Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
05/25/2012
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The Committee on Education and Culture has rejected a proposal to amend rules of the Fund for Financing Higher Education Student (FIES) in order to prioritize students African descent and Amerindians in the granting of scholarships. The proposal, PL 6630/02, the Senate, gives new wording to the law that created the Fies (10.260/01).
In recommending the rejection of the project, the rapporteur, Mr Raul Henry (PMDB-SP), said that Brazil has an agenda of challenges ahead and the issue of racial quotas does not incorporate this set to be inappropriate, divisive and outdated.
"To combat prejudice, the most suitable instrument is not a racial law, which would generate even more prejudice and fragmentation," argued Henry. "The prejudice must be fought with quality public education, with the improvement of democratic institutions and more activism of citizenship," he added.
Henry also cited the results of recent studies on the genetic code realizing that it is impossible to breed under the scientific point of view. "Take, for example, the case of identical twins and identical, the University of Brasilia, was supported by a quota system and the other was rejected by the system, according to the trial court's racial institution," he said.
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The project has conclusive character and still be considered by the Committees on Finance and Taxation, and the Constitution and Justice and Citizenship.
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