History and national memory in legal speech — ADPF trial 186 ; Historia y memoria nacional en el discurso jurídico - el juicio de ADPF 186
Summary: This article seeks to briefly discuss the arguments of the debate on the system of black quotas in university education, which was the subject of intense debate over the last decade and the decision of the Supreme Court of Brasileña in the action for failure to fulfil obligations by the Fundamental Precepto n. 186. It examines how that judicial decision, by declaring the constitutionality of the ethnic and racial inclusion target plant set up by the University of Brasilia, relied on arguments relating to Brazilian history and national identity. It examines how equality and difference were articulated with the narrative about the past of legal and social institutions, and how the decision sought to review the assumptions of a homogenous national identity whose paradigm was built mainly in the 1930s. The decision can be identified as a new moment of identity rhetoric for accepting the existence of conflict spaces in the national community which are expressed not only in demands for an equitable distribution of public resources for education, but also for the construction of collective memory. The decision proposes a debate on how legal institutions redimensioned national identities, taking into account demands for the protection of fundamental rights. ; Resumen: El presente artículo busca discutir sintéticamente los argumentos del debate sobre el sistema de cuotas para negros en la enseñanza universitaria, objeto de un intenso debate en la última década y de la decisión de la Suprema Corte Brasileña en la Acción de Incumplimiento de Precepto Fundamental n. 186. Examina de qué modo la referida decisión judicial, al declarar la constitucionalidad del Plano de Metas de Inclusión Étnico-Racial, instituido por la Universidad de Brasilia, recurrió a argumentos sobre la historia brasileña y la identidad nacional. Examina cómo la igualdad y la diferencia fueron articuladas a la narrativa sobre el pasado de las instituciones jurídicas y sociales, y de qué modo la decisión pretendió revisar las presuposiciones de ...