Globalization and America Race, Human Rights, and Inequality

by Hattery, Angela J.; Embrick, David G.; Smith, Earl; Ansell, Amy E.; Bejarano, Cynthia; Blau, Judith R.; Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo; Brunsma, David L.; Douglas, Karen M.; Embrick, David; Feagin, Joe R.; Golash-Boza, Tanya Maria; Hovsepian, Mary; Katz-Fishman,

• ISBN13: 9780742560758
• ISBN10: 0742560759
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-21
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

As globalization expands, more than goods and information are traded between the countries of the world. Hattery, Embrick, and Smith present a collection of essays that explore the ways in which issues of human rights and social inequality are shared globally. The editors focus on the United States' role in contributing to human rights violations both inside and outside its borders. Essays on contemporary issues such as immigration, colonialism, and reparations are used to illustrate how the U.S. and the rest of the world are inextricably linked in their relationships to human rights violations and social inequality. Contributors include Judith Blau, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, and Joe R. Feagin.

Table of Contents

The New Global World: America's World and the World's America	p. 1
Introduction to Race/Racism in the United States	p. 5
"Look, a Negro": Reflections on the Human Rights Approach to Racial Inequality	p. 9
The Diversity Ideology: Keeping Major Transnational Corporations White and Male in an Era of Globalization	p. 23
Introduction to Reparations Issues	p. 43
Jim Crow and the Case for Reparations: Lessons from the African Diaspora	p. 47
Bringing Down the House: Reparations, Universal Morality Human Rights, and Social Justice	p. 65
Paying for the Past: Prospects and Obstacles Facing Reparations Politics in the U.S. and South Africa	p. 83
Introduction to Immigration Issues	p. 103
Immigrant Rights as Human Rights	p. 107
"Aliens," "Illegals," and Other Types of "Mexicanness": Examination of Racial Profiling in Border Policing	p. 127
El Sueno Americano? Barriers to Home Ownership for Mexican-Origin Populations	p. 143
No Phone, No Vehicle, No English, and No Citizenship: The Vulnerability of Mexican Immigrants in the United States	p. 161
Border Sexual Conquest: A Framework for Gendered and Racial Sexual Violence	p. 181
Israeli Fashion and Palestinian Labor during the Intifada	p. 199
Introduction to the Intersection between Global and Local Human Rights	p. 215
Constitutions and Human Rights	p. 219
Twenty-First Century Globalization and the Social Forum Process: Building Today's Global Justice and Equality Movement	p. 231
The Globalization of the U.S. Prison-Industrial Complex	p. 247
America's World and the World's America: Conclusions and Recommendations for Addressing Inequalities and Human Rights Violations	p. 267
Index	p. 285
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