“It’s impossible not to feel angry,” Samara Filippo says of the racism against her daughter at school. We see an increase in complaints amazing

This Sunday’s Fantástico (5) magazine talked about the challenge facing parents and teachers: How do we deal with episodes of racism when they occur within the school environment? Samara Filippo’s daughter was the victim of racist abuse, and the actress is demanding action be taken to ensure the teenager can continue to go to school safely.

“We came home and I saw Alicia leaning over the table, having to repeat every line. She was crying compulsively because they had ruined her work. It is impossible for a mother not to feel angry at that moment. I don’t want to see my son or daughter crying. A mother doesn’t want to,” Samara reports. .

Actress Samara Filippo’s report addresses the racist attack suffered last month by Alicia, one of her daughters with former basketball player Leandrinho Barbosa.

The actress says: “They tore up all the pages of the work she had done very carefully, and inside the notebook there was a very dangerous racist statement.”

This episode took place at Escola Vera Cruz, in São Paulo, which has had an anti-racism education project since 2019. “I’m not here to stone the school. Imagine, that was welcomed. I thought the first action they took was important for us to find those responsible.” But it is still a flawed anti-racism project,” Samara highlights.

Fantastico, coordinator of the Vera Cruz school, stated that the institution recognizes what happened to Alicia as an act of racism.

“Alicia brought the case to us, and we immediately went into all the ninth grade classes, where talking about what happened involved recognizing it as a serious racist situation. The attackers were suspended indefinitely until the school could mature all the other processes and sanctions that might apply to this situation.” “

“I would like my daughter to no longer live with her abusers. When these girls return to the school environment, if they return, my daughter will reconsider this pain. Do you understand? I mean no harm; I don’t.” “I hate anyone,” Samara says.

This week Fantástico collected reports from other students who have already been victims of racism in the school environment.

Since 2019, the São Paulo State Department of Education has been monitoring cases of different types of discrimination. The number of complaints decreased during the pandemic, rose significantly in 2022, and last year, it exceeded three thousand complaints between January and September alone.

According to a survey conducted by the Paulista de Medicina School with students from 30 public schools in the capital, São Paulo, those who experience racism at school have a 36% greater risk of starting alcohol consumption early; The probability of starting to use tobacco increases by 81%.

Iracema Santos do Nascimento, a doctoral professor at the University of the South Pacific College of Education, highlighted the trauma of racism experienced by victims.

“Racist acts will leave trauma and scars perhaps for the rest of the lives of people who experience racism.

Project in a government school in SP

Each educational unit has the autonomy to develop an anti-racism project according to its own reality. In this public school in São Paulo, for example, it all started in 2022 with the perception that mainly black teenagers had self-esteem problems.

Students and teachers then came together to confront this scenario through cultural music and photography projects.

“I didn’t feel safe with myself. So, I think this process also happened with the girls here at school. So, I think these projects were kind of a solution. The representation we gave to the girls was very important ‘for their sake,'” says Dandara, a student. Project participant.

Deputy Headteacher Bruna Pereira highlights some of the reports from students:

“There were reports that they didn’t like it, they had to style their hair, and that’s the community standard,” he says. “We are taking students from 2022, and we are seeing the difference and it is amazing.”

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