Lia Vainer Schucman

Sim, nós somos racistas: estudo psicossocial da branquitude paulistana

Este artigo tem como objetivo fazer uma contribuicao para o campo de estudo que relaciona as categorias raca, racismo e psicologia, e faz parte dos estudos interdisciplinares nacionais e internacionais sobre branquitude. Para tanto, faco uma analise de como sujeitos brancos se apropriam da categoria raca e do racismo na constituicao de suas subjetividades. Para essa compreensao foram feitas entrevistas com brancos paulistanos de diferentes classes sociais, genero e geracoes com o intuito de compreender quais os significados que estes sujeitos atribuiam a “ser branco”. Os resultados obtidos nesta pesquisa apontaram que o racismo e a ideia falaciosa de raca, construida no seculo XIX, ainda fazem eco nos modos de subjetivacao de individuos brancos. A partir das analises das entrevistas foi possivel perceber que estes sujeitos acreditam que “ser branco” determina caracteristicas morais, intelectuais e esteticas dos individuos.This article aims to make a contribution to the field of study that relates the categories of race, racism and psychology and is part of the national and international field of critical studies on whiteness. For this purpose, it was made an analysis of how white people appropriate the categories of race and racism in their subjective constitution. Data was drawn from interviews made with white Brazilians from São Paulo of different social classes, gender and generations in order to grasp the ascribed meaning of being “white”. The findings show that racism and the fallacious idea of race, built in the nineteenth century, still echoes in the modes of subjectivation of white individuals. Based on the analysis of the interviews, it was possible to realize that they believe that “being white” determines moral, intellectual and aesthetic characteristics of individuals.

Breve histórico do pensamento psicológico brasileiro sobre relações étnico-raciais

The article describes three periods of the Brazilian psychological thinking about ethnic/racial relationships: the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, characterized by the consolidation of the Escola Nina Rodrigues, which investigated the psychological characteristics of slaves and former slaves, providing elements for setting the black as psychological subjects; from 1930 to 1950 the studies are characterized by the debate on the differences of social and cultural construction and deconstruction of biological determinism of race, and from 1990 onwards, characterized by the studies on “whitening” and “whiteness”. Using the historical approach, it was possible to draw a timeline identifying these moments of rupture and configuration of new knowledge in psychology: biological-causal, cultural and relational. The construction of this timeline sets an attempt to bring to the field of psychology a different perspective of discussion about the ethnic/racial thematic, thinking over the role of psychological theories and models.

A "nova classe média": repercussões psicossociais em famílias brasileiras

Resumo: O presente artigo, em uma abordagem ensaistica, tem como objetivo analisar efeitos psicossociais na constituicao de modos de subjetivacao e em familias a partir da emergencia daquilo que vem sendo nomeado de a “nova classe media brasileira”. Para isto, primeiramente foi feita revisao bibliografica de como a sociologia, economia e antropologia vem conceituando e caracterizando esta nova classe social, considerando que nao ha estudos acerca desse tema na Psicologia. A partir do dialogo com fontes midiaticas, buscou-se pensar como vem sendo operada a construcao de um “estilo de vida” marcado pela tentativa de planejamento do futuro, consumo e meritocracia. Tais caracteristicas mostram-se importantes formas de aproximacao com a classe media tradicional. Por fim, buscou-se entender como familias vem vivenciando tais mudancas em seu cotidiano, organizacao e relacoes. Palavras-chaves: nova classe media, familias, subjetividade. 52

Yes, we are racists: a psicossocial study of whiteness in são paulo

Este artigo tem como objetivo fazer uma contribuicao para o campo de estudo que relaciona as categorias raca, racismo e psicologia, e faz parte dos estudos interdisciplinares nacionais e internacionais sobre branquitude. Para tanto, faco uma analise de como sujeitos brancos se apropriam da categoria raca e do racismo na constituicao de suas subjetividades. Para essa compreensao foram feitas entrevistas com brancos paulistanos de diferentes classes sociais, genero e geracoes com o intuito de compreender quais os significados que estes sujeitos atribuiam a “ser branco”. Os resultados obtidos nesta pesquisa apontaram que o racismo e a ideia falaciosa de raca, construida no seculo XIX, ainda fazem eco nos modos de subjetivacao de individuos brancos. A partir das analises das entrevistas foi possivel perceber que estes sujeitos acreditam que “ser branco” determina caracteristicas morais, intelectuais e esteticas dos individuos.This article aims to make a contribution to the field of study that relates the categories of race, racism and psychology and is part of the national and international field of critical studies on whiteness. For this purpose, it was made an analysis of how white people appropriate the categories of race and racism in their subjective constitution. Data was drawn from interviews made with white Brazilians from São Paulo of different social classes, gender and generations in order to grasp the ascribed meaning of being “white”. The findings show that racism and the fallacious idea of race, built in the nineteenth century, still echoes in the modes of subjectivation of white individuals. Based on the analysis of the interviews, it was possible to realize that they believe that “being white” determines moral, intellectual and aesthetic characteristics of individuals.

Si, nosotros somos racistas: estudio psico-social de la blancura paulistana

Este artigo tem como objetivo fazer uma contribuicao para o campo de estudo que relaciona as categorias raca, racismo e psicologia, e faz parte dos estudos interdisciplinares nacionais e internacionais sobre branquitude. Para tanto, faco uma analise de como sujeitos brancos se apropriam da categoria raca e do racismo na constituicao de suas subjetividades. Para essa compreensao foram feitas entrevistas com brancos paulistanos de diferentes classes sociais, genero e geracoes com o intuito de compreender quais os significados que estes sujeitos atribuiam a “ser branco”. Os resultados obtidos nesta pesquisa apontaram que o racismo e a ideia falaciosa de raca, construida no seculo XIX, ainda fazem eco nos modos de subjetivacao de individuos brancos. A partir das analises das entrevistas foi possivel perceber que estes sujeitos acreditam que “ser branco” determina caracteristicas morais, intelectuais e esteticas dos individuos.This article aims to make a contribution to the field of study that relates the categories of race, racism and psychology and is part of the national and international field of critical studies on whiteness. For this purpose, it was made an analysis of how white people appropriate the categories of race and racism in their subjective constitution. Data was drawn from interviews made with white Brazilians from São Paulo of different social classes, gender and generations in order to grasp the ascribed meaning of being “white”. The findings show that racism and the fallacious idea of race, built in the nineteenth century, still echoes in the modes of subjectivation of white individuals. Based on the analysis of the interviews, it was possible to realize that they believe that “being white” determines moral, intellectual and aesthetic characteristics of individuals.

Breve histórico del pensamiento psicológico brasileño sobre relaciones étnico-raciales

The article describes three periods of the Brazilian psychological thinking about ethnic/racial relationships: the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, characterized by the consolidation of the Escola Nina Rodrigues, which investigated the psychological characteristics of slaves and former slaves, providing elements for setting the black as psychological subjects; from 1930 to 1950 the studies are characterized by the debate on the differences of social and cultural construction and deconstruction of biological determinism of race, and from 1990 onwards, characterized by the studies on “whitening” and “whiteness”. Using the historical approach, it was possible to draw a timeline identifying these moments of rupture and configuration of new knowledge in psychology: biological-causal, cultural and relational. The construction of this timeline sets an attempt to bring to the field of psychology a different perspective of discussion about the ethnic/racial thematic, thinking over the role of psychological theories and models.

Brief history of Brazilian psychological thinking about ethnic/racial relationships

The article describes three periods of the Brazilian psychological thinking about ethnic/racial relationships: the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, characterized by the consolidation of the Escola Nina Rodrigues, which investigated the psychological characteristics of slaves and former slaves, providing elements for setting the black as psychological subjects; from 1930 to 1950 the studies are characterized by the debate on the differences of social and cultural construction and deconstruction of biological determinism of race, and from 1990 onwards, characterized by the studies on “whitening” and “whiteness”. Using the historical approach, it was possible to draw a timeline identifying these moments of rupture and configuration of new knowledge in psychology: biological-causal, cultural and relational. The construction of this timeline sets an attempt to bring to the field of psychology a different perspective of discussion about the ethnic/racial thematic, thinking over the role of psychological theories and models.