As the US Questions Affirmative Action Policy, Brazil Embraces it
People queue up outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington to hear the case of Fisher vs University of Texas at Austin, October 10, 2012. The Supreme Court will hear perhaps the biggest case on the docket so far, Fisher vs University of Texas at Austin, and weigh whether using race in undergraduate admissions to increase diversity is still acceptable under the U.S. Constitution. REUTERS/Jose Luis Magana (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST)
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday for and against the affirmative action policy at the University of Texas.
But the debate over the role race plays in the allocation of opportunities is not unique to the United States.
Brazil recently enacted its own nationwide affirmative action law.
Tanya Hernandez, a law professor at Fordham University has studied Latin America’s law and wrote a piece in the Huffington Post about Affirmative Action in Brazil.
She says Brazil’s new law is a radical approach of social inclusion.