Branquitude, epistemicídio e silenciamento na psicologia brasileira: desafios para uma perspectiva antirracista

Abstract

This work aimed to critically analyze whiteness in the scientific production of Brazilian Psychology. It sought to examine its implications in the constitution of the field and its articulation with the phenomenon of epistemicide. It starts from the premise that, historically anchored in Eurocentric bases, Psychology has naturalized whiteness as a universal reference of humanity and rationality. In doing so, it has contributed to the maintenance of racial hierarchies and the silencing of Black knowledge. Using a qualitative and exploratory-bibliographical approach, the research engages with authors such as Maria Aparecida Bento, Grada Kilomba, Frantz Fanom, Neuza Santos Souza, as well as documents from the Federal Council of Psychology and Resolution No. 18/2002. The results indicated that whiteness operates as an epistemic and political matrix in the production of psychological knowledge, sustaining mechanisms of silence and supposed scientific neutrality that favor the payment of Black intellectuals and the reproduction of epistemic racism. It was concluded that building an anti-racist perspective in Psychology requires a critical confrontation with whiteness, the decolonization of its foundations, and a repositioning committed to valuing Black knowledge and social justice.