Sentences with phrase «about racial divides»

@J: I'm sorry about the racial divide in your town.

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We talked by phone about why diversity matters, what it means to be a good corporate citizen and whether the President has done enough on the racial divide in America.

If they spent 1/10 the time, money and attention to unwed mothers, poor families, and the racial divide in adoptions (everyone wants a white baby, no one wants ethnic babies, ethnic toddlers, or white or ethnic teenagers), then maybe women would be less scared about having problem / unwanted pregnancies.

Indeed, the entire affair illustrates how powerfully two separate levels of deliberation about racial matters» that of the American polity as a whole and that of blacks by and among themselves» can interact with each other, on both sides of the political divide.

White rattled off a populist platform, spoke out against subsidies for wealthy developers, and about healing the racial divide.

There was a sharp racial divide, with Mr. Stringer winning about two - thirds of white voters, and Mr. Spitzer winning about two thirds of black voters.

Loving is a handsomely crafted drama about two mild - mannered, yet courageous souls from opposite sides of the racial divide in late 1950s Virginia, who followed their hearts in strict defiance of the Racial Integrity Act, which criminalized interracial marriages in the racial divide in late 1950s Virginia, who followed their hearts in strict defiance of the Racial Integrity Act, which criminalized interracial marriages in the Racial Integrity Act, which criminalized interracial marriages in the state.

When the little girl's paternal grandmother seeks custody, a bitter legal battle ensues that forces the uneasy family members to have an honest conversation about life, death, anger and America's racial divide.

The movie's all about a young black guy who heads off with his white girlfriend to meet her oh - so - progressive family, and realizes that something is very wrong with the racial divide in this sleepy little town.

The events of the film are much more important to the African - American community, and to America as a country trying to overcome its great racial divide, but somehow Washington manages to make the film much more about the significance of the individual characters first.

Most of the reports about the digital divide center around racial and socio - economic differences (a 2010 study confirmed that household income is the greatest predictor of Internet use).

The results showed a continued racial divide — in ninth grade language arts, about 90 percent of white students are in honors, compared to less than 50 percent of black students.

LGBT people are not necessarily as easily identified as blacks or Native Americans, and because LGBT occurs across racial divides (and because so many LGBT individuals already are professionals, artists, actors, whatever), it's more difficult for white supremacist types to make the same arguments about them.

The convening also forefronted artists such as Postcommodity, Autumn Knight, and Guillermo Gomez - Pena, among others, who gave performances about identity and identity politics, called out the racial divides and absurdities in arts administration and funding structures, and lay bare contemporary colonizing forces.