Rebeca Mello Disqualified from an Affirmative Action Program
Rebeca Mello Disqualified from an Affirmative Action Program Note from BBT: I swear, the more this continues, the more interesting it gets. It’s actually kind […]
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I am Black: Woman steps down from job Due To Affirmative Action
Note from BBT: I thought I had seen it all in terms of people defining themselves as black in order to take advantage of affirmative […]
Court declares one must “look like an African descendant in the eyes of the average man” to qualify for affirmative action, rejecting another case of a white student “passing” for black
Court declares one must “look like an African descendant in the eyes of the average man” to qualify for affirmative action, rejecting another case of […]
Black activists of federal university occupy dean’s office against ‘destruction’ of racial quota policy; should a white grandchild of a black grandparent be allowed access to affirmative action?
Note from BW of Brazil: So you see, today’s story is really at the crux of the matter when one speaks of race and policies […]
Members of affirmative action judgment committee at university quit after dean declares that anyone with a black grandparent is eligible for quotas
Note from BW of Brazil: The roots and backdrop of today’s story can be found in previous posts where I discussed a man, who for […]
“Negra sou” (a black woman I am)!: Thesis explores affirmative action policies and development of identity of black women in a federal university
Note from BW of Brazil: OK, so the topic is not new. As I’ve discussed in numerous previous posts, the exact figure of Brazil’s black […]
The first in her family to earn a postgraduate degree, Mariana Fernandes discusses how affirmative action policies transformed her life
Note from BW of Brazil: Stories such as this one featured here today are perfect examples of why this blog exists in the first place. This […]
“I feel like I’ve been sent back to the whipping post!” Black woman lost her place in medical school when white students declared themselves black to take advantage of affirmative action program
Note from BW of Brazil: And on it goes. In recent years, I’ve posted a number of stories relating to the practice of white Brazilians […]
A new view of the world: Affirmative action students on how the university environment has broadened their understanding of what it means to be black
Note from BW of Brazil: Over the past four years, we’ve delved into the importance of Affirmative Action polices in broadening access of black students […]
Elite backlash against affirmative action continues: Racism in comments of Globo TV journalist provokes outrage among students and professor
Note from BW of Brazil: If you didn’t already know, Brazil is one of the most socially unequal countries on the world and it didn’t […]
Passing for black? Student with white skin and green eyes declares himself black and competes for position in Brazil Foreign Ministry under the system of Affirmative Action
Note from BW of Brazil: Well, he’s back in the news again! We first covered this controversy involving a white-looking man attempting to take advantage […]
When blacks act against their own interest: Young black man’s diatribe against affirmative action stirs up social media – Activists deconstruct and debunk his arguments
Note from BW of Brazil: In reality, this sort of rhetoric should come as no surprise. In the fierce, ongoing debate about racial quotas for […]
The ungrateful quota beneficiaries: When affirmative action in Brazil only benefited white immigrants
Note from BW of Brazil: In practice throughout Brazil for a little more than a decade, the system of affirmative action has given hundreds […]
Affirmative Action student is winner of the “Inventor Award” at Bahia’s top university, UFBa; she was the only black woman graduate in the Pharmacy course
Note from BW of Brazil: The debate, or some would say argument, over affirmative action policies in Brazil has raged on for more than a […]