The Decolonization of the Zone of Non-Being Through Language and the Case of the Question of Ethnic-Racial Relations in the Teaching of Brazilian Portuguese [BP]

Alex Pereira de Araújo

Decolonization, Language, Education, Ethnic-racial relations, Colonialities.

Attentive to the demands of the present time, this qualitative, interpretative study aims to reflect on the decolonization of the zone of non-being through language, taking as an example the issue of ethnic-racial relations in the case of the teaching of Brazilian Portuguese [BP] at this historical moment in which BRICS and the Global South emerge on the horizon as means of dismantling the colonialities that sustain the old world order with its abyssal line and its zone of non-being. This research is theoretically anchored in Fanonian-inspired Decolonial Linguistics, also taking into account the epistemologies of crossroads transplanted to these other shores of the South Atlantic as a result of the slave trade sponsored by the European colonial-mercantile enterprise, in addition to revisiting the discussion on language, identity, citizenship, and nationality, carried out by Derrida in The Monolingualism of the Other (1996). Thus, this reflective undertaking aims to contribute to this alternative Linguistics that addresses the geopolitical demands of the Global South, especially those related to a new linguistic education capable of dealing with the issue of ethnic-racial relations involving the dimension of language use in our decolonizing societies.

Received: 04 Mar 2026, Received in revised form: 06 Apr 2026, Accepted: 12 Apr 2026, Available online: 16 Apr 2026

10.22161/ijaers.134.9