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Civil Rights | Hate Crimes Against Arab Americans Are a Serious Problem
About the author: Hussein Ibish is the communications director for the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, an organization that works to protect civil rights and promote a balanced U.S. policy in the Middle East. He is a frequent spokesperson for the organization.
The atrocities of September 11 [2001]1 provoked a backlash involving a surge of hate crimes against the Arab-American, Muslim, Sikh, South Asian and other communities perceived to be Middle Eastern. In September 2001, ADC [American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee] received an unprecedented number...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Are Threats to Civil Rights a Serious Problem?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- 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
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Chapter 2: Should Civil Rights Protections Be Increased?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- 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
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Chapter 3: Is Affirmative Action Beneficial?
- Affirmative Action: An Overview
- Affirmative Action Reduces Discrimination
- Affirmative Action 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
- Encouraging 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
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Chapter 4: Do Efforts to Prevent Terrorism Threaten Civil Rights?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- 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
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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