Food and Nutrition Education in the training of nutritionists: a space for critical reflection on racial inequalities/Educacao Alimentar e Nutricional na formacao de nutricionistas: espaco de reflexao critica sobre as desigualdades raciais

Introduction: When training nutritionists, it is necessary to reflect on ethnic-racial relations and their intersections with Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) and Food and Nutrition Education. Objective: This original article aims to reflect on the training of nutritionists regarding the issue of racial inequalities, in the light of the experience in the discipline Food and Nutrition Education 2 of a Nutrition undergraduate course at a public university in the north state of Rio de Janeiro. Method: Qualitative research with participant observation, document analysis, and systematization of experience. Results: In-class reflection on the reality experienced, in the light of theoretical references that deal with ethnic-racial and FNS relations, allowed us to problematize how institutional racism compromises the Right to Adequate Food among the black population. The experiences provided a critical reflection on dehumanization caused by racism, which fosters the denial of fundamental rights to the black population, including the right to food. The topic of ethnic-racial inequalities became more present in the final assignments of the discipline, in Final Papers, articles, and abstracts presented at scientific and academic congresses. Conclusion: Despite the power structures operating in the field of academic knowledge that silence epistemologies and other worldviews, the discipline analyzed was able to adopt creative proposals on ethnic-racial relations. Popular Education fostered the students' capacity to develop critical thinking on the racial inequalities regarding FNS. Keywords: Food and Nutritional Education. Food and Nutrition Security Professional training. Popular Health Education. Racism. Introducao: No contexto da formacao de nutricionistas, e preciso refletir sobre as relacoes etnico-raciais e suas intersecoes com a Seguranca Alimentar e Nutricional (SAN) e a Educacao Alimentar e Nutricional. Objetivo: Este artigo original visa refletir sobre a formacao de nutricionistas no que concerne a problematica das desigualdades raciais, a luz da experiencia da disciplina de Educacao Alimentar e Nutricional 2 de um curso de Nutricao de instituicao publica de ensino superior no Norte Fluminense. Metodo: A investigacao qualitativa envolveu observacao participante, analise documental e sistematizacao de experiencia. Resultados: A reflexao em classe sobre a realidade vivenciada, a luz de referenciais teoricos que tratam das relacoes etnico-raciais e de SAN, poss