1115) Acao afirmativa nos EUA: o debate politico e juridico

O artigo abaixo foi publicado em 2008, mas conserva toda a sua atualidade, não apenas em torno da complexidade do debate jurídico e social ocorrendo nas instâncias governamentais e no âmbito da opinião pública dos EUA sobre a questão das cotas raciais nas universidades, mas ele também pode ajudar a iluminar um pouco esse debate (tão pobre) que ocorre no Brasil.

Op-Ed Contributor
Affirmative Distraction
By STEPHEN L. CARTER
New York Times, July 6, 2008

THIRTY years ago last week, the Supreme Court handed down its Bakke decision, hoping to end the argument over the constitutionality of affirmative action in college admission. But with hindsight, it’s clear that the justices mainly helped hasten the end of serious discussion about racial justice in America. As they set the stage for a lasting argument over who should get into college, the wound of race continued to fester, unhealed, and our politics moved on.

The ruling in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke was the court’s disorderly attempt in 1978 to bring some order to racially conscious admissions programs. The medical school of the University of California at Davis had set aside 16 spots for members of groups described as having been subjected to past discrimination.
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426) Acao afirmativa nos EUA: o debate juridico e politico