Abstract

SANTOS, Vanessa Silva dos  and  CASTANHO, Pablo. Psychic suffering at the university: reflections on belonging and racism. J. psicanal. [online]. 2021, vol.54, n.101, pp. 73-88. ISSN 0103-5835.

This article proposes reflections on psychic suffering in the university context, highlighting the problem of racism. Our theoretical framework is based on the contributions of Group Psychoanalytic Theories, particularly the thinking of René Kaës. For some social layers, the university access does not take place without the existence of several barriers that affect the conditions of effective belonging. Such barriers include issues relating to class, race and gender. By presenting a clinical experience, we aim to problematize racism within the denegative pact. The invisibility of the debate regarding the issue of skin color along with our supposed racial democracy: those are the mechanisms that support institutional racism in Brazil. Thus, the fight against racism demands the breaking of the pact of silence and the immobility that sustains it.

Keywords : University students; psychic suffering; Group psychoanalytic theories; racism.

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