Title Confronting affirmative action in Brazil : university quota students and the quest for racial justice / Vânia Penha-Lopes.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 175 pages)
	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: why Brazil matters: race as a mirror -- History in the making: the implementation of affirmative action in Brazil -- The students -- University quotas and racial identity -- Attitudes about the quotas policies -- An overview of the performance of quota students at Brazilian universities -- Conclusion: the future of affirmative action in Brazil.
Summary	This book focuses on a critical case study of the first students to graduate from university in Brazil under an affirmative action program of racial and social quotas. It places the students' educational trajectories at the center of the debate about racial inequality and the need to eradicate it.
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Subject	Affirmative action programs in education -- Brazil.
	Affirmative action programs in education.
	Brazil.
	Universities and colleges -- Brazil -- Admission.
	EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
	Universities and colleges.
	EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Penha-Lopes, Vânia. Confronting affirmative action in Brazil. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017] 9781498537803 (DLC) 2017009340
ISBN	9781498537797 (electronic book)
	1498537790 (electronic book)
	9781498537803 (hardcover alkaline paper)