Identificação racial e uso da política de cotas na UNIMONTES

Abstract

This dissertation presents and discusses data concerning the policy to reserve places for african descent, implemented at the State University of Montes Claros (UNIMONTES) in 2005. The data analyzed here are focused on the variables: classification and racial quota law, or seek to understand who those students who benefit from racial politics of the university as they would go if there is identification with a racial identity and still, what is the position that these students adopt towards racial reserve places. This discussion arises as extremely timely, because, besides being controversial, racial politics adopting ways of selection of beneficiaries who have been questioned by some actors and social and defended by others. At first, we addressed the racial inequalities in Brazil and the main controversies about the politics of quotas. Later, we worked with all forms of racial classification in Brazil. Soon after, we characterize the locus of study, the city where the university is located, a brief history of the institution, its laws and quota data for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007. Finally, we treat the issue of racial classification and accession to the quota policy, giving voice to the subjects, through semi-structured interviews. During the interviews, it was also possible to advance the discussion about how the racial quota is valued by its beneficiaries.