Influencia del racismo en el proyecto de vida de adolescentes afrodescendientes de Candelaria Valle del Cauca

Abstract

The purpose of this research of the health sciences group, Scientia et Vita; of a phenomenological type, transversal design and line of social-community research, is to identify the relationship between racism and its influence on the generation of life projects in a group of young people. The incidence of experiencing and/or observing racist practices in the structuring of the life project in a group of Afro-descendant adolescents from Candelaria Valley was analyzed. The specific objectives revolved around recognizing the racial identity of Afro-descendants, identifying the racist experiences experienced by adolescents who self-configure as Afro-descendants, and describing the incidence of racist experiences experienced by these adolescents. The collection of information was obtained from the semi-structured interview "MOTRI", which was built for this research and was validated by experts. The results showed that young people tend to normalize racism and its consequences, also considering that racism does not influence their life project in any way, finally, their racial identity is only associated with Afro-descendant folklore, there is no sociopolitical and economic awareness . It was concluded that it is necessary for government entities to propose a school curriculum focused on ethnic-racial education, where the social, economic and other problems that derive from it are exposed.