Education, racial relationships and affirmative actions: an analysis in the context of the state university of maranhão, campus são luís

This article aims to analyze the perceptions of black students regarding the choice of the undergraduate course and the racial quota system in the perspective of affirmative action. The results presented and analyzed here show that black students have entered the university through racial quota policies. The qualitative approach with an exploratory strategy was used as a method, considering its limits, challenges and necessary criteria for the construction of an education that contemplates race relations and the inclusion of black people in the public university, where the results were analyzed. legal provisions that corroborate and legitimize the central existence of this dialogue. The reference authors consulted were: Madeira and Gomes (2018); Munanga (2001, 2016); Passos (2012, 2015); Gomes (2008, 2017); Lopes and Braga (2007); among others. The reflections revealed that, despite the great difficulty regarding the selection process of the researched university, it can be seen that students are properly enrolled and distributed in all courses at Campus São Luís (object of the research). It was found that the majority of enrolled students are in the corresponding period of the course and although the interview was conducted with subjects from different courses, some characteristics are peculiar among quota students.