RACIAL QUOTAS SYSTEM OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN BRAZIL

Authors

  • Raquel Almeida Mendes Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Fátima Maria de Lima Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Raquel Almeida Mendes Campinas State University
  • Fátima Maria de Lima Federal University of Tocantins

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20873/rtg.v5n8p186-197

Keywords:

Quotas, African Descent, IFES

Abstract

Affirmative policies in public universities represent a great achievement for those who have always been less favored, especially the black population that has a history of marginalization and discrimination kept static over the last few centuries to the present day. The objective of this paper is to present the effectiveness of the racial quotas system in terms of inclusion of the Afro-descendant population in public universities, the hypothesis adopted is that the adherence of quotas in the IFES was the most effective emergency method to provide better opportunities for blacks. In order to develop the article, a literature review and data collection regarding the chosen topic was carried out. From the literature review and data collection, a historical analysis of affirmative actions and racial quota policies in public universities was carried out, reaching the conclusion that quotas are undoubtedly a great instrument that favors the admission of blacks , pardos and indigenous people in federal higher education institutions.

Author Biographies

Raquel Almeida Mendes, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Acadêmica do curso de Geografia da Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Fátima Maria de Lima, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Professora Adjunta da UFT. Doutoranda em Sociologia pela Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal

Raquel Almeida Mendes, Campinas State University

PhD student in Geography at the Geosciences Institute of the State University of Campinas (IG/UNICAMP). Doctoral Scholarship by the Academic Excellence Program (PROEX/CAPES). Master's Degree in Geography from the Institute of Social and Environmental Studies of the Federal University of Goiás (PPGEO/IESA/UFG), in the line of Teaching - Learning in Geography. Specialist in Teaching for Professional and Technological Education by the Federal Institute of Espírito Santo (DocentEPT/CEFOR/IFES). Degree in Geography from the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT/Araguaína campus). Member of the Laboratory for Gender, Ethnic - Racial and Spatial Studies (LAGENTE/UFG) and of the Research and Practices Workshop in Geography Teaching (APEGEO/UNICAMP). Participant in the study groups Espaço and Difference (LAGENTE/UFG) and TEAR: Study and Research Group in Curriculum, Educational Policies and History of School Geography (APEGEO/UNICAMP). Member of the National Network of Black Geographers and Geographers. She works mainly on the following research topics: Teaching Geography, Geography of Africa, Ethnic-Racial and Gender Relations

Fátima Maria de Lima, Federal University of Tocantins

Graduated in Law from the State University of Paraíba (1991), Bachelor's Degree in History from the Federal University of Paraíba (1993), Master's in Education from the Federal University of Goiás (2003) and is a PhD student in Law, Justice and Citizenship at 21st century of the Faculties of Law and Economics of the University of Coimbra and Center for Social Studies - CES - Portugal (2010). She is a professor at the Federal University of Tocantins Foundation - Campus Araguaína - Degree in Geography. She has experience in History, Sociology and Law, acting on the following topics: children, youth, education, protection, justice, citizenship, human rights and gender.

References

BARBOSA, Zilda Martins. Cotas raciais: luta pela auto representação na esfera pública. 2010. Artigo escrito para o VI Encontro de Estudos Multidisciplinares em Cultura.

BRANDÃO,Carlos da Fonseca. As Cotas nas Universidades Públicas Brasileiras: será esse o caminho?.Campinas-SP: Autores associados, 2005.

FLORESTAN, Fernandes. Circuito fechado: quatro ensaios sobre o ‘poder institucional’. São Paulo, HUCITEC, 1979. 2.ed.

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Published

2016-09-06

How to Cite

MENDES, Raquel Almeida; LIMA, Fátima Maria de; MENDES, Raquel Almeida; LIMA, Fátima Maria de. RACIAL QUOTAS SYSTEM OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN BRAZIL. Tocantinense Journal of Geography, [S. l.], v. 5, n. 8, p. 186–197, 2016. DOI: 10.20873/rtg.v5n8p186-197. Disponível em: https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/geografia/article/view/2419. Acesso em: 20 may. 2024.

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Vol. 5 No. 8 (2016): Revista Tocantinense de Geografia

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