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What The U.S. Can Learn From Affirmative Action In Brazil, Marion Lloyd
What The U.S. Can Learn From Affirmative Action In Brazil, Marion Lloyd
Marion Lloyd
The United States has much to learn from Brazil´s sweeping affirmative action programs--in particular, the South American country´s efforts to combine socio-economic and racial criteria in selecting beneficiaries.
Affirmative Action, Brazilian-Style, Marion Lloyd
Affirmative Action, Brazilian-Style, Marion Lloyd
Marion Lloyd
Six years after Brazilian universities began embracing affirmative action, higher education in Brazil is no longer the domain of a mostly white elite. Since 2003 more than 1,300 institutions of higher education have adopted quotas for AfroBrazilians and graduates of public high schools. The government has also created 10 public universities and dozens of new campuses in poor areas in an effort to expand access to higher education for the underprivileged. But the debate over the quota system—racial quotas in particular—continues to inflame passions in a country that has long considered itself a racial democracy.
In Brazil, A New Debate Over Color, Marion Lloyd
In Brazil, A New Debate Over Color, Marion Lloyd
Marion Lloyd
In 2002, the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro made history by passing the first affirmative action law for its state universities. The law reserved 50% of spots for graduates of public high schools and Afrobrazilians. Advocates sited the need to redress historic discrimination and unequal access for elite public universities, while critics argued that the law fomented racism in a country with a long history of racial mixing.