TY  - BOOK
AU  - Balkin,Karen
TI  - Civil rights
AV  - JC599.B186.C585 2004 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - San Diego
PB  - Greenhaven Press
KW  - Minorities
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - United States
KW  - Affirmative action programs
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Prevention
KW  - National security
KW  - Law and legislation
N1  - 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; 1 (pages 179-181) and index; 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; 2
N2  - 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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