Agradecimentos: This work would not have been possible without the financial support of Fapesp (São Paulo Research Foundation) and Pibid/Capes (Ministry of Education and Culture – Brazil). We are grateful to all undergraduate students and collaborators who took part in the Pibid/Capes Project from 2011 to 2018 and made discussion on educational inclusion possible. This work was supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa - Fapesp (2017/18502-3) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – CAPES (01P 18613/2010) - Brazil Ver menos

Abstract: In this work, using spontaneous expression of white skin color preference by Black Brazilian children as stimulus, we seek to examine the construction and performance of racial subjectivity in Black children. Drawing on a range of psychoanalytic theories, we strive to develop a psychoanalytic understanding of racial formation that is complex and non-essentializing. The paper concludes with an examination of the possibilities of pedagogical interventions that might provide space for Black children to occupy and perform more expansive racial identities, assisted by teachers who embody receptivity, a capacity for positive mirroring, and an ability to practice mentalizing pedagogies Ver menos