Ações afirmativas para a população negra: um instrumento para a justiça social no Brasil / Affirmative action for the black population: a tool for social justice in Brazil.

AUTOR(ES)

Maria do Socorro da Silva

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

In this study we intend to discuss and examine the scope of the policy of affirmative action to combat racial inequalities, arising from racist practices in Brazil. Starting from the assumption that, once reduced racial inequalities, it will promote social justice because the resources will be distributed seeking greater fairness. This time, the affirmative action for the black population is itself an instrument for Social Justice. The racial inequality is a violation of the human right to equality and affirmative action with respect of Human Rights refers to both the right to equality and the right to difference, because the blacks are a social vulnerable group in society. The affirmative action for the black population is justified by historical accumulated losses, losses that the traditional macro-social or universalist policies would not be able to minimize. Relevant studies and research in social sciences in the decades of 50 and 70 and the recent statistics studies leave no doubt on the blatant racial inequalities between blacks and whites, contrary to disclosed racial democracy. Some argue that affirmative action is unconstitutional, injure by the principle of equality of all before the law, but is the Constitution itself that drives the quest for equality material in several of its articles, which justified the affirmative action. From 2001 began to be implemented policy of quotas for blacks in public universities, which caused great controversy and heated debates that persist today. For a better understanding of the policies of affirmative action as a form of social justice, will be first examined its historical background and some key concepts. Subsequently, aspects of the theory of social justice of John Rawls will be critically examined to clarify the concept of social justice. Finally, through a survey of experiences of various affirmative actions in Public Institutions of Higher Education (IPES), we can observe the practice of social justice toward the black population. It was concluded that affirmative action offers a viable alternative in the process of promoting social justice for the benefit of that segment of the population historically wronged.

ASSUNTO(S)

blacks racial inequality social justice ação afirmativa affirmative action equality negros justiça social universidade pública desigualdades sociais

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