Sentences with phrase «about a minority population»

Fantasy novel, first in a new series set in the aftermath of the author's «Age of Darkness» trilogy, about a minority population with magical abilities in a society trying to eradicate magic.

Fantasy novel, first in a new series set in the aftermath of the author's «Age of Darkness» trilogy, about a minority population with magical abilities in a society

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Canadians who still get their mail delivered to their home are in the minority (about one - third of the population)

Putin spoke about the «rehabilitation of ethnic Tartars,» a minority Muslim that makes up about 12 % Crimea today after Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's forcible deported of the entire population in 1944.

It was a Christianity of mercy and philanthropy, which won the allegiance of the underprivileged and suppressed, that is to say, the mass of the population, more so than the Pauline theology that ultimately flowed into Neoplatonic philosophical theology of the educated minority (with literacy standing at about 15 percent).

This wild confusion is present in the minds of a small but financially powerful minority, though a much larger part of the population has a tendency to hold rigid ideas about the kinds of economic institutions in other nations with which we should cooperate.

Minority students make up about 16.5 percent of Stevenson's population, Galloway said.

• Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support • Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore • Barriers to decreasing health disparities in infant mortality for African Americans • Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in higher rates of infant mortality among minority populations • Barriers to breastfeeding experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively • Social support and breastfeeding self - efficacy among Black mothers • Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core • Positive changes in breastfeeding rates within the African American community • Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers

In the US, I think that about 25 % of the population consists of racial minorities and if you include ethnic minorities you get something closer to 50 %.

In contrast, The left wing coalition in all of these places is not wrapped up in a specifically Christian identity, is more welcoming to immigrants, and cares about stopping official misconduct towards minority populations including Muslims.

The general population, probably under the influence of persistent tabloid headlines about the mythical breakdown of the British social fabric, tend to overestimate problems between minority groups.

Addressing a press conference in Goaso on Tuesday, the Minority Spokesman on Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu - Afriyie Akoto, said government has over the years been implementing misguided policies and poor projects in the sector which employs about 60 % of the Ghanaian population.

Enck blames the decline on more and more young people growing up in urban cultures removed from hunting, an increasing proportion of ethnic minorities (who are less likely to hunt) in the population and — surprise, surprise — the rise in single - parent families «with fewer opportunities for children to learn about hunting from their fathers».

Until now little was known about the prevalence of food allergy in low socioeconomic ethnic minority populations.

The context in this article may seem to reflect theories about the Federal Government's underhanded attacks on minority, disadvantaged, and impoverished populations.

The experts cautioned about making broad generalizations — «meat is bad» or «dairy is bad» — but noted that only a minority of different populations adhere to a healthy dietary pattern, defined as one high in vegetables and fruits that can include lean meats and dairy even in modest amounts.

The school's acceptance rate is designed to create a population that is about 70 percent minority and 30 percent white.

Though Tacoma had only about 7,000 blacks — out of a total population of about 160,000 — our minority housing, like that in many cities, was concentrated in one area and served by schools then in violation of our state's de facto segregation rule.

In Hartford, 97 percent of students are members of racial or ethnic minority groups — in a state with a total minority student population of about 27 percent, said Thomas W. Murphy, a spokesperson for the Connecticut Department of Education.

On the first two «costs» the book provides no evidence of harm, other than summary statements about segregation, expressing concern that «education programs that serve low - income and minority students have become quite different from those that serve the rest of the student population,» (p. 225) and that «charter schools have moved the country farther away from the collective and democratic forms of education.»

In recent months, the city's battle over school segregation has played out in a few specific schools in some of the its fastest - gentrifying (or already gentrified - to - saturation - point) neighborhoods: Nikole Hannah - Jones chronicled the Brooklyn version of the saga in her much - discussed New York Times Magazine piece last weekend, «Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City,» about her decision to send her black daughter to a mostly minority school, only to have that school rezoned to include an affluent, predominantly white population.

Although black students made up about 3 % of the total Seattle population in the mid-1950's, nearly all black children attended schools where a majority of the population was minority.

These include: The Undereducation of American Youth, a study of the 16 - to 24 - year - old population in the 50 states; The Answer: Valuing Youth in Schools and Families, which presents strategies for communities, educators and parents working to keep young people in school and to educate those who have dropped out; and Hispanic Families as Valued Partners: An Educator's Guide, which provides background information about minority families and recommendations for involving them in their children's schools.

Slave owners comprised only a small minority of the white population; in 1860 there were around 350,000 slave owners, that is, about 1.3 per cent of the country's whites.

«Significant minorities of the population appear to know very little about credit scores.»

After that, we can talk about investing, but it is only relevant to a minority of the population with enough discipline to save early and often, initially aiming for 3 - 6 months of expenses.»

By contrast, the number of utterly ignorant bloggers, blog commenters, hack journalists and so on who regard themselves as being better qualified than the experts is just about beyond counting (though still, fortunately, a small minority of the population as a whole).

In December 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder called King a father of the environmental justice movement and urged everyone to think about the environment as a civil rights issue — because minority and low income populations have the same right to be free of health hazards posed by unsustainable practices as everyone else.

Would it be only Syrian Christians, who make up about 10 % of the population of Syria, or extend also to Muslim minorities?

An estimated 66 % of the students are not visible minorities, and the school body certainly does not resemble the population of Toronto, so the assumptions about ethnicity being a non-factor may actually be premature.

While I've written about these mobile HR best practices before, I wanted to share some insights into mobile job seeker strategies for minority groups, particularly the Hispanic population.

Dallas / NYC About Blog The mission of Brown Girls Do Ballet is to help increase participation of underrepresented minority populations in ballet programs through organizing and arranging ballet performances, photo exhibitions, and providing resources and scholarships to assist young girls in their ballet development and training.

Indeed, U.S. Census data shows that about 31 percent of the general population is minority.

Today, minority groups account for about 120 million people in the U.S. — 38 percent of the nation's population, according to the Census Bureau.