Racism, coloniality and (dis)democracy in the history of latin american education

Abstract

The article discusses the relationships between the contexts of creation and diffusion of racism, between the 16th and 20th centuries; the validity of socio-racial exclusions and oppressions, even in post-independence periods, configuring the coloniality of power, knowledge and being, from the 18th century to the 20th century; and the democratizing/dedemocratizing processes present in these connections. The study is carried out prioritizing Latin America, through a global historical approach and a decolonial perspective. The main objective is to reflect on the racial division of education, demonstrating the disdemocratizing origins of the school diffusion process, starting in the 19th century. As methodological procedures, documentary research in period works stands out, and conceptual dialogues with authors such as Quijano (2005) and Pacheco (2017), in addition to dialogue with education historians.