Race And Human Rights

by Stokes, Curtis

• ISBN13: 9780870137501
• ISBN10: 0870137506
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-01
• Publisher: Michigan State Univ Pr

Summary

The terrorist attacks against U.S. targets on September 11, 2001, and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, sparked an intense debate about "human rights." According to contributors to this provocative book, the discussion of human rights to date h

Table of Contents

Enhancing Whose Security? People of Color and the Post-September Expansion of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Powers	p. 3
The Pinkerton Detective Agency: Prefiguring the FBI	p. 53
Between Hegemony and Empire: Africa and the U.S. Global War against Terrorism	p. 119
Latino Growth and Latino Exploitation: More Than a Passing Acquaintance	p. 143
Race, Immigration, and the Limits of Citizenship	p. 169
African Americans and Immigration: The Economic, Political, and Strategic Implications	p. 185
Historicizing Affirmative Action and the Landmark 2003 University of Michigan Cases	p. 199
A New Coalition: Reaching the Religious Right to Deal with Racial Justice	p. 211
Human Rights, Affirmative Action, and Development: An Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean	p. 237
The Whitewashing of Affirmative Action	p. 255
For Further Reading	p. 265
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