Challenges to civil rights and affirmative action in the 1990s are identified. Five cases of racial, sex, ethnic, and reverse discrimination behind the Civil Rights bills of 1990 and 1991 are discussed. The ultimate challenge is to demonstrate that if civil rights litigants win, others need not lose. (SLD)

There are certain threats to the Jew's ethnicity, and factors in his ecological setting motivate his anxiety. (DM)

What we can now anticipate is an ethnic renaissance, a rediscovery of America's hidden minorities in education, religion, and social action. (DM)

Holds that civil rights problems are most severe in rural regions, especially in the rural South, and that current policies have failed to address rural communities. Discusses problems in the areas of welfare, equal employment, and equal educational opportunities, and suggests the need for a comprehensive examination of conditions in rural…

The impact of the Bakke decision on affirmative action programs is analyzed in this paper. (EB)

Discussed in this paper are five areas in which human rights advocates can work to insure that all Americans will have equal opportunities in employment, education, housing, and public accomodations. These areas are litigation, enforcement, community organization, education/training, and research. (Author/EB)

It is paradoxical that discriminatory measures like California's Proposition 187 push immigrants and their children into entrepreneurial self-employment, at which many increase their incomes. The situation of Arab Americans illustrates the case of an ethnic group that is wealthy in the face of persistent prejudice. (SLD)

Economic justice means taking the personhood of poor people into account; respecting their needs, personal ambitions, rights, and dignity; and affording equal opportunity and equal access to education, health care, housing, and jobs. Examples of injustice to minority groups are provided, citing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (SLD)

Present results of an investigation into civil rights issues facing Asian Americans undertaken by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Many conclusions with respect to violations of Asian Americans' civil rights are applicable to other minority groups. There are 44 recommendations to ensure the civil rights of Asian Americans. (SLD)

Describes experiences of Hispanic Americans with respect to the civil rights enforcement system. Suggests some goals to help ameliorate problems that Hispanic Americans face, and explains why human rights professionals should help turn these goals into programs and policies and address the enormous discrimination faced by Hispanic Americans. (SLD)