Young black students and the perspective of access to Higher Education at UFJF: Racial quotas as an entry tool

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the perspectives of young black students in accessing Higher Education at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), through the affirmative action policy, via racial quotas, seeking to understand whether access to the institution's Campus influences this perspective. The methodology used is based on qualitative research, using an interview and oral narrative in the dialogue with the subjects. In this sense, the research showed that young black students who are central subjects of this work tend to have the prospect of attending Higher Education at UFJF, but a certain fear and insecurity of these young people in relation to this access is clear, which can be explained by the lack of knowledge of racial quota policies, racism and the lack of a sense of belonging to the institution's physical space, given that young people who do not attend the institution are those who have no prospect of accessing higher education at the institution.