Tag: affirmative action

Where is Brazil’s Barack Obama?

The US presidential candidate, Barack Obama, has just made a triumphal tour of Europe ...

Febem, São Paulo, Brazil's institution for delinquent minors

Quotas Are Just a Palliative. Brazil Needs Equal Opportunity for All.

One hundred twenty years after the abolition of slavery, two photographs, side by side, ...

Brazil Wants Better Qualification for Its 6 Million Domestic Workers

In 2006, Brazil’s federal government plans to strengthen affirmative actions in the labor field. ...

UN Urges Brazil to Stop Copying US in Racism Fight

This week one of Brazil’s chief partners in the fight against racial inequalities urged ...

Brazil Prods Colleges Into Adopting Quotas

Brazil’s Ministry of Education’s (MEC) Afro-Atitude Program will distribute 500 scholarships to students of ...

Brazilian College, a Whites-only Club

A University of the State of Rio de Janeiro study based upon the 2000 ...

Brazil’s College Quota: 10% for Poor and Blacks

Brazil’s government program, University for All, has received support from a total of 32 privately-owned ...