Dilemas e desafios em torno da inclusão de pessoas negras a partir das cotas raciais em concursos públicos

Abstract

This article aims to understand the dilemmas and challenges surrounding the inclusion (or not) of black people in the public service sphere, having as a background the implications of law 12,990/2014, an affirmative action policy that determined the reserve of vacancies for black people in contests for the admission of workers to public service in Brazil. In summary, we consider that inclusion represents the set of strategies that result in respect and appreciation of differences, in the most diverse prisms of work and social life. As a way to obtain the data for the research, we started from the involvement and from the own life experiences of the authors of the article in relation to the research theme, from the epistemological perspective of the Critical Racial Theory, proposed by Gloria Ladson-Billings (2006). Therefore, the reflections in this article point out that, although racial quotas have made more black people access the public service space, in practice, there is still no full inclusion of black workers, mainly because such subjects: (a) are normally seen in less prestigious and more strenuous positions; (b) suffer from overcharging for the performance of their duties; (c) they are not recognized as civil servants worthy of merit and respect for occupying a public function and; (d) they are impelled to deny elements of their blackness as a “tactic” to be more accepted and respected in the work environment – an aspect that is especially sensitive for women working in the public service.