Curriculum, color, and coloniality: the BNCC (National Common Core Curriculum) through the lens of miscegenation

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https://doi.org/10.22481/folio.v16i2.18359

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Miscigenânsia, Coloniality, Curricular Justice, BNCC, Applied Linguistics

Abstract

This article proposes to discuss how the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC), with its normative and Eurocentric universality, intensifies the pain of Miscegenancy (Miscigenânsia) and how Critical Applied Linguistics and decolonial studies offer pathways for the implementation of Curricular Justice. Miscegenancy emerges as a category of analysis that names the suffering, the cleavage, and the double non-belonging of the mixed-race subject, whose identity becomes a construct in permanent crisis when facing the ideal of whiteness. From a phenomenological perspective, this work mobilizes the escrevivência methodology (Evaristo, 2020) and the Misgenânsia's escrita-dor (writing-pain) (Vieira, 2025) to transform existential alienation (Fanon, 2008) into narrative and resistance. Colorism (Devulsky, 2023) is analyzed as an instrument of racial governance that fragments identity and perpetuates the coloniality of being (Walsh, 2012). The curriculum, operating from a white universalism (Apple, 2006), ignores this corporeal and racialized dimension of existence. We argue that Curricular Justice demands the decolonization of this curriculum, exposing the myth of racial democracy and promoting Epistemic Reparation against historical epistemicide, validating the complexity of the mixed-race subject as a potency for social and educational transformation.

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Author Biographies

Maria Cilene Lucas Vieira, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Master’s student in Education at the Teacher Education Program (FORMEP), PUC-SP (2025). Bachelor’s degree in Languages and Literature (2007). Specialist in Translation (2010). Bachelor’s degree in Pedagogy (2012). Specialist in Ethics, Values and Citizenship in Schools (2012). Specialist in Portuguese Grammar and Text (2014). Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts (2015). She has extensive experience in Education, with an emphasis on teaching and learning through inclusive, antiracist, and play-based thematic workshops. Author of the children’s book Amora (2017), a work of children’s literature addressing ethnic-racial themes inspired by her own educational context. Featured in a presentation and interview about the book Amora on the official website of the São Paulo Municipal Department of Education (2017). The book was launched at the Student/Paulista Academy of Letters (2017) and at the 28th Congress of the São Paulo Education Workers’ Union (SINPEEM). Presented the book Amora in several public schools in São Paulo’s municipal network (2018). Received a Vote of Congratulations from the São Paulo State Legislative Assembly for the release of Amora (Request No. 1615, 2018). Presented works at the 3rd National Education Congress (Poços de Caldas-MG, 2019), the 11th ICLOC Conference on Classroom Practices (2019), the 8th Teaching Knowledge Congress (2019), the 1st Congress of Practices and Research in Early Childhood Education (UNIFESP, 2019), and the 6th CONEDU (Fortaleza-CE, 2019). Received an honorary award at the 1st Baobá Leaves Children’s Literary and Artistic Festival, held at the São Paulo City Council, for her contribution to the project Art, Identity, and Black Literature, recognized as an important contribution to the construction of an Antiracist Education (2019). She was also honored by Conectando Boas Práticas – Conectando Saberes (Lemann Foundation) at EFAPE for her project Art, Identity, and Black Literature, considered a transformative pedagogical practice that contributes to building a quality Brazilian education (2019). Published the article “Art, Identity, and Black Literature” in the Série Educar/Diversidade Journal (2020). Author of the ethnic-racial children’s book Brincando com as sereias Quianda, Quicimbe e Iara no Rio Amazonas (Editorarte, 2020). Organizer of the book Educadores Escrevem (2020). Author of the article “Educational Challenges for Returning to School in Times of Pandemic” (2020). Presented her book Amora during the online SME/SP program in the Municipal Week of Play (2021). Author of Histórias Familiares na Educação Infantil (2021), a collection of stories told by families during the pandemic. Author of Sá Zabelê (2021), a work that values the pedagogy of care. Author of Poetizando a vida: meu primeiro livro de poesias (2022). Specialist in Inclusive Education (IFSULDEMINAS, 2022) and Storytelling (Faculdade Campos Salles, 2022). Published the article “Inclusive Education in Early Childhood: A Narrative in Times of Pandemic” in the Proceedings of the International Congress Movimentos Docentes (2022). Author of the children’s book Ana (Editorarte, 2023), which explores the process of choosing a name for a child. Published the article “Antiracist Education in Early Childhood: From the Mixed-Race Perspective of São Paulo to the Cultural Appreciation of the Northeast” in the Proceedings of the IV COBICET (2023). Published the abstract “Understanding the Authors’ Choices and Styles in Shakespeare’s Sonnet LX and Vasco Graça Moura’s Translation” (2023). Holds a postgraduate degree in Continuing Teacher Education (Faculdade Campos Salles, 2023). Author of the children’s books Os indigenazinhos e seus brinquedos criativos (2024), Sisi e os Símbolos Adinkras (2025), and Parade in the Garden (2025). 

Fernanda Coelho Liberali, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Pesquisadora e professora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, no Departamento de Ciências da Linguagem e Filosofia, nos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Linguística Aplicada e Estudos da Linguagem, em Educação: Formação de Formadores e em Educação: Currículo. Possui graduação em Letras pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, mestrado e doutorado em Linguística Aplicada e Estudos da Linguagem pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, pós-doutorado pela Universidade de Helsinki, pela Freie Universität Berlin e pela Rutger University e realizou estágio de pesquisa sênior na Universidade de Notre Dame/USA. É bolsista de produtividade em pesquisa do CNPq; líder do GP/CNPq/PUC-SP Linguagem em Atividade no Contexto Escolar e do Grupo de Estudos em Educação Bi/multilíngue (GEEB).

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Published

2025-12-31

How to Cite

VIEIRA, Maria Cilene Lucas; LIBERALI, Fernanda Coelho. Curriculum, color, and coloniality: the BNCC (National Common Core Curriculum) through the lens of miscegenation. fólio - revista de letras, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 2, p. 92–120, 2025. DOI: 10.22481/folio.v16i2.18359. Disponível em: https://periodicos2.uesb.br/folio/article/view/18359. Acesso em: 28 may. 2026.

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