Chapter 3. Preying on the American Dream: Predatory Lending, Institutionalized Racism, and Resistance to Economic Injustice

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Introduction: Human Rights in the United States 1
5. Part I. Economic Rights
6. Chapter 1. Sweatshirts and Sweatshops: Labor Rights, Student Activism, and the Challenges of Collegiate Apparel Manufacturing 7
7. Chapter 2. Labor Rights After the Flexible Turn: The Rise of Contingent Employment and the Implications for Worker Rights in the United States 22
8. Chapter 3. Preying on the American Dream: Predatory Lending, Institutionalized Racism, and Resistance to Economic Injustice 34
9. Part II. Social Rights
10. Chapter 4. Food Not Bombs: The Right to Eat 47
11. Chapter 5. The Long Road to Economic and Social Justice 57
12. Chapter 6. Hurricane Katrina and the Right to Food and Shelter 68
13. Chapter 7. Education, Human Rights, and the State: Toward New Visions 78
14. Chapter 8. Health and Human Rights 91
15. Part III. Cultural Rights
16. Chapter 9. We Are a People in the World: Native Americans and Human Rights 103
17. Chapter 10. Reflections on Cultural Human Rights 113
18. Part IV. Political and Civil Rights
19. Chapter 11. Erosion of Political and Civil Rights: Looking Back to Changes Since 9/11/01: The Patriot Act 125
20. Chapter 12. U.S. Asylum and Refugee Policy: The “Culture of No” 138
21. Chapter 13. The Border Action Network and Human Rights: Community-Based Resistance Against the Militarization of the U.S.-Mexico Border 146
22. Chapter 14. Sexual Citizenship: Marriage, Adoption, and Immigration in the United States 155
23. Chapter 15. Do Human Rights Endure Across Nation-State Boundaries? Analyzing the Experiences of Guest Workers 162
24. Part V. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
25. Chapter 16. From International Platforms to Local Yards: Standing Up for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in the United State 173
26. Chapter 17. Caging Kids of Color: Juvenile Justice and Human Rights in the United States 189
27. Part VI. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
28. Chapter 18. “What Lies Beneath”: Foundations of the U.S. Human Rights Perspective and the Significance for Women 199
29. Chapter 19. Sex Trafficking: In Our Backyard? 212
30. Chapter 20. The U.S. Culture of Violence 220
31. Part VII. Human Rights and Resistance in the United States
32. Chapter 21. Building U.S. Human Rights Culture from the Ground Up: International Human Rights Implementation at the Local Level 229
33. Chapter 23. Human Rights in the United States: The “Gold Standard” and the Human Rights Enterprise 251
34. Notes 255
35. References 267
36. List of Contributors 305
37. Index 315
38. Acknowledgments 323