As globalization expands, more than goods and information are traded between the countries of the world. Hattery, Embrick, and Smith present a collection of essays that explore the ways in which issues of human rights and social inequality are shared globally. The editors focus on the United States' role in contributing to human rights violations both inside and outside its borders. Essays on contemporary issues such as immigration, colonialism, and reparations are used to illustrate how the U.S. and the rest of the world are inextricably linked in their relationships to human rights violations and social inequality. Contributors include Judith Blau, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, and Joe R. Feagin.

Earl Smith is a professor of sociology and distinguished professor of ethnic studies at Wake Forest University.Angela J. Hattery is an associate professor of sociology at Wake Forest.David G. Embrick is an assistant professor at Loyola of Chicago.

Chapter 1 Chapter One: The New Global World: America's World and the World's AmericaPart 2 Part I: Race/Racism in the United StatesChapter 3 Chapter Two: "Look, a Negro": Reflections on the Human Rights Approach to Racial InequalityChapter 4 Chapter Three: The Diversity Ideology: Keeping Major Transnational Corporations White and Male in an era of GlobalizationPart 5 Part II: Introduction to Reparations ChaptersChapter 6 Chapter Four: Jim Crow and the Case for Reparations: Lessons from the African DiasporaChapter 7 Chapter Five: Bringing Down the House: Reparations, Universal Morality, Human Rights and Social JusticeChapter 8 Chapter Six: Paying for the Past: Prospects and Obstacles Facing Reparations Politics in the U.S. and South AfricaPart 9 Part III: Introduction to Immigration IssuesChapter 10 Chapter Seven: Immigrant Rights as Human RightsChapter 11 Chapter Eight: "Aliens", "Illegals" and Other Types of "Mexicanness": Examination of Racial Profiling in Border PolicingChapter 12 Chapter Nine: El Sueño Americano? Barriers to Homeownership for Mexican-Origin PopulationsChapter 13 Chapter Ten: No Phone, No Vehicle, No English, and No Citizenship: The Vulnerability of Latino Immigrants in the United StatesChapter 14 Chapter Eleven: Border Sexual Conquest: A Framework for Gendered and Racial Sexual ViolenceChapter 15 Chapter Twelve: Israeli Fashion and Palestinian Labor during the IntifadaPart 16 Part IV: Introduction to The Intersection Between Global and Local Human RightsChapter 17 Chapter Thirteen: Constitutions and Human RightsChapter 18 Chapter Fourteen: Twenty-First Century Globalization and the Social Forum Process: Building Today's Global Justice and Equality MovementChapter 19 Chapter Fifteen: The Globalization of the U. S. Prison Industrial ComplexChapter 20 Chapter Sixteen: America's World and the World's America: Conclusions and recommendations for addressing inequalities and human rights violations