ADMISSION OF QUILOMBOLAS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN UNILAB:

A PROPOSAL THAT IS BORN IN THE QUILOMBO SÍTIO VEIGA – QUIXADA/CE

Abstract

This article aims to talk about the entry of Quilombolas and Indigenous Peoples into the
University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusophony - Unilab. A proposal to expand
affirmative policies that was born in the Quilombola Community Sítio Veiga, Quixadá / Ceará, at the
17th State Meeting of Quilombola Communities of Ceará, in October 2017. with foundational precepts
of affirmative action, therefore, it is imperative to know how the improvement of these policies
has taken place. The text presents the state of the art about the context in which these measures
were created, from the favorable and democratic environment of the Governments of President Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva to President Dilma Rousseff in supporting the implementation of quotas in public
universities (state and federal), in the case of Unilab, its existence can be considered the culmination
of a positive agenda for the realization of a strategic political-educational project to strengthen South-
South cooperation, in the production of knowledge about and between these countries. Finally,
we will discuss the context that approved Unilab’s Affirmative Action Program, which in addition to the candidates belonging to the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries - CPLP, among which
Brazil, Portuguese-speaking African countries (Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé
and Príncipe, Mozambique) of Southeast Asia (East Timor), will welcome from September this year
(2021), 08 (eight) new social groups, among them, Quilombolas, Indigenous , LGBTQIA+ Community,
Gypsies, People with Disabilities, Young Egresses from Compliance with Socio-educational
Measures - MPSE, Refugees and Other Traditional Peoples.