Ações afirmativas e o ingresso no mercado de trabalho: a experiência de egressos negros e negras da Universidade Federal do Pampa

Abstract

This dissertation consists of a quantitative and qualitative analysis, and is intended to investigate the process of insertion of black and brown racial quota graduates from the Federal University of Pampa Unipampa Campus Bagé into the job market. Furthermore, we sought to discuss education and the job market for the Brazilian population with evidence in the post-abolition period. It presents some of the movements created by the black population to improve opportunities, enter the job market, the educational field and denounce racism. To compose the final text, data desired by the Academic Data Intelligence Center was first analyzed. A questionnaire was also applied to racial quota graduates from Unipampa Bagé, who completed their graduation between 2018 and 2022 and who joined Unipampa between 2015 and 2018. Data analysis was carried out through content analysis seeking to assess the recurrence of responses. In collaboration with this, this dissertation brings reflections with thoughts from black intellectuals in dialogue with studies on education, slavery and the policy of reserving specific vacancies for the black population. It is also worth highlighting the issues in the field of education and ethnic-racial relations that are addressed throughout the text, based on the debate on higher education, affirmative actions and work. It was found that the quota law is extremely relevant, but many difficulties were suffered by racial quota students during the journey to completion of the course, where financial difficulties gain prominence. On the other hand, 88.9% of students highlighted the relevance of racial quotas regarding access to higher education, providing positive results in their lives. It is clear that the scholarships and aid provided by the university helped the majority of participants in this research stay, becoming an extremely important tool for these students. Therefore, it is clear that racial quotas led to the expansion of diversity and representation in Brazilian universities, thus it became pertinent to analyze the trajectory of graduates of this affirmative action towards their insertion in the job market.