Atribuição de Responsabilidade da Atual Situação do Índio e o Preconceito Contra os Povos Indígenas Brasileiros

Abstract

This work investigated, in a sample of 823 high school students from public schools, the relationships among different types of attribution of responsibility for the current Brazilian indigenous people s situation, the levels of identification with the Brazilian nation and prejudice. The results indicate that the non-indigenous people s prejudice against indigenous people is high and there is a positive correlation between holding the indigenous responsible for their own situation and prejudice. On the other hand, there is a negative correlation between holding the Brazilian people responsible, the identification with the Brazilian nation and prejudice. These results are discussed emphasizing this work´s social relevance and its implications to the relationships between indigenous and non-indigenous people in Brazil.