This paper examines discursive forms that operate in the textbooks of Geography of Paraná approved by the Programa Nacional do Livro Didático 2007 (PNLD/2007). The goal is to discuss ways to rank representation of white and black racial groups that acts to maintain or create relationships of domination between racial groups, according the concept of ideology proposed by John B. Thompson. The textbooks analyzed show few black characters, and set the standard of white as humanity and the occupier of the territory of Paraná, at the same time they racialize black characters and decrease the visibility of the black population in the state of Paraná. The vignettes of books related to the construction of scientific knowledge, have no black characters, indicating that these are far from being considered able to be part of the construction of scientific knowledge of which Western geography is a part.
Race relations; Textbook; Geography teaching; Paraná (State)
