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See how the hetero-identification panel for the TCE competition is made up
Candidate stated that the panel was wrong, said he tans easily and obtained an injunction to take office
Published on October 29, 2024 at 06:15
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The hetero-identification committee for the competition for State External Control Auditor of the State Court of Auditors (TCE) was responsible for evaluating the phenotypic characteristics of the candidates who declared themselves black and for refusing the registration of Bruno Gonçalves Cabral, 35 years old. The examiners stated that he is not a black man, but the candidate obtained an injunction to take office until the trial is concluded. Bruno claims that the bank is wrong.
Every time there is a federal public competition in Brazil, it is necessary to reserve part of the vacancies for black, brown or indigenous people. Affirmative action is a social reparation initiative, and candidates who declare themselves in this way need to go through a hetero-identification committee, responsible for assessing whether they fit the profile. Skin tone is often the subject of controversy and makes headlines in the newspapers, but did you know that this is not the only criterion used by examiners?
The so-called phenotypic characteristics are the set of traits that define an individual’s appearance. In addition to skin tone, hair texture, nose and mouth shape, and eye color are taken into consideration. It is observed whether the appearance is common to suffer discrimination due to color/race or ethnicity. The board’s objective is to prevent fraud, which is why examiners are people with some type of racial literacy.
The TCE competition notice explained that self-declaration was optional, that the document should be completed online and that candidates who passed the objective and discursive tests would be called for a face-to-face interview. At this point, the veracity of the information provided by the candidates would be verified, through phenotype analysis.
The interview would be carried out in Salvador by a special commission and anyone who was identified as such by the majority of members present on the commission would be considered a self-declared black candidate. Bruno was refused, appealed, the panel carried out a new assessment and maintained the decision.
He asked the Court of Justice for an injunction to take office. The judge appealed. The candidate appealed and the judge who judged the appeal granted the injunction. Bruno argued that his grandfather and aunt are brown, said that the panel was wrong and presented a report that says he is dark-skinned and tans easily. The case generated controversy.
Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), responsible for the panel and the competition, does not disclose the names of the members, but presents a brief summary of the evaluators’ CV. “The panel was formed by qualified specialists, with experience in evaluations like this in public competitions and who have knowledge in relation to racial issues and ethnic-racial diversity”, states FGV, in a note.
Check out who the committee members are:
- The first evaluator is a black woman, pedagogue and member of the internal nucleus of the program to combat institutional racism at the Municipal Department of Education of Salvador (Smed). She participates in the Observatory of Racial and Gender Discrimination and in hetero-identification workshops and panels.
- The second examiner is a black woman, a pedagogue who works as a delegate at municipal and state conferences on Women’s Policy, Promotion of Racial Equality and People Management. She works in centers and observatories of racial discrimination and combating racism, and for at least 3 years she has been presiding over hetero-identification evaluation panels.
- The third evaluator is a black man, member of the Center for Educational Policies for Ethnic-Racial Relations (Nuper-Smed) and the Internal Center for the Program to Combat Institutional Racism (PCRI/Smed). He has experience in hetero-identification committees in competitions run by TransPetro, Banco do Brasil, the Federal Court of Auditors and the Ministry of Health, as well as participating in a training workshop for members of hetero-identification committees.
- The fourth examiner is a black man, law student, member of the Municipal Council of Black Communities of Salvador (CMCN) and has already been awarded the Zumbi dos Palmares medal. He is a member of the hetero-identification verification committee in public tenders at Salvador City Hall and Salvador City Council, Caixa Econômica and Banco do Brasil.
- The fifth evaluator was a brown man, with higher technical training in audiovisual production, student of vernacular literature and working at the Observatory of Racial Discrimination, LGBT and Violence against Women. He also participates in the Salvador City Council’s Program to Combat Institutional Racism and has participated in other hetero-identification panels.
- The sixth examiner is a white woman with a postgraduate degree in psychopedagogy and remote teaching, distance learning and active methodology. She gives lectures on the Program to Combat Institutional Racism (PCRI) carried out by the Center for Educational Policies for Ethnic-Racial Relations (NUPER) of the Salvador Municipal Education Department (SMED). She has already participated in hetero-identification panels in competitions run by the Ministry of Health, the Treasury Department and the Federal Revenue Service.
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