THE QUOTAS' COLOR IN BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITIES: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, RACE AND OVER-REPRESENTATION OF SOCIAL GROUPS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

The current exponential growth of the black presence in higher education may suggest that the refusal to the adoption of quotas for blacks became an emblem deeper than the debate seems to suggest. We seek to resume the debate on affirmative action under certain angles, such as: we present a brief history; we recovered the debate about the subject and, inside this, we identified at least three perspectives of understanding of these policies; we problematize the criticism, especially highlighting the argument that these would be responsible for racialize the politics, and, therefore, engender subjects with "more rights"; and finally we weave some closing remarks. Proposing a reflection concerning quotas' color in Brazilian universities, we want to postulate inscription among those who, when positioned themselves favorably to the adoption of these policies, seek to understand the complex relationships established between different social groups in contemporary Brazil.