MISCIGENANDO O CÍRCULO DO PODER: AÇÕES AFIRMATIVAS, DIVERSIDADE RACIAL E SOCIEDADE DEMOCRÁTICA

• Autor(a) principal: Moreira, Adilson José
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da Faculdade de Direito UFPR (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/direito/article/view/43559
• topic: Direito Constitucional, Direito Administrativo; Ações afirmativas. Miscigenação. Diversidade. Igualdade.; Affirmative action. Miscegenation. Diversity. Equality.

This article defends the constitutionality of racial quotas in selection processes for public employment by reverting the premises of an argument commonly deployed against this policy. Many of its opponents claim that affirmative action is an inherently problematic measure because of the difficulty in identifying its beneficiaries in a racially mixed society such as ours. They also argue that racial and cultural amalgamation allowed the construction of a public morality that favors harmonious race relations among blacks and whites. This paper recognizes the relevance of racial mixing in the formation of the Brazilian national identity, but it supports racially conscious initiatives because those who control the majority of private and public institutions belong to the same racial group. This racial stratification is the product of various processes of social exclusion that affect negatively those of African and Amerindian descent, the same mechanisms that concentrate social opportunities among the members of the dominant racial group. This paper utilizes a substantive notion of diversity and certain principles of public administration in order to advocate racial miscegenation of the circles of power, a necessary step toward the democratization of the Brazilian society.