On top of the world: the Everest and affirmative action in postgraduate courses

• Autor(a) principal: dos Santos, José Antônio
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Garcia de Mello, Luciana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Anos 90 (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/anos90/article/view/68482
• topic: Ensino Superior; Movimento Negro Brasileiro; Negros; Indígenas; Pessoas com Deficiência; Higher education; Brazilian Black Movement; Blacks; Indigenous people; Disabled people

In this article we will start presenting some aspects of process for enrollment and access to higher education proposed by the Brazilian Black Movement. Then we focus on the first document on specific policies for blacks, indians and persons with disabilities, issued by the Federal Government, and the national and international dynamics that led to the entry of these populations in public universities. The purpose of the paper is to reflect on the historical inequalities in access to higher education and about the current framework of affirmative action policies that have turned to the entrance of black students, indigenous people and people with disabilities in postgraduate programs in Brazil. In this sense, we will hold in mainly the challenges and demands for education of the black population, punctuating, where relevant, some aspects that indicate issues with the other groups.