I am curious about a discussion about this piece, because I do not think the US has "coopted" the "human rights movemnt". Both are complex concepts. Dr. David L. Brunsma Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology Virginia Tech 560 McBryde Hall (0137) Blacksburg, VA 24061 [log in to unmask] Executive Officer, Southern Sociological Society (http://www.southernsociologicalsociety.org/) Founding Co-Editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (http://www.asanet.org) Co-Editor of Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences (http://societieswithoutborders.org/) Past Chair, Section of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association (http://www2.asanet.org/sectionrem/) Race and Ethnicity Section Editor, Sociology Compass (http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/sociology/section_home?section=soco-race) Treasurer, Sociologists Without Borders (http://www.sociologistswithoutborders.org/) Co-Editor of The Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights (http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=298828) (573) 355-0599 [cell] "I may never prove what I know to be true, but I know that I still have to try." -Dream Theatre From: Claudia Chaufan <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: Claudia Chaufan <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thursday, April 4, 2013 12:27 AM To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: U.S. Cooption of the Human Rights Movement Continues | Dissident Voice http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/04/u-s-cooption-of-the-human-rights-movement-continues/ Sent from my Verizon Wireless Tablet
