Sentences with phrase «speaking of black people»

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While that was the theme of the evening, with most celebrities wearing black in solidarity with the Time's Up movement and speaking about the issues, Winfrey's rousing message celebrated the people who've fought for women and marked the beginning of a new era.

«I was attending a lot of conferences, speaking on women in tech, and I noticed at these conferences that there were virtually no women, virtually no black people and definitely no black women,» she recalls.

And many people Fortune spoke with for this story say that many of the challenges that black men face in corporate hallways begin here — in childhood.

I'm pretty sure for some of them I'm the only actual black person they've ever spoken to.

In Parkland, «while the students and parents speaking up were no more passionate than the young people of, say, the Black Lives Matter movement, it was clear that the political establishment was going to receive them a different way,» New Yorker contributor Emily Witt noted last week.

So, by your reasoning, if «People put so much importance on words» (implying that they don't matter and we shouldn't take thought of how we use them) then I ought to be able to sing along with the lyrics from pac's «hit»em up» with my black friends, curse in a kindergarten class as well as a corporate meeting for my boss... what impression would a client have of my boss if I were cussing in a professional meeting or at a charity event... it doesn't add up, it's a cop - out rebuttal... trying to find loopholes or applying «human reasoning» like» ll take a swearing guy who's helpful» doesn't change Jesus or scripture it's just setting up a what - if scenario and trying to allow that to in some way justify your stance when again, that doesn't change The Holy Spirit or His heart in those who have been born again... the verses (inspired by His own Spirit) speak for themselves.

They reached the hearts of the people who heard Lincoln speak, they, gave shape to the hopes and actions of the black community and the «fellow citizens» in King's time, and they still have some effect today.

Speaking to popular culture blog Assignment X, the author said this as he again described the difference between his work and Tolkien's: «I think ultimately the battle between good and evil is weighed within the individual human heart, not necessarily between an army of people dressed in white and an army of people dressed in black.

I can not and will not speak on behalf of all people of color, nor all black people, nor all women, or any other people group of which I am a member.

Children speak of people with black faces.

You know people went out of their way to speak against Pastor Wright but is anyone going to speak of the fact that in the Mormon belief they believe that black people come from the devil... that they were cursed.

The founders of Black Lives Matter refute these 11 stated misconceptions about their movement; they ignore Black on Black crime, they're leaderless, they have no agenda, they're a one - issue movement (Police brutality), they don't respect their elders, they reject the Black Church, they don't care about Queer / Trans lives, they hate White people, they hate Police officers, politically speaking their focus should be the vote, and they're not actually a movement.

Our neighbors watched to see if we lived as we spoke, and they regularly remarked on the steady stream of people — of a wide range of ethnicities, not just black and Latino — that came through the front door.

But as well - intended as Jenkins» words may have been, they fell short of the unequivocal standard Kaepernick set when he spoke about his actions and said, «I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.»

I'm so grateful that we have Black Breastfeeding Week to shine a light on breastfeeding in a way that speaks more directly to people of color and to help provide more information and support.

You can't speak immigration reform in the US and support the genocide of black people in #DominicanRepublic

The meeting, at Brooklyn Technical High School, lasted more than six hours Tuesday night into early Wednesday as about 300 people spoke, some of them screaming and taunting Ms. Black until she could not take it any longer.

Allegations that Sessions spoke positively about the Ku Klux Klan, referred to a black prosecutor as «boy» and called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as «un-American» derailed his nomination for a federal judgeship in 1986 under then - President Ronald Reagan.

Last month, Sharpton ripped Trump's selection of Sessions for Attorney General, outlining allegations that he had spoken positively of the Ku Klux Klan, called a black prosecutor «boy» and recalling his description of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People «un-American» that hindered his nomination for a federal judgeship in 1986 under the late President Ronald Reagan.

Mr. de Blasio, speaking from a stage outside the Municipal Building as dozens of former Dinkins staffers and elected officials looked on, recounted how he volunteered for Mr. Dinkins» 1989 campaign when «many people» thought it was «impossible» to elect a black mayor.

Speaking of Resort collections, ok, craving pieces from Balmain's collections would probably create a big black hole in most people's budgets.

I just want to make it clear that I do not speak fron the perspective of a white guy who is into a black girl, I speak as a person who loves another person, and I can probably write a whole article on the transformative power of love on a person's outlook, but that's for another time.

By the way Tylerr M, you might want to do a little research about the bands name because it's NOT a reference to the myth you speak of, but a phrase that is used by a schizophrenic artist from their hometown who refers to things that are «not right» or people he doesn't like as black keys.

Even if one makes allowances for the comic book aspects of the story and the required suspension of disbelief, there is something ludicrous, to put it mildly, about the assertion that seeing an African king possessed of superhuman strength and agility back - flipping across the screen speaks in some profound way to the situation facing the masses of people, black, white or any other epidermal pigmentation.

Black people were more forthcoming, but they often preferred to speak with him anonymously and could shed no light on the last moments of Bill Spann's life.

Yet that won't matter because the people this movie will speak most deeply to — a rainbow - coalition cross-section of black comic book readers, African - American movie audiences, Boseman / Jordan / Bassett / N'yongo fans, black - culture connoisseurs and pop - culture nerds — will see something of themselves in this movie.

Speaking of Black Power, Tracy sports a hairstyle you'd normally find on Black people or, in a less extreme fashion, on Art Garfunkel.

Rolling Stone recently spoke with Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, portraying T'Challa (Black Panther), as he covers the publication's March 2018 issue, as well as director Ryan Coogler — as both detail more about the highly - acclaimed film and its impact, with it being the first Marvel Studios movie to put a person of color in the lead role and to feature a mostly black Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, portraying T'Challa (Black Panther), as he covers the publication's March 2018 issue, as well as director Ryan Coogler — as both detail more about the highly - acclaimed film and its impact, with it being the first Marvel Studios movie to put a person of color in the lead role and to feature a mostly black Black Panther), as he covers the publication's March 2018 issue, as well as director Ryan Coogler — as both detail more about the highly - acclaimed film and its impact, with it being the first Marvel Studios movie to put a person of color in the lead role and to feature a mostly black black cast.

The language of Black Panther is indeed a real tongue, spoken by millions of people.

Included is Sho Kosugi: Martial Arts Legend, a new 21 - minute interview with the actor about him and his career; The Making of Black Eagle, a 36 - minute featurette with Sho Kosugi, director Eric Karson, screenwriter Michael Gonzales, actors Doran Clark, Shane Kosugi, and Dorta Puzio; Tales of Jean - Claude Van Damme, a 19 - minute featurette with many of the same people speaking about their experiences working with Van Damme; The Script and the Screenwriters, a 27 - minute featurette with Michael Gonzales and Eric Karson discussing the film's development; a set of 11 deleted and extended scenes, all of which are in the extended cut and offer up a tiny bit more story and character development more than additional action or carnage; trailers for the film itself, D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, and Savannah Smiles; a fold - out poster; and a DVD copy of the film, which offers up all of the same extras.

Mayor Marion Barry Jr. of Washington, speaking on behalf of the National Conference of Black Mayors, told the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources that such a program would generate 400,000 summer jobs for young people.

When I mentioned to the good people at Range Rover North America that I would be escorting the Duchess of Rutland on a speaking tour of several posh clubs in the Detroit area, they graciously provided one of their brand - new long - wheelbase vehicles for the occasion — the ultra-posh Autobiography Black model, no less.

The number of «black» South Africans I've spoken to that repeatedly tell me «black people don't travel» never ceases to amaze me.

- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing

For one, there is an institutional urgency to speak to a more diverse audience with painting that depicts the black community, the Asian - American experience, the Latino face, to attract the various people who had been excluded from the museum by remaking the history of figurative painting, this time with color.

«Speaking of People: Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Art» Studio Museum in Harlem, New York Nov. 13, 2014 — March 8, 2015 Founded in 1945 and 1951 respectively, Ebony and Jet magazines, historically, were cherished in countless black households.

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Video installation in conjunction with Glenn Ligon's A Small Band Presented by Black Cinema House at the Stony Island Arts Bank Here we screen works that reflect on the capacity of Black people to speak truth to power, to address systematic abuses to and through their bodies, and the bodies of others.

To mark the milestone, Panther co-founder Bobby Seale spoke in Sacramento at Brickhouse Art Gallery, where he promoted his new book «Power To The People: The World of The Black Panthers,» which features photographs by Stephen Shames, and recounted the founding of the local chapter.

Speaking of People: Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Art @ Studio Museum in Harlem Nov 13, 2014 — Mar 8, 2015 Rife with symbols of success and beauty and news of civil rights, Black power and post-integration «progress,» Ebony and Jet magazines were historically cherished in countless African American households for nearly three generations.

With Spoken: Portraits in Black, Consulting Curator Porchia Moore orchestrates a conversation via portraits about the ways in which African - American artists depict the lived experience of black peBlack, Consulting Curator Porchia Moore orchestrates a conversation via portraits about the ways in which African - American artists depict the lived experience of black peblack people.

«The magazines were born out of a need that my parents saw, that there were no magazines that really spoke to black people.

These works, displayed at the beginning of the exhibition Speaking of People: Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Art, reflect racial, political, and feminist issues of displaying black beauty.

In «Speaking of People,» artists cut, collage, and repurpose Ebony and Jet — two magazines launched in the mid — twentieth century for black audiences — to draw attention to representations of race in print.

This photographic novel is composed by fifteen black and white pages in which photographs of dead people, bodiless heads among them, speak to one another.

Inspired by Theaster Gates's and Ellen Gallagher's investigations of the economics of beauty in relation to black spaces and bodies, this performance workshop begins with a brief tour of «Speaking of People: Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Art».

When I speak, it is from a place of justice — not only for black people whose rights have been violated — but also for indigenous communities, women, and nature itself.

TreeHugger has written before about how ForestEthics Declared «Enemy of the People of Canada» for Criticism of Oil Sands Projects; Now, according to Black Out Speak Out,

It is not surprising therefore, that four of the five people police spoke to before encountering Mr. Allison were black.

Young Indigenous people variously speak of being alienated from both black and white communities, of difficulty in coming to terms with the past, of living somewhere «between two worlds», and being unable to find a point of balance (pp65 - 80).