{"product_id":"2940149011100","title":"Civil Rights Concerns In the Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Area In the Aftermath of the September 11, 2001, Tragedies","description":"The District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia Advisory Committees submit this report, Civil \u003cbr\u003eRights Concerns in the Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Area in the Aftermath of the September 11, \u003cbr\u003e2001, Tragedies, as part of their responsibility to advise the Commission on civil rights issues in \u003cbr\u003etheir respective states. The Committees approved this report collectively in a vote of 37 to 1, with no \u003cbr\u003eabstentions. One dissenting statement and the editorial committee’s clarification to this statement \u003cbr\u003eare attached as appendices 1 and 2, respectively.1\u003cbr\u003eThe September 11 tragedies perpetrated by terrorists from Middle Eastern countries led to a \u003cbr\u003esurge in hate violence and discrimination against persons of Middle Eastern descent and Muslims, \u003cbr\u003eand by extension, South Asians, Sikhs, and others mistakenly perceived to be part of the Islamic \u003cbr\u003ecommunity living in the United States. \u003cbr\u003eAt the same time, the federal government’s nationwide response in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks spurred new national policies, laws, and administrative directives that appeared to \u003cbr\u003erights advocates as having devastating consequences for civil rights protections for residents and \u003cbr\u003epotential immigrants.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084464832752,"sku":"2940149011100","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149011100_p0.jpg?v=1763710834","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149011100","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}