Race, Politics, and Education in Brazil : Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Brazil has undertaken affirmative action in its universities on an unprecedented scale. An expert group of international scholars puts the new policies in historical, political, and legal context; evaluates their outcomes for students and universities; and demonstrates that the policies have been successful in addressing racial inequality. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-16 Blacks in National Politics....Pages 17-58 From the Black Movement’s Struggle to the Teaching of African and Afro-Brazilian History....Pages 59-72 Equal Opportunity Policy in Brazil: Black Activism and the State....Pages 73-94 Affirmative Action from the Perspective of International Human Rights: Challenges and Possibilities from the Brazilian Experience....Pages 95-109 Affirmative Action and the Expansion of Higher Education in Brazil....Pages 111-131 Afro-Brazilian Support for Affirmative Action....Pages 133-153 Ambition with Resistance: Affirmative Action in Brazil’s Public Universities....Pages 155-177 Affirmative Action in Brazil: Achievements and Challenges....Pages 179-198 The Defeat of Quotas within the Racial Equality Statute....Pages 199-221 Back Matter....Pages 223-247