Civil rights issues facing Asian Americans in the 1990s : [electronic resource] a report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

"February 1992."

Includes bibliographical references.

A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland, is available from the University of Maryland Web site.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Asians in the United States : a brief history -- Asian Americans in the 1990s : a demographic and socioeconomic portrait -- Discrimination and barriers to equal opportunity for Asian Americans : some contributory factors -- Chapter 2 : Bigotry and violence against Asian Americans -- Recent incidents of bigotry and violence against Asian Americans -- Statistics on hate crimes against Asian Americans -- Chapter 3 : Police-community relations -- Asian Americans' access to police protection -- Police department Asian American outreach approaches -- Lowell, Massachusetts : a case study of police-community relations -- Chapter 4 : Access to educational opportunity : Asian American immigrant children in primary and secondary schools -- Asian American immigrants students in American schools -- The provision of educational programs for Asian American LEP students -- Equal educational opportunity for LEP students : legal protections and federal enforcement -- Racial tensions in public schools -- Improving the education of Asian American immigrant children -- Barriers and promising avenues -- Chapter 5 : Access to educational opportunity : higher education -- The controversy -- Three case studies -- Chapter 6 : Employment discrimination -- Glass ceiling -- Language rights in the workplace -- The certification of foreign-educated professionals -- Discrimination caused by the immigration reform and control act -- Discrimination in contruction unions -- Employment discrimination against Asian American women -- Chapter 7 : Other civil rights issues confronting Asian Americans -- Political representation -- Access to health care -- Access to the judicial system -- The plight of battered Asian American women -- Asian Americans and the media -- Religious accommodation -- Chapter 8 : Conclusions and recommendations.