https://doi.org/10.25058/20112742.n47.02
Rebecca Lemos Igreja
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9533-2985
Universidade de Brasília, Brasil
rebecca.igreja@gmail.com
Abstract:
The last few decades have been marked by an increasing prominence and recognition of cultural and ethno-racial diversity in public and scholarly scenarios. This was reflected in political and legal shifts fostered across Latin America and the Caribbean, which were known as the “multicultural shift.” Those legal and political calls took over various national contexts, in response to each country’s specific sociohistorical settings. The Brazilian case brings about significant reflections. While policies addressing Afro-descendant populations arouse from within the Latin American movement aiming for cultural plurality, they showed up under diverse forms, particularly through political proposals of racial equality, around anti-racist fights and policies looking for a setting of racial quotas. Then, may Brazil have seen a turning point in the Latin American multicultural shift? How could we define these approaches and how are they entering into a dialogue? This article analyzes ethnic-racial policies in Brazil, under the lens of a dialogue between multicultural models and racial equality policies. Likewise, we consider an analysis on the current times and the challenges still facing the full come into effect of Brazilian Black population’s rights
Keywords: Multiculturalism; affirmative action; racism; Afro-descendant people; racial discrimination.
