THE QUOTA LAW IN THE FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE (LAW Nº 12.990/ 2014) IN THE LIGHT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE OF MATERIAL EQUALITY
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The federal law 12.990/2014, which reserves twenty percent of vacancies offered in public tenders within the scope of the federal public administration to blacks, as well as other affirmative action policies, has been the subject of several criticisms. In this sense to analyze the racial quotas established by means of said federal law, under the constitutional principle of material equality is made strictly necessary, an attempt made through the examination of the historical social and juridical context in which Afro-descendants are inserted. So, it is possible to analyze the academic literature on the theme laws of the time of Brazil Empire and Brazil Republic as well as research carried out by national and international official government agencies. It is noted the existence of structural and institutional racism permeating all segments of Brazilian society significantly hindering the social economic and cultural progress of the black population and that's why law 12.990/ 2014 is substantially adequate since it encourage the alteration of this harmful reality.
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