Affirmative actions: Polemics and Possibility about Racial Equality and the Role of the State

Authors

  • Sales Augusto dos Santos Universidade de Brasília
  • Eliane Cavalleiro Universidade de Brasília
  • Maria Inês Barbosa Secretaria Especial de Políticas de Promoção da Igualdade Racial
  • Matilde Ribeiro Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre Movimentos Sociais – Nemos (PUC/SP)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2008000300012

Abstract

The article analyses the importance of the role of the State for the implementation of public policies of affirmative action, especially for black students to enter public higher education. It argues that affirmative action is one of the alternatives to reduce or minimize the inequality in this field between black and white students and/or students from public schools and private schools, in particular by means of one of its techniques of implementation: the quota system. In spite of there being various arguments against the quota system, the authors concentrate on debating or counter-arguing only one: that the quota system may generate racial conflicts in Brazil.

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Published

2008-09-21

How to Cite

Santos, S. A. dos, Cavalleiro, E., Barbosa, M. I., & Ribeiro, M. (2008). Affirmative actions: Polemics and Possibility about Racial Equality and the Role of the State. Revista Estudos Feministas, 16(3), 913. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2008000300012

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 3 (2008)

Section

Dossiers

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