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RIEDEMANN, Andrea  y  STEFONI, Carolina. On racism, its denial, and the consequences for an anti-racist education in chilean high schoolSobre o racismo, sua negação e as consequências para uma educação anti-racistano ensino secundáriochileno. Polis [online]. 2015, vol.14, n.42, pp.191-216. ISSN 0718-6568.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-65682015000300010.

Based on preliminary results of a research about the ways chilean schools are adapting to the growing amount of immigrant pupils, the article focuses on the actual racism present in a high school located in the country’s capital and which is characterized by a high presence of pupils of african descent. Through interviews and focus groups it was possible to identify several situations denoting racist views, discourses or practices. The analysis of a short written questionnaire answered by the Haitian students confirms that diagnosis. The bigger part of this school community tends to deny the presence of racism in its school, and does so through various strategies. The findings of this research confronts the design of an anti-racist education in Chile with several challenges, which are discussed in the latter part of this article.

Palabras clave : Haitian immigration; racism in Chile; denial of racism; anti-racist education.

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