In this article, the authors interpret affirmative actions with reference to structural violence, which is accompanied by legitimizing discourses that tend to make discrimination appear natural and unquestionable. They illustrate the extension of structural violence in Brazilian society with particular reference to access to higher education. It has been common to talk about some groups of students as having special needs. However, the authors see groups of students suffering structural violence as being groups with special rights, and explore affirmative actions through the notion of special rights. The authors find that special-rights terminology establishes the discussion of affirmative actions in higher education in a broader and, at the same time, more profound conceptual framework related to interpretations of social justice. Simultaneously, special-rights terminology brings an educational specificity to the discussion of affirmative actions. Thus, the authors see affirmative actions as being both a general sociopolitical and specific educational challenge.

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特殊权利方面的平权行动：面对巴西高等教育中的结构性暴力

在本文中，作者解释了针对结构性暴力的平权行动，伴随而来的是使话语合法化，这些话语往往会使歧视显得自然而毋庸置疑。它们说明了结构性暴力在巴西社会中的延伸，尤其涉及获得高等教育的机会。谈论一些有特殊需要的学生是很普遍的。但是，作者将遭受结构性暴力的学生群体视为具有特殊权利的群体，并通过特殊权利的概念探索了平权行动。作者发现，特殊权利术语在更广泛的，同时更深远的，与社会正义的解释相关的概念框架中建立了对高等教育平权行为的讨论。同时，特殊权利术语为平权行动的讨论带来了教育上的特殊性。因此，作者认为平权行动既是一般的社会政治挑战，也是特定的教育挑战。