Civil rights issues facing Asian Americans in the 1990s : a report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
"A report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights."--T.p.
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Format: | Government Document eBook |
Language: | English |
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[Washington, District of Columbia] :
United States Commission on Civil Rights,
[1992]
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Series: | Civil rights and social justice.
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Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Asians in the United States : a brief history
- Asian Americans in the 1990s : a demographic and socioeconomic portrait
- Discrimination and barriers to equal opportunity for Asian Americans : some contributory factors
- Chapter 2 : Bigotry and violence against Asian Americans
- Recent incidents of bigotry and violence against Asian Americans
- Statistics on hate crimes against Asian Americans
- Chapter 3 : Police-community relations
- Asian Americans' access to police protection
- Police department Asian American outreach approaches
- Lowell, Massachusetts : a case study of police-community relations
- Chapter 4 : Access to educational opportunity : Asian American immigrant children in primary and secondary schools
- Asian American immigrants students in American schools
- The provision of educational programs for Asian American LEP students
- Equal educational opportunity for LEP students : legal protections and federal enforcement
- Racial tensions in public schools
- Improving the education of Asian American immigrant children
- Barriers and promising avenues
- Chapter 5 : Access to educational opportunity : higher education
- The controversy
- Three case studies
- Chapter 6 : Employment discrimination
- Glass ceiling
- Language rights in the workplace
- The certification of foreign-educated professionals
- Discrimination caused by the immigration reform and control act
- Discrimination in contruction unions
- Employment discrimination against Asian American women
- Chapter 7 : Other civil rights issues confronting Asian Americans
- Political representation
- Access to health care
- Access to the judicial system
- The plight of battered Asian American women
- Asian Americans and the media
- Religious accommodation
- Chapter 8 : Conclusions and recommendations.