Minha vida como estudante no mundo dos brancos

Abstract

This text was written due to an invitation to talk about the affirmative action policy for admission to the Postgraduate Program in Social Anthropology of the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. As a Marubo indigenous student, I recount in these pages how my admission into non-indigenous society took place. This reflection necessarily involves a presentation of my ethnicity and more specifically my family, the difficult path that led me to study and enter university and finally the ways I found to overcome obstacles most diverse. I conclude with an assessment of the importance of affirmative action in postgraduate education and the role of indigenous leaders in this process.