Between otherness and identity: access to vacancy reservations through hetero-identification committees

Abstract

The validation of black or brown applicants’ self-declarations can be attributed to the hetero-identification committees that aim to ensure a fair process. The committee members consider the applicants’ phenotypic and identity characteristics, concomitant with self-declarations, while the right to appeal is ensured. The objective of this work is to provide theoretical contributions about concepts such as performativity, identity and racial alterity, and the existing performativity between alterity and identity. Thus, the discussion of such issues helps the work of commissions, emphasizing the importance of affirmative actions that rely on the principles of legality and morality, crucial factors to ensure the rights of minorities.