The quilombola participation in quota policy

un análisis desde la perspectiva de la democratización del ingreso a la educación superior

Abstract

The article discusses the admission of quilombola students to Brazilian public universities, either through the quota policy or a specific reservation of places adopted by some institutions. We highlight the implementation of specific quotas for this historically excluded social group, as part of affirmative action in higher education. We problematize the democratization of this level of education through the prism of Bourdieu's sociology of education, considering the legal, historical and social aspects that mark the school trajectory of these students before and after they enter undergraduate studies. This is an extract from a study in which we used bibliographical and documentary research, of the explanatory type, whose analysis is qualitative. The results show that quilombola students are a group fighting for their rights, including access to education and the specificities of these students, who come from rural areas and are not yet considered in the Quota Policy. We conclude that resistance and the daily struggle are strengthened by access for all to higher education, especially with the entry of groups who until recently were on the margins of universities and who, through the Quota Policy, are expanding their possibilities and projects for the future by graduating.