Duas décadas de luta antirracista no Conselho Federal de Psicologia: campanhas, resoluções e pronunciamentos

Abstract

How does Psychology react to anti-racist movements? Based on this question, we examined documents, regulations, technical references, videos and official public notes, as well as targets and other elements of institutional seminars and campaigns undertaken between 2002 and 2022 by the Federal Council of Psychology (CFP). To identify how, by which agents, and in what situations the racial debate became an agenda of the CFP's social commitment, four interviews were also conducted with psychologists. Their contributions were articulated with theoretical and critical conceptions evoked throughout the work, including whiteness, “encaixes institucionais”, and coloniality. The timeframe chosen for conducting the research was set by the CFP Resolution No. 18/2002, which establishes the standards for the professional practice of psychologists regarding racial prejudice and discrimination, as well as by the largest campaign ever undertaken by the Psychology Council System and the CFP's Human Rights Commission, entitled “Is racism all in my head or yours?” released during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Both initiatives frame prominent positions of the CFP and point to the intense political influence of Black social movements within it, revealing the dominance of agency present in the mobilizations, especially of Black women psychologists. Because racism is structural and structuring, it has been understood and used by Black activists as a fundamental axis from which the constellation for rights has been claimed. In Psychology, as a science and profession, that process articulates anti-racism with the anti-asylum movement and the ones for gender equality, among others.