Affirmative action policies compared in Brazil and Colombia

Authors

  • Marcio André de Oliveira dos Santos UNILAB - Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afrobrasileira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2016.52.2.01

Abstract

The article discusses the political relations between the black movements and the State under the affirmative action policies in two countries, Brazil and Colombia. Both countries have racial formation histories with differences and, at the same time, similarities regarding the set of policies designed to reduce racial inequalities. In this sense, the black movements began to adopt what I call anti-racist racial policies as an instrument of negotiation and struggle with the state apparatus.

Keywords: affirmative action compared, black movements; political and institutional relations.

Author Biography

Marcio André de Oliveira dos Santos, UNILAB - Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afrobrasileira

Professor do quadro efetivo do Instituto de Humanidades e Letras da Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-brasileira UNILAB, campus dos Malês em São Francisco do Conde, Bahia.

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Published

2016-07-01

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 2 (2016): May/August

Section

Dossiê: Movimentos negros e ações afirmativas

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