The Republican controlled US Commission on Civil Rights has completely watered downed or eliminated much of the information we read or download from their website.
The current commissioners, who have very little experience or past dealings in the civil rights arena but were appointed by the current presidential administration, have shown that they intend to rubber stamp out anything that does not support the party’s agenda and ideology of valid civil rights information to disseminate to the public.
The following items were removed from their website, but the Memory Hole, a freedom of information clearing house, has requested, received and reposted the following items of interest:
* Briefing on Boundaries of Justice: Immigration Policies Post –September 11 (October 2001)
* Briefing on Civil Rights Issues Facing Muslims and Arab Americans in Ohio Post –September 11 (November 2001)
* Briefing on Civil Rights Issues Facing Muslims and Arab Americans in Minnesota Post –September 11 (February 2002)
* Briefing on Civil Rights Issues Facing Muslims and Arab Americans in Wisconsin Post –September 11 (April 2002)
* Briefing on Civil Rights Issues Facing Muslims and Arab Americans in Indiana Post –September 11 (May 2002)
* Briefing on the Consequences of Government Race Data Collection Bans on Civil Rights (May 2002)
* Briefing on Civil Rights Issues Facing Muslims and Arab Americans in North Dakota Post –September 11 (May 2002)
* Haitian Asylum Seekers and U.S. Immigration Policy (June 2002)
* Voting Rights in Florida 2002: Briefing Summary (August 2002)
* Briefing on Tragedy Along the Arizona-Mexico Border: Undocumented Immigrants Face Death in the Desert (August 2002)
* Beyond Percentage Plans: The Challenge of Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (November 2002)
* Crossing Borders: The Administration of Justice and Civil Rights Protections in the Immigration and Asylum Context (January 2003)
* Education Accountability and High-Stakes Testing in the Carolinas (February 2003)
* The Supreme Court Revisits Affirmative Action: Will Grutter and Gratz Mean the End of Bakke? (April 2003)
* The U.S. Department of Education’s Race-Neutral Alternatives in Postsecondary Education: Innovative Approaches to Diversity-Are They Viable Substitutes for Affirmative Action? (May 2003)
* Anniversary Update on Commission Activities Related to September 11 (September 2003)
* Native American Health Care Disparities Briefing Summary (February 2004)
* Is America Ready to Vote? Election Readiness Briefing Paper (July 2004)
* Closing the Achievement Gap: The Impact of Standards Based Education Reform (July 2004)
* Redefining Rights in America: The Civil Rights Record of the George W. Bush Administration (September 2004)
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