October 29, 2004
In Brazil, a Different Approach to Affirmative Action
Latin America's first university for black students opens amid a countrywide debate about quotasJoão Bosco, a black businessman in São Paulo, got a nasty shock recently when he showed up for an appointment at a corporation in the city's main financial district. Rather than sign the prearranged contract, he says, the company's white manager insulted him and then showed him the door.
"He said 'I thought they were going to send the boss, not the office boy,'" says Mr.
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