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Etnicheskiie i rasovye kategorii v perepisiakh i politika pozitivnoi diskriminatsii v Brazilii

[Ethnic and Racial Categories in Censuses and the Positive Discrimination Policy in Brazil]

Type of publication: Research Article

About author(s)

Igreja Rebecca Lemos | rebecca.igreja@gmail.com | Universidade de Brasilia

Keywords

brazil, ethnic and racial categories, racial democracy, positive discrimination, racial quotas, population census

Abstract

The article examines ethnic and racial categories of population censuses in Brazil, and discusses the manner in which they are defined, approved, and implemented in practice. It further touches on discourses arising over these categories, especially in the context of positive discrimination policies in the country. The author points to the difficulties in defining ethnic and racial categories in the situation where they are used in policy-making that targets specific strata of the population; the policy of racial quotas in Brazil’s state universities being, for instance, the case in point.

Funding Information

This transaltion was supported by the following institutions and grants:
Russian Science Foundation, grant 14-18-03090

Citation

Lemos, Igreja R. 2015.Etnicheskiie i rasovye kategorii v perepisiakh i politika pozitivnoi diskriminatsii v Brazilii [Ethnic and Racial Categories in Censuses and the Positive Discrimination Policy in Brazil]. Etnograficheskoe obozrenie 1: 26-40

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