Race and Affirmative Action: The implementation of quotas for “black” students in a Brazilian University
In 2003, some Brazilian public universities began to reserve a percentage of their posts (quotas) to "black" students, allowing them to be accepted with lower scores at the admission exam. These type of policies became common during the last decade as a way to fight against social inequali...
Main Author: | André Cicalo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá)
2013-06-01
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Series: | Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología |
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Online Access: | http://antipoda.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/255/index.php?id=255 |
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