Affirmative action backed in largely black Brazil

Fox News Published May 04, 2012 Associated Press SAO PAULO – Brazil's top court has backed sweeping affirmative action programs used in more than 1,000 universities across this nation, which has more blacks than any country outside Africa yet where a severe gap in education equality between races persists. The Supreme Court voted 7-1 late Thursday to uphold a federal program that has provided scholarships to hundreds of thousands of black and mixed-race students for university studies since 2005. Its constitutionality was challenged by a right of center party, The Democrats. Three justices abstained from the vote. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/04/affirmative-action-backed-in-largely-black-brazil/#ixzz1vitnVZOL