Sentences with phrase «about racial inequity»

Domonic Rollins, senior diversity and inclusion officer: Some educators lament that it is hard to teach about racial inequity and inequality, since slavery, the Holocaust, and the Civil Rights era seem like a distant memory to many young people.

We need to do something about the racial inequities in our health care system.

Not exact matches

Ironically, the broad diversity argument in higher education — that it benefits everyone, including white students — has perhaps led to a decline in a focus on racial inequities, says Harvard education professor Natasha Warikoo, and «maybe it's time to rethink this very shallow way we talk about affirmative action.»

Objections range from the basic «it's too long» and «it's too stressful» side of the spectrum to weightier concerns about teachers being forced to teach to the test, racial and socioeconomic inequities, and private corporations taking over schools that, according to test results, are failing.

While there's a lot of energy to move forward, to do something about the glaring racial inequities, this same pressure threatens to produce policy change that could inadvertently hurt other students, teachers, and schools.

Blackstone Valley Prep is committed to the academic success, social and emotional growth, and health and wellness of 100 % of scholars in an intentionally diverse school that celebrates the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, gender, and sexual - orientation differences of our scholars, staff, and families by actively engaging in courageous conversations about the value of peoples» differences; raising awareness of self and society's structural inequities; and empowering all people to engage in an open and honest dialogue with an active voice.

Over half of America's school children are now poor; more of our children are members of ethnic and racial minority groups, there is deepening concern about the future of children of color; and inequities in our society are more apparent than ever.

With his wryly clever conversational style, best - selling author Walter Mosley charmed a packed Loker Student Union ballroom after stopping by California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Feb. 16 for a reading from his novel «Little Scarlet,» and to share thoughts about writing, racial inequity, and his personal reflections of the Watts Rebellion.

They've always been about social inequity and racial inequity and stereotypes of black men.