Affirmative action, higher education, and human rights: a comparison between supreme court rulings in the United States and Brazil
Journal: IDEALS (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Year: 2020

The United States and Brazil have histories of colonization, slavery, and racial inequalities. In addition, both countries have adjudicated cases centered on the use of affirmative action admissions policies in higher education but with differing results. The constitutional court of Brazil, the Supremo Tribunal Federal, ruled universities could use racial admissions quotas to ameliorate the effects of racial discrimination. The Supreme Court of the United States, however, ruled racial quotas are