Cotas Raciais e a Representatividade Negra no Poder Judiciário do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

This article analyzes the impact of racism on the lives of the Black population and the evident need to promote material equality, focusing on affirmative action laws for the implementation of racial quotas in public service exams. Within this context, the research addresses the following question: How does racism hinder/prevent access by the Black population to public office and jobs? To answer this question, the work adopts the deductive method, through a review of the literature and case law, conceptualizing the forms of racism existing in the country, discussing the application of affirmative action legislation, also revealing the Constitutional Court's position on the Public Service Quota Law and examining Black representation in the Mato Grosso do Sul state judiciary. The research is justified by Sustainable Development Goal No. 10: reducing inequalities. As a result, it is concluded that racism is one of the factors that helps promote Black underrepresentation in public service and that the continuation of affirmative policies and actions is necessary to achieve material equality and increase Black representation in positions and spaces of power and prestige.