Affirmative action and race in contemporary Brazil: a debate on the nation's symbolic redefinition

Authors

  • THAIS SANTOS MOYA Universidade Federal de São Carlos
  • VALTER ROBERTO SILVÉRIO Universidade Federal de São Carlos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v12i2.9097

Keywords:

racial relations, affirmative action, state, nation, framing

Abstract

The article analyzed the impact of Affirmative Action with racial criterion in Brazilian media (magazines Veja, Istoé and Época and newspapers Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo) through the framing analysis for the period between 1995 and 2006 concerning the consolidation of the theme within the state. The analysis emphasized the interpretative framings of “Position”, which corresponds to the publications which presented assessments of the racial quota system; of “Arguments”, which noted the argumentative structures that sustained the valuations; and of “Prognosis”, which explored the alternative or complementary proposals to the mentioned system. The main conclusion refers to the decrease of complaints about racial inequalities in Brazil since 2005, accompanied by a dramatic increase of reports and articles detrimental to the advancement of Affirmative Action with racial criterion in the country.

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Author Biographies

THAIS SANTOS MOYA, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Doutoranda em Sociologia (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)

VALTER ROBERTO SILVÉRIO, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Doutor em Ciências Sociais (Universidade Estadual de Campinas)Professor da Universidade Federal de São Carlos

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Published

2010-03-18

How to Cite

MOYA, T. S.; SILVÉRIO, V. R. Affirmative action and race in contemporary Brazil: a debate on the nation’s symbolic redefinition. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 2, p. 235–250, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v12i2.9097. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/9097. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2009)

Section

Thematic Dossier

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