The African American as minority group

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An Inter-American Convention against Racial Discrimination would significantly increase the value of existing standards and international efforts to fight against discrimination. A regional agreement would help counteract the powerful legacy of exploitation, discrimination and marginalization that continue to affect many groups in the Americas. In a regional convention, groups that have suffered or been exploited because they were invisible would be identified and named accurately as citizens with rights. A clear-cut statement that the African descendants, indigenous people and migrants have basic human rights, would make them independent groups and strongly influence their activities to prevent and punish racial discrimination. A regional agreement would also strengthen the effect and complement the standards and mechanisms for national, regional and international discrimination. A regional convention would fill the gaps in the regional and international standards would support existing and evolving standards nationally. A regional agreement would also encourage better enforcement of the provisions outlined in national standards, both regional and international. It has long been the rule that principal political organs of the Organization of American States (OAS) have expressed concern about racism, racial discrimination and related issues. In 1954, the OAS adopted a resolution on racial discrimination and in 1965; the Second Special Inter-American Conference issued a declaration on racial integration. Several years later, the OAS has collected a number of statements on issues of racial discrimination in the past and issued a report which indicates that the Inter-American Commission is the protector of human rights in this area. In the early 90s, the OAS has intensified its efforts. The Nassau Declaration was intended to eliminate all forms of racism and racial discrimination in the continent and worldwide.

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[...] And if the Commission submitted the issue of judicial protection as integrally linked to the vulnerability of the situation of indigenous groups, the Court did not explicitly follow this reasoning. Actions based on racial discrimination have been limited both at the Inter American Court, particularly in relation to the size of the population of African descendants and indigenous presence in the region and the large number of Abuse cited in reports on human rights by the Commission and NGOs. And even when such trials were held, the issue of discrimination was not the center of the case. [...]

[...] These measures have no force of law and their actual impact was fairly limited. Given this state of affairs and given the importance of the issues involved, the OAS has since adopted a more aggressive approach. In 2000, the General Assembly instructed the Permanent Council to consider whether it was necessary to develop an Inter-American Convention for the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of racism and all forms of discrimination and intolerance. And in 2001 it adopted a resolution on the preparation of a draft Inter-American Convention against Racism and all forms of discrimination and intolerance. [...]

[...] Racial minorities In 1978, the U.S. government issued a directive known as the Federal Directive No which recognized four "racial and ethnic minorities" ( "racial and ethnic groups), which correspond to the official national minorities, or the''American Indians the "Asian Americans (including Pacific Islanders''), the" Blacks "and" Hispanics Native Americans (American Indians'''') and Alaska Native (Alaskan Natives'''') Any person having origins from each of the indigenous peoples of North America and who wants to maintain its cultural identity through tribal affiliation or community recognition. [...]

[...] The term Hispanic is the one officially used by U.S. federal authorities (census forms, etc . But the community rather than Latin, which is less European. For the U.S., Hispanics are an ethnic group, which means that there are Hispanic whites and Hispanics of color. Generally, Brazilians Lusophone and Francophone Haitians are considered "Hispanic." Chicanos are Latinos from Mexico and living in the United States. Cited Works Brandon S. Centerwall, "Race, Socioeconomic Status and Domestic Homicide, Atlanta, 1971-72" AM. J. [...]