O silêncio dos inocentes? o racismo como tecnologia de manutenção da branquitude hegemonica na formação do assistente social

Abstract

This work aims to deepen reflections and contribute significantly to the field of professional training for social workers in Brazil. To this end, a rigorous methodology of documentary analysis was employed, whose primary objective was to investigate how the ethnic-racial debate is (or, notably, is not) incorporated into the Curricular Guidelines Law (LDC) of the Brazilian Association of Teaching and Research in Social Work (ABEPSS). The research also sought to uncover the paths (and missteps) adopted by this institution in attempting (or failing) to integrate this crucial theme into the training curriculum of future professionals. The analysis of the collected data was based on a bibliographic survey, which focused on the work of authors who address the complex construction of training technologies and their insertion in the broad context of Science, Technology and Society (CTS). One of the central premises of this study is the understanding that the very absence of certain debates, far from being a vacuum, represents an active form of technology of erasure. Such “technologies of silencing” are, in fact, effectively articulated for the maintenance and perpetuation of hegemonic whiteness within Social Work. The core of the work lies in the in-depth discussion of how epistemic racism intrinsically permeates the professional training of social workers. It is argued that this reality directly affects the quality and direction of professional intervention, serving, ultimately, to support the “pact of hegemonic whiteness” in the daily practice of Social Work.