Just to not go in White: a narrative review of whiteness

Abstract

This article attempts to develop a narrative review on the whiteness theme, in order to verify its definitions in the literature, as well as the ways in which it is expressed in daily life. The productions were organized in a table according to the author and date, discussing the different aspects of the race, in the Brazilian reality, in its different regions and also in the reality of other countries. The data collected indicate that whiteness, in its various representations, is a central agent for maintaining racism. The problems of non-racialization and the centuries-old damage of this power relationship were confirmed. It is a diverse and complex landscape, which comprises people with or without self-awareness, with varying levels of privileges, expressed territorially in different ways.