Confronting affirmative action in Brazil : university quota students and the quest for racial justice

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

This book focuses on a critical case study of the first students to graduate from university in Brazil under an affirmative action program of racial and social quotas. It places the students' educational trajectories at the center of the debate about racial inequality and the need to eradicate...

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Main Author: Penha-Lopes, Vânia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
Subjects:
Affirmative action programs in education > Brazil.
Universities and colleges > Brazil > Admission.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Affirmative action programs in education
Universities and colleges
Brazil
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Table of 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.

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