Racism, African Americans, And Social Justice

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ISBN: 9780742543485 | 074254348X
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 4/14/2005

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This book provides historical and statistical data outlining injustices against African Americans in the juvenile justice system, the criminal justice system, affirmative action in colleges and universities, reparations, economics, and employment discrimination.

Preface	p. ix
African Americans and Justice: An Introduction	p. 1
Explanations of Justice, Social Justice, and Economic Justice	p. 4
Attitudes of Whites about African Americans near the End of Slavery and After Slavery	p. 5
The Use of Law to Oppress African Americans	p. 7
Capricious Interpretation of Laws and Leadership: Role of the Court	p. 10
Justice in the Criminal Courts	p. 13
The Relevance of the Past to the Present	p. 15
African Americans and Higher Education	p. 21
Historical Review	p. 22
Race, Admission, and the Courts: Keeping African Americans Out, Part I	p. 23
The Creation of Affirmative Action	p. 25
Race, Admission, and the Courts: Discriminating against Whites or Keeping African Americans Out, Part II	p. 26
A Critique of the Critics of Affirmative Action in Education	p. 29
Lack of Focus on Affirmative Action for Whites	p. 32
African American Juveniles and the Justice System	p. 37
The Fallacy of Leniency toward Juveniles and Particularly African American Juveniles	p. 38
A More Contemporary Analysis of African American Juveniles in the Justice System	p. 42
African Americans, Maltreatment, and Law Enforcement	p. 49
Background of the Problem	p. 50
Excessive Force	p. 52
Racial Profiling, Stops, and Their Effects	p. 54
Consequences of Excessive Force and maltreatment	p. 59
African Americans and the Military	p. 63
African Americans' Participation in the Service during the Colonial Period	p. 64
African Americans in the Military Post-Civil War	p. 66
Violence against African American Soldiers: 1900s to World War II	p. 67
Current Controversies: African Americans' Deaths from Conflicts, the Return of the Draft, and Jessica Lynch and Shoshana Johnson	p. 69
Reflections and Analyses of African Americans in the Military Presently	p. 71
African Americans and Economic Discrimination	p. 75
Discrimination in the Acquisition of Real Property: Racially Restricted Covenants	p. 77
African Americans and the Taking of Property	p. 79
Violent Land Taking	p. 81
Coercive Land Taking	p. 82
"Legal" Land Taking	p. 83
Discrimination in Mortgage Lending	p. 84
Discrimination in Insurance	p. 86
Discrimination in Automobile Lending	p. 88
African Americans and Reparations	p. 91
Definition of Reparations and the Restitution Principle	p. 92
Contemporary Precedents for African Americans Receiving Reparations	p. 93
Arguments against and for Reparations for African Americans	p. 96
Philosophical Arguments against Reparations	p. 97
Philosophical Arguments in Support of Reparations	p. 98
Further Observations and Arguments Overlooked Regarding Reparations	p. 98
Attempts at Legal Redress for Descendants of African American Slaves in the Courts	p. 103
African Americans, Employment Discrimination, and Legal Justice	p. 107
Legal Standards for Employment Discrimination	p. 107
Illustrations of the Use of the McDonnell Douglas Standard	p. 108
Differential Outcomes in Discrimination Cases	p. 109
Differential Adoption of Statistics in Discrimination Cases	p. 115
African Americans and Justice: Summary and Conclusions	p. 119
References	p. 127
Index	p. 141
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