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Table of Contents:

• African Americans and justice: an introduction. Explanations of justice, social justice, and economic justice ; Attitudes of whites about African Americans near the end of slavery and after slavery ; The use of law to oppress African Americans ; Capricious interpretation of laws and leadership: role of the court ; Justice in the criminal courts ; The relevance of the past to the present
• African Americans and higher education. Historical review ; Race, admission, and the courts: keeping African Americans out, part I ; The creation of affirmative action ; Race, admission, and the courts: discriminating against whites or keeping African Americans out, part II ; A critique of the critics of affirmative action in education ; Lack of focus on affirmative action for whites
• African American juveniles and the justice system. The fallacy of leniency toward juveniles and particularly African American juveniles ; A more contemporary analysis of African American juveniles in the justice system
• African Americans, maltreatment, and law enforcement. Background of the problem ; Excessive force ; Racial profiling, stops, and their effects ; Consequences of excessive force and maltreatment
• African Americans and the military. African Americans' participation in the service during the colonial period ; African Americans in the military post-Civil War ; Violence against African American soldiers: 1900s to World War II ; Current controversies: African Americans' deaths from conflicts, the return of the draft, and Jessica Lynch and Shoshana Johnson ; Reflections and analyses of African Americans in the military presently
• African Americans and economic discrimination. Discrimination in the acquisition of real property: racially restricted covenants ; African Americans and the taking of property ; Violent land taking ; Coercive land taking ; "Legal" land taking ; Discrimination in mortgage lending ; Discrimination in insurance ; Discrimination in automobile lending
• African Americans and reparations. Definition of reparations and the restitution principle ; Contemporary precedents for African Americans receiving reparations ; Arguments against and for reparations for African Americans ; Philosophical arguments against reparations ; Philosophical arguments in support of reparations ; Further observations and arguments overlooked regarding reparations ; Attempt at legal redress for descendants of African American slaves in the court
• African Americans, employment discrimination, and legal justice. Legal standards for employment discrimination ; Illustrations of the use of the McDonnell Douglas standard ; Differential outcomes in discrimination cases ; Differential adoption of statistics in discrimination cases
• African Americans and justice: summary and conclusions.

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Rudolph, Jr., 1949-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Racism, African Americans, and social justice [by Alexander, R.]

Subjects:

African Americans — Civil rights

African Americans — Social conditions

African Americans — Legal status, laws, etc.

Racism — United States

Race discrimination — United States

Social justice — United States

United States — Race relations

African Americans

Racism

Race discrimination

Social justice

Race relations

United States

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-140) and index.

Physical Description:

xiii, 149 pages ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

E185.615 .A623 2005

ISBNs:

074254348X (cloth, alk. paper)
9780742543485 (cloth, alk. paper)
0742543498 (pbk., alk. paper)
9780742543492 (pbk., alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2004024563

OCLC Numbers:

56840562