Abstract
This study investigates the effects of the implementation of racial quotas on the representation of black people in the legal sector, based on structural racism as a slave-holding practice of racial discrimination. A qualitative methodology was adopted, with semi-structured interviews and documental analysis of public notices and results of public tenders, with a prediction of racial quotas for legal careers in the state of Rio de Janeiro in the last ten years. Eleven holders of leadership positions in legal careers were selected - prosecutor, judge, attorney, and defender - self-declared black. Based on the interviewees’ perception’, an analysis was made of applying the quota policy in public tenders for legal careers. The results point to evidence of failures in the implementation of this policy, both based on legal provisions and document analysis, and on the respondents’ perceptions. It is concluded that the simple prediction of vacancies was not enough to increase bureaucratic racial diversity and structural racism is one of the impediments to the success of the quota policy.
Keywords:
Structural Racism; Diversity; Quotas in public competitive hiring; Decolonialism
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Source: Elaborated by the authors.
* 50 positions refer to the last competitive hiring process, which was still ongoing at the time of the research.** The DPERJ approved candidates in positions reserved by the quota system only after amending the competitive hiring notice.*** Positions offered for immediate hiring in the public notice.Source: Elaborated by the authors.