Sentences with phrase «times of a black family»

In Maggie's American Dream: The Life and Times of a Black Family, James P. Comer uses autobiographical narratives prepared by his mother and himself to identify the «strategies and strengths» by which many minority families have overcome disadvantages.

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Moynihan, at the time a sociologist and research assistant at the U.S. Labor Department, called for more government action to improve the economic prospects of black families.

By the time you've completed watching the staggering, true tale of Solomon Northup — a free black man in the pre-Civil War American North who was kidnapped, taken from his family and sold into slavery for 12 years — you'll be shaken to your very core.

Maybe they should have spent their time researching how Lib policies have screwed our nation over the last 50 years and caused a complete decay of the Black family.

Set parallel in time, place and theme to Gilead, her prizewinning novel of 2004, Marilynne Robinson's new novel, Home, takes the reader inside the home of retired Presbyterian pastor Robert Boughton for another perspective on Jack Boughton, the black sheep of the family, who left Gilead as a young man after fathering a child.

[The] report served the time - tested purpose: Whenever the system is in crisis (or shows signs of becoming transformed); whenever blacks get restless (or show strength); whenever whites in significant numbers show signs of coming together with blacks to confront their mutual problems (or enemies), the trick is to shift the focus from the real struggle for political and economic empowerment to black «crime,» degeneracy, pathology, and — in Moynihan's innovative twist — the «deterioration» of the black family.

Oven - Baked Chicken Black Bean Taquitos, this all - time family favorite is bursting with a creamy, flavorful filling and lightly crisped with a sprinkling of kosher salt.

Fortunately, this time around you don't have to worry about trying any of your family members questionable dishes because I, along with 27 of the best black food bloggers from around the globe have come together to share our favorite recipes for a Black History Month Virtual Potblack food bloggers from around the globe have come together to share our favorite recipes for a Black History Month Virtual PotBlack History Month Virtual Potluck.

Perfect for first - time parents of twins or growing families, the new 2016 Britax B - Agile Double Stroller (MSRP: $ 449.99) will be available in black and red in independent and mass retailers starting this summer.

What used to be a holiday that centred around spending time with family has now become consumerism crazed, with days like Black Friday encouraging excessive gift giving of toys which will be played with once and then not touched again.

You can't go wrong with any of the dresses here, and I love a little black dress like this one this time of the year, it's versatile enough to wear to church and with family, and all you have to do is add a sparkly necklace like this one and a red lip for some instant Christmas glam.

«My concern is that in January of next year, for the first time in American history, a black family will be moving out of the White House.

Since that time, and as a New York State Senator, even with the opposition of Black and Hispanic legislators, we have approved 460 charter schools, we have at least 34 charter schools that serve the families of my Senatorial District, and for this, I am very proud.

The Black Lives Matter movement held a peaceful demonstration in Times Square, New York, to show solidarity in the wake of the tragedies that occurred this week and to stand with the families of Delrawn Small, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, three men shot dead by police

In what is being called «the nation's worst crisis in the history of the Black family,» hearing participants attributed the degenerating situation to the particularly disturbing plight of young African - American men, half of whom are now unemployed, and have 30 percent chance of serving time in prison before age 30.

In 1992, among the high - scoring high school seniors (those with test scores in the top tenth of the class), black and Hispanic youth were three times as likely to be from families with incomes less than $ 20,000 than white and other non-Hispanic youth (12)(see figure, below).

The covariates included race / ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Mexican American, or other), educational attainment (< 12, 12, or > 12 years of education), smoking status (never, former, or current), alcohol consumption (0, < 3, or ≥ 3 drinks / wk), physical activity (0, < 5, or ≥ 5 times / wk of moderate - intensity to vigorous activities), BMI (< 25, 25 to < 30, or ≥ 30), family history of CVD (yes / no), and antihypertensive medication use (yes / no).

Some of my favorite gifts from Nordstrom include this initial necklace which I wear all the time (and recently bought for a mystery family member), this cozy scarf, these Hunters, my favorite cozy socks, this sweater in pink, my favorite pocket sweater, this tote bag in black / cognac, these loafers which I SWEAR look just like Gucci loafers, this Patagonia, the sweater I'm wearing in this post along with this sweater in red and this sweater in tan, this scarf and this scarf, this black bell - sleeved tunic, this «cold shoulder» sweater, these Sam Edelman leopard flats, this sparkly sweater, this poncho, these Nikes which are perfect for traveling, and these Coach boots.

With all of the buzz about Black Friday and all of the shopping sales going on, I can't help but think that family time gets ignored just to save a few dollars.

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But hand a hard time getting into the work force after college, so she considers becoming a high end escort in order to earn some money and get out of her family's home in a disadvantaged black neighborhood.

Part family, parents date outside the free online dating black singles church and over time she realised she had to look for his love of animals so taken wanted to add, agree.

So bad at this but here we go, I am 34, divorced, a ssbbw meatball, short black hair, brown eyes, and tattoos, love to laugh, have fun, explore my new home of Tn, spend time with family, go dancing, watch movies of all kinds, love the drive - in, bowling as cheesy as it is, and kind of go with the flow..

«Guess Who» is a dry comedy, a remake of the classic «Guess Who's Coming to Dinner» (1967), only this time, it has a race role reversal, where the original film was about a white family meeting a black man, this film centers around a black family meeting a white man.

Set deep in the Mississippi Delta, it's the epic story of two families, one white, the other black, who've each sown hope among fields too sodden to be much use — and though the sheer scope of the material overwhelms «Pariah» director Dee Rees at times, she finds shoots of optimism among the mire that couldn't be more welcome at a moment when the country seems more divided than ever.

In the ending shown in theaters, Daniel Kaluuya's Chris, having barely escaped from multiple murder attempts on the part of his white girlfriend's evil black body — snatching family, is rescued by his buddy Rod (played by Lil Rel Howery in one of those miraculous supporting performances that's minimal in terms of screen time but crucial to both plot and tone).

So, you can just imagine what happens here when they try to tackle a very real story of a black family moving to an all - white neighborhood in which they were not wanted, and they risk their lives each time they step outside their home.

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But the setting this time is the Los Angeles home of an upscale black family that's lost its patriarch.

In this gritty crime thriller, laced with elements of black comedy, Donal races against time to repair the damage he's done to his estranged family while trying to avoid being killed by his enemies.

Directed by Dee Rees (whose debut feature Pariah was a breakout favorite at Sundance 2011), the drama follows two families — one black, one white — living on the same farm in the Mississippi Delta around the time of World War II.

10:45 pm — TCM — The Black Stallion I wouldn't dare to guess how many times I saw this movie as a horse - crazy kid, but I would dare argue that its central section with its almost total lack of dialogue as Alec and The Black get to know each other while shipwrecked on a deserted island is still among my favorite sections in any family movie.

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[3] The old conventional wisdom may be intuitively appealing because aggregate disability rates — with no adjustments for family income or other student characteristics — are higher for students who are black (1.4 times) or Native American (1.7), and lower for whites (0.9) and Asians (0.5), with Hispanic students about as likely to be identified as the rest of the population.

As Bush strategist Karl Rove explained in his book Courage and Consequence: «When Bush said education was the civil rights struggle of our time or that the absence of an accountability system in our schools meant black, brown, poor, and rural children were getting left behind, it gave listeners important information about his respect and concern for every family and deepened the impression that he was a different kind of Republican whom suburban voters... could be proud to support.»

Unfortunately for middle class families — especially first - generation black, Latino, and Asian households who are entering the middle class for the first time — throughout the rest of the country (including the supposedly tony Virginia and Maryland suburbs outside of D.C.)-- school choice doesn't really exist at all.

Over time the reputation of being hard (on black people) discourages certain families from enrolling a child in a school.

It showed that low - income students are five times more likely to drop out of high school than those from higher income families and that blacks and Hispanics dropped out of school at higher rates than whites.

For parents — especially black, Latino, and Asian families who are joining the middle class for the first time and moving into suburbia — the importance of knowing how schools actually handle students worst - served by American public education (including low expectations) is critical to doing all they can to keep their youngsters out of the economic and social abyss.

In another part of its annual education issue, the Times magazine notes «White families in cities like Washington are flocking to private schools, where fewer black students are in attendance.»

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Your book vividly conjures urban America twenty years ago, a time when the fracturing of families, the implosion of the inner city, and the sudden emergence of crack cocaine combined to create what felt like a catastrophic threat to the survival of young black men as a group.

Born into an upper - class black family in Chicago, Jefferson came of age in the 1960s at a time when just beneath the surface of the civil rights movement, blacks were struggling with class frictions that complicated the ideals of racial unity.

Even without the dynamic Black Panther characters, this soars as a finely drawn portrait of a family in flux and as a memorable slice of a specific time in our nation's history.

Dodger is a daughter of «Nikki» who was a full blood black lab that had been a huge part of the family for a very long time.

If Pepper, your cat, cries and trembles all the time she's at the veterinary hospital but would send Aunt Mildred in Iowa into fits of sneezing if she accompanied you on a family visit, or if your boxer Blutto goes on a hunger strike at the kennel while you're eating your way through a cruise, there's an alternative.In truth, many pet owners don't have as good a time as they could on vacation because they worry about the loyal four - footed friends they've left behind.Nine years ago, Jeanne Tusler faced this same problem when she acquired a black teacup toy poodle named Gigi.

They make excellent companions and if you're thinking of adopting, now is the perfect time to make a black cat a member of your family!

So, the next time you have the opportunity to make a beautiful black feline part of your family, take it!

Thanksgiving is a time for family, a lot of turkey, a ton of football, hours of gaming, and amazing Black Friday offers.