Racial heteroidentification committees for admission to federal universities

The article analyzes the racial quota policy for access to higher education in a Brazilian federal university in its most recent adjustment: the implementation of a racial heteroidentification committee whose decision is based on the phenotype of the candidates. The epistemological and methodologica...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Batista, Neusa Chaves, Figueiredo, Hodo Apolinário Coutinho de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Carlos Chagas (FCC)
Repositorio:Cadernos de Pesquisa (Fundação Carlos Chagas. Online)
Idioma:portugués
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.publicacoes.fcc.org.br:article/7264
Acceso en línea:https://publicacoes.fcc.org.br/cp/article/view/7264
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Action Positive
Quotas
Enseignement Supérieur
Université Fédérale
Acción Afirmativa
Cuotas
Educación Superior
Universidad Federal
Affirmative Action
Quota
Higher Education
Federal University
Ação Afirmativa
Cotas
Educação Superior
Universidade Federal
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Sumario:The article analyzes the racial quota policy for access to higher education in a Brazilian federal university in its most recent adjustment: the implementation of a racial heteroidentification committee whose decision is based on the phenotype of the candidates. The epistemological and methodological basis starts from a critical analysis of the policy, understanding that the construction of this public action is the result of clashes and disputes between actors who have different conceptions of social justice. The result of the research points out that, in the studied university, the implementation of the heteroidentification committee has significantly reduced, since the implementation of the racial quota, in 2008, the access of self-declared black people, indicating that the commissions call into question the meaning of what it is to be a black person in Brazil.