Políticas de igualdade racial na pós-graduação stricto sensu da Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa: uma análise interseccional da permanência estudantil

Abstract

The research problem addressed in this study is to understand the perception of racial (black) quota students’ retention in the graduate programs at the State University of Ponta Grossa which have a racial quota system for black candidates. The investigation considers that there is an international Human Rights protection that is aimed at promoting racial equality, as well as expressly provides for the implementation of affirmative action policies based on the domestic enactment of the Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance by Decree 10.932/2022. The overall objective of this study is to analyze the retention of racial (black) quota students in stricto sensu graduate programs at the State University of Ponta Grossa which have a racial quota system aimed at destining places for black candidates. The study is exploratory, qualitative in its objectives, structured using the dialectical method, and with bibliographical, documentary and empirical research as methodological procedures. The first chapter discusses human rights from a critical perspective, situating the right to education as a demand of the Black Movement and the Black Women's Movement in Brazil. The second chapter initially addresses the historical-legal construction of the right to education in Brazil and its relationship with student retention in higher education, in addition to the theoretical discussion on affirmative actions in higher education in Brazil and in the state of Paraná, and the theoretical concepts of student retention based on three aspects: material, symbolic, and qualified retention. Finally, the third chapter presents the systematization, categorization, and interpretation of the data collected in the interviews. The results obtained from the empirical research encourage the defense of affirmative actions for the admission and retention of black researchers in graduate programs, since the complexity of the experiences faced by black researchers involves both material and symbolic aspects of retention.