Parecer Branco para não Ser Discriminado? Revisão Sistemática sobre Estratégias de Embranquecimento

This research aimed to understand the effects of racial discrimination in identity formation of black brazilian individuals. Publications in the national literature indexed in the databases SCIELO, PePSIC and LILACS were systematically reviewed. 20 articles were selected through the descriptors "aesthetic standard”, "racial aesthetics", "racial whitening” and “racial identity". It was observed that the racial discrimination suffered by black individuals can induce a tendency to “self whitening” as a form of protection from discrimination and from the position of the hegemonic standard. However, we found out that these individuals take strategies of resistance against the whitening process, in a way to resignify their black identity. This research aimed to understand the effects of racial discrimination in identity formation of black brazilian individuals. Publications in the national literature indexed in the databases SCIELO, PePSIC and LILACS were systematically reviewed. 20 articles were selected through the descriptors "aesthetic standard”, "racial aesthetics", "racial whitening” and “racial identity". It was observed that the racial discrimination suffered by black individuals can induce a tendency to “self whitening” as a form of protection from discrimination and from the position of the hegemonic standard. However, we found out that these individuals take strategies of resistance against the whitening process, in a way to resignify their black identity.