Confronting affirmative action in Brazil : university quota students and the quest for racial justice / Vania Penha-Lopes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penha-Lopes, Vânia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Brazil--Admission.

Universities and colleges.

Affirmative action programs in education--Brazil.

Affirmative action programs in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, [Maryland] : Lexington Books, 2017.

Summary:

Using affirmative action to decrease racial inequality is the latest chapter of a long tradition of comparing Brazil and the United States with regard to race. Confronting Affirmative Action in Brazil: University Quota Students and the Quest for Racial Justice is timely for both countries as they struggle with racial justice in higher education. This book responds to the United States' dismantling of affirmative action programs and a belief that they have run their course. Data show that, while affirmative action policies have contributed to a significant increase in the representation of non-Whites in the U.S. middle class, other segments of the population have yet to take full advantage of such policies. In Brazil, this book engaged with the need to understand the first results of a public policy expected to promote major social change, as it represents the first time that country admitted the existence of racial inequality in its core and took measures toward combating it despite any subsequent controversy or dissent.

Contents:

Introduction: why Brazil matters: race as a mirror

History in the making: the implementation of affirmative action in Brazil

The students

University quotas and racial identity

Attitudes about the quotas policies

An overview of the performance of quota students at Brazilian universities

Conclusion: the future of affirmative action in Brazil.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-3779-0