Brazil’s supreme court is preparing to rule on a 2014 law on racial quotas as concerns grow over abuse of quota systems – which even led one government department to draw up a checklist to assess candidates’ facial features Late final year,Fernando received news he had dreaded for months: he and 23 of his classmates had been kicked out of college.
The expulsion became national news in Brazil. Fernando and his classmates may not contain been publicly named (“Fernando,” in fact, and is a pseudonym),but they were roundly vilified as a group. The headline run by weekly magazine CartaCapital — “White Students Expelled from University for Defrauding Affirmative Action System” — makes it clear why.
These spots are for people who are phenotypically black. It’s not for people with black grandmothersInterracial relationships didn't happen just because we all get along. It was a way to erase black identityIf you look at the incoming medical course of 2015, only one of the students looks black. And he’s from AfricaWe’re going back to the slave trade. During job interviews they’re gonna inspect our teeth Related: The Inequality Project: the Guardian's in-depth look at our unequal world Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com