races. Such doctrines reached the Brazilian society being absorbed and part of the discourse of the intellectual elite of our country, helping to forge social representations before blacks, coloureds, Indians and immigrants, who strongly influenced the debates on the labor, especially since 1871. The reconstruction “memories” about the meaning of the term race in Brazil, highlighting the last decades of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is relevant to the understanding of current debates such as racial quotas in public universities and in civil service exams, quilombolas’ land demarcation, Law No. 10,639 / 03 enforcement, which deals with the mandatory teaching of history of Africa and Africans in primary and secondary education institutions.

Palavras-chave : Racial Democracy; Law 10.639/03; Mestizaje; Racial Theories.

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