Who Supports Affirmative Action in Brazil?
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Executive Summary. The latest edition in the AmericasBarometer Insights series examines public support for racial quotas in Brazilian universities. A high percentage of Brazilians believes that reserving slots for Afro-descendants is fair. However, an important minority strongly opposes affirmative action. It turns out that the university educated and whites are most likely to oppose affirmative education. At the lowest educational levels, however, support is very high regardless of the respondent's race. While racism reduces approval of affirmative action, this report finds no differences in partisanship or ideology between supporters and opponents of affirmative action.
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