Black Bodies: ethnic-racial, gender issues and their intersections in Brazilian Physics and Astronomy Black Bodies in Physics
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In a metaphorical reference to the classical “black-body’s question” in the 19th century Physics, I problematize, in this essay, the reality of black people in the areas of Physics and Astronomy in contemporary Brazil, undertaking a theoretical-critical reading of the reality of these people in these areas of knowledge. I disentangle not only ethnic-racial and gender issues, but also historical and philosophical elements of science. I discuss how the historical construction of the contemporary concept of science, technology, development, innovation, race, scientific, institutional and structural racism can help us answer fundamental questions: why are there so few black people in Physics and Astronomy in a mostly black country? Are these areas of knowledge “affirmative actions” for whites? Why does scientific racism, a pseudoscience, not have the same status (concern) in science education and dissemination programs in Physics and Astronomy as other pseudosciences such as astrology, flat earth or quantum healing?
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