Race and Human Rights Format: Paperback

ISBN 10: 0870137506 / ISBN 13: 9780870137501

Published by University of Chicago press, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Race and Human Rights Format: Paperback
• Publisher: University of Chicago press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870137506
• ISBN 13: 9780870137501
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 has been far too narrow. They argue that any conversation about human rights in the United States must include equal rights for all residents.
     Essays examine the historical and intellectual context for the modern debate about human rights, the racial implications of the war on terrorism, the intersection of racial oppression, and the national security state. Others look at the Pinkerton detective agency as a forerunner of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the role of Africa in post–World War II American attempts at empire-building, and the role of immigration as a human rights issue.

About the Author

Curtis Stokes is Professor of Political Theory and Black Politics in James Madison College at Michigan State University. He has edited and authored six books, including the award-winning Malcolm X's Michigan Worldview: An Exemplar for Contemporary Black Studies and The State of Black Michigan, 1967-2007.