Category Archives: quotas
Ivete Sacramento: Pioneer in Brazil’s Affirmative Action system, first black woman dean of a university and now Secretary of Reparations Project in Salvador, Bahia
Ivete Sacramento Ivete Sacramento was the first black woman to become dean of a Brazilian university, elected to the post at the Universidade do Estado da Bahia (Uneb or State … Continue reading
Income of Black Brazilians Doubles, But Social Disparities Persist
March commemorating the Day of Black Consciousness in São Paulo, Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: The article below summarizes many of the topics consistently covered on the BW of … Continue reading
Overcoming racism requires more than ‘only’ education
Painting depicting slavery in Brazil (top) and an iconic photo taken in Rio in 1983 (below) Racism in Brazil is manifested in the construction of places allowed for blacks and … Continue reading
“The Brazilian school system is fundamental in the reproduction of racism.”
Executive-Director of the Fundo Baobá para Equidade Racial (Baobá Fund for Racial Equality) analyzes 10 years of Federal Law 10.639/2003, that mandates the study of African, Afro-Brazilian and indigenous … Continue reading
Though vastly underrepresented, these Afro-Brazilian journalists excel and bring a little diversity to Brazil’s airwaves
By Cuca Lazarotto * They are journalists, communicators, opinion makers, teachers, singers and warriors. Black women! Getting there was not easy. And it’s really not for most of us, hosts … Continue reading
Day of Black Consciousness 2012: photos of festivities in cities throughout Brazil
November 20this said to be the day that the great Palmares quilombo (maroon society of runaway slaves) leader, Zumbi, was killed in 1695. In 1971 a group of militants and researchers in … Continue reading
Number of young blacks in college quadruples, but 91% still don’t have access
Censo da Educação Superior (Higher Education Census) 2011 shows great progress in enrollment of young blacks and browns between 1997 and 2011 BRASILIA – On the eve of the implementation … Continue reading
As preparation for 2016 Olympics continue, Brazil continues to deal with its slavery past
Facing up … the ethnic make-up of Brazil’s population has long been glossed over. by Nicolas Bourcier Groundworks for the 2016 Olympics bring questions of ethnicity to the surface Just … Continue reading
Discrimination in schools affects performance of black students
Luiana: Black students see themselves in inferior position When comparing the school trajectory of blacks and whites, disparities not only focus on access to university but at all stages of … Continue reading
In northeast Brazil, overwhelmingly white private school students protest against Brazil’s quota law
Private school students in the state of Sergipe march against affirmative action On the afternoon of Saturday, September 22, in the capital of Sergipe (northeastern Brazil) between the upper crust … Continue reading
The battle over Affirmative Action in Brazil
Cotas (Quotas)* For the past decade, the implementation of a quota system to help more of Brazil’s non-whites get into public federal universities has been one of the most divisive … Continue reading
Minister predicts that new Quota Law will increase the number of black students entering Brazilian federal universities from 8,700 to 56,000 per year
Luiza Bairros, Minister of the Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality by Luana Lourenço of Agência Brasil The minister of Seppir (Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial … Continue reading
Accused of racism, man affiliated with White Power group in São Paulo was married to a black woman and has mixed children
Brazilians accused of distributing racist pamphlets In recent campaign news for the American presidency, a sudden topic of the debate has surfaced concerning Paul Ryan, Republic Vice-Presidential running mate of … Continue reading
While Afro-Brazilian access to college has increased nearly eight fold in the past decade, they remain nearly invisible in graduate studies
Altogether, the Census shows that only 0.11% of blacks and browns have master’s degrees and 0.03% possess doctorates. by Sarah Fernandes São Paulo – The total number of blacks in … Continue reading
