Civil rights
By: Karen Balkin, book editor.
Contributors: Balkin, Karen, 1949-
Series: Current controversies
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Minorities -- Civil rights -- United States.; Affirmative action programs -- United States.; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.; National security -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Racial profiling violates African Americans' and Hispanics' civil rights; title: Hate crimes against Arab Americans are a serious problem; title: Racial discrimination in mortgage lending is a serious problem; title: Prohibiting same-sex marriage violates gays' and lesbians' civil rights; title: The problem of racial profiling is exaggerated; title: The incidence of hate crimes directed against Arab Americans is exaggerated; title: Racial discrimination is uncommon in mortgage lending; title: Prohibiting same-sex marriage is not a violation of civil rights; title: Current civil rights laws do not adequately protect gays and lesbians; title: Housing discrimination persists despite fair housing laws; title: Reparations for African American slavery are necessary for the advancement of civil rights; title: Disabled workers need better protection from employment discrimination; title: Additional civil rights protection for gays and lesbians would be harmful; title: Increasing the penalties for housing discrimination will harm society; title: The fight for African American slavery reparations impedes the advancement of civil rights; title: Affirmative action : an overview; title: Affirmative action reduces discrimination; title: Affirmative actions encourages educational diversity; title: Affirmative action is necessary to build the black middle class; title: Affirmative action helps make American business more competitive; title: Affirmative action is no longer necessary; title: Encourage educational diversity is not a legitimate justification for affirmative action; title: Affirmative action is not necessary to help build the black middle class; title: Affirmative action ignores individual merit; title: Antiterrorist policies jeopardize immigrants' civil rights; title: Using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is not justified; title: Antiterrorist efforts unfairly target Arab Americans; title: Antiterrorist policies do not jeopardize immigrants' civil rights; title: Using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is justified; title: Antiterrorism efforts targeting Arab Americans are justified.