Civil rights / Karen Balkin, book editor. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Current controversiesPublication details: San Diego : Greenhaven Press, (c)2004.Description: 187 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC599.B186.C585 2004
  • JC599
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Contents:
Hate crimes against Arab Americans are a serious problem -- Racial discrimination in mortgage lending is a serious problem -- Prohibiting same-sex marriage violates gays' and lesbians' civil rights
The incidence of hate crimes directed against Arab Americans is exaggerated -- Racial discrimination is uncommon in mortgage lending -- Prohibiting same-sex marriage is not a violation of civil rights
Housing discrimination persists despite fair housing laws -- Reparations for African American slavery are necessary for the advancement of civil rights -- Disabled workers need better protection from employment discrimination
Increasing the penalties for housing discrimination will harm society -- The fight for African American slavery reparations impedes the advancement of civil rights
Affirmative actions encourages educational diversity -- Affirmative action is necessary to build the black middle class -- Affirmative action helps make American business more competitive
Encourage educational diversity is not a legitimate justification for affirmative action -- Affirmative action is not necessary to help build the black middle class -- Affirmative action ignores individual merit
Using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is not justified -- Antiterrorist efforts unfairly target Arab Americans
Using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is justified -- Antiterrorism efforts targeting Arab Americans are justified.
Subject: Authors offer various opinions on whether or not civil rights are seriously threatened and whether or not antiterrorist measures threaten civil rights.
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Chapter 1: Are threats to civil rights a serious problem? YES

Chapter 1: Are threats to civil rights a serious problem? NO

Chapter 2: Should civil rights protections be increased? YES

Chapter 2: Should civil rights protections be increased? NO

Chapter 3: Is affirmative action beneficial?

Chapter 3: Is affirmative action beneficial? YES

Chapter 3: Is affirmative action beneficial? NO

Chapter 4: Do efforts to prevent terrorism threaten civil rights? YES

Chapter 4: Do efforts to prevent terrorism threaten civil rights? NO

Racial profiling violates African Americans' and Hispanics' civil rights -- Hate crimes against Arab Americans are a serious problem -- Racial discrimination in mortgage lending is a serious problem -- Prohibiting same-sex marriage violates gays' and lesbians' civil rights

The problem of racial profiling is exaggerated -- The incidence of hate crimes directed against Arab Americans is exaggerated -- Racial discrimination is uncommon in mortgage lending -- Prohibiting same-sex marriage is not a violation of civil rights

Current civil rights laws do not adequately protect gays and lesbians -- Housing discrimination persists despite fair housing laws -- Reparations for African American slavery are necessary for the advancement of civil rights -- Disabled workers need better protection from employment discrimination

Additional civil rights protection for gays and lesbians would be harmful -- Increasing the penalties for housing discrimination will harm society -- The fight for African American slavery reparations impedes the advancement of civil rights

Affirmative action : an overview

Affirmative action reduces discrimination -- Affirmative actions encourages educational diversity -- Affirmative action is necessary to build the black middle class -- Affirmative action helps make American business more competitive

Affirmative action is no longer necessary -- Encourage educational diversity is not a legitimate justification for affirmative action -- Affirmative action is not necessary to help build the black middle class -- Affirmative action ignores individual merit

Antiterrorist policies jeopardize immigrants' civil rights -- Using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is not justified -- Antiterrorist efforts unfairly target Arab Americans

Antiterrorist policies do not jeopardize immigrants' civil rights -- Using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is justified -- Antiterrorism efforts targeting Arab Americans are justified.

Authors offer various opinions on whether or not civil rights are seriously threatened and whether or not antiterrorist measures threaten civil rights.

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