Sentences with phrase «about racial issues»

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Conservatives, for their part, repelled by the public vision of civil rights advocates and convinced that the programs of the past have failed, prefer not to address racial issues at all; when they do, they talk in formalistic terms about the principle of «color - blind state action.»

It is identical to racial issues: civil and church laws need to protect the truth about the equal dignity of all races because that truth allows us to treat others as persons.

And we've seen, when issues of racial injustice flare up, vocal pro-lifers wonder why civil rights leaders don't seem as concerned about the injustice of abortion.

Among the arguments for and against school busing, we do not hear much about the fundamental issue of racial alienation.

racial segregation was so widely accepted in the churches and societies throughout the world that few white theologians, did see the injustice, did not regard the issue important enough to even write or talk about it.

We talked to Trillia Newbell, a speaker and author whose books include United: Captured by God's Vision for Diversity, about how Christians can have productive conversations and take action on issues of racial injustice.

Speaking to about 1,000 people Nixon cast her support as primarily driven by racial disparity in marijuana arrests, declaring that «I want to do it first and foremost because it's a racial justice issue.»

The ordeal led to a frank Twitter post from schools Chancellor Richard Carranza about the racial dynamics of the issue, for which he later issued a measured apology.

Today's frantic new media systems can generate huge waves of alarmist communications which invade countries and alarm the citizens about two main issues that bypass the logical part of the brain: racial threat and sex... both topics are used by media to command human attention because they bypass conscious brain structures to ensure a fast response, the same as a deja vu is seen before it is noticed, so to speak.

«I am disappointed that there is racial disparity in arrests, as I have been and was in the leadership on stop - and - frisk, and I want to see it corrected,» Sharpton said, responding to a reporter's question about de Blasio's attitude toward the issue.

All of the panelists expressed concern about issues of isolation and being the only one to speak up out about gender or racial issues.

Whereas the manifest of racial issues is about the black Americans and the Whites, currently, interracial dating and related marriages are not only legally acceptable but also culturally encouraged.

By presenting the interaction of racial stereotypes as «real» racial issues in America, it only reinforces them by allowing you to feel OK about your prejudices.

Whenever the movie tries to say something insightful about racial integration — or education, or any number of issues — it backs off or bogs down.

Suggesting a period piece version of a film noir saga as envisioned by Stanley Kubrick, this twisted feminist drama is rooted in contentious racial - and gender - warfare issues, employing a meticulous formalism to recount its cutthroat story about Katherine's at - any - cost attempts to attain liberation.

It's perplexing why Kaurismäki feels compelled to call upon racial passing and cultural appropriation as sources of momentary, cheap comedy, especially considering that these are significant issues in ongoing conversations about the representation of difference.

It pays attention to issues of racial, religious and gender discrimination without wavering from its main objective: giving us an entertaining film about a couple of guys who are in way over their heads.

Riding out these degradations is hard going at times, but this heady thematic mix of «issues about the justice system, gentrification, power dynamics, and racial profiling» also boasts an energetic «music video aesthetic... to give a sense we're playing in Leah's New York fantasies.»

A chart accompanying a story about racial differences in students» outlook on school in the Nov. 20, 2002, print issue of Education Week carried an incorrect figure.

In her new book, Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real about Race in School, Associate Professor Mica Pollock compiles essays written by scholars who have studied teachers struggling with race issues and about the various racial dilemmas facing the American teacher.

Parents complained that Dr. Fox tried to turn any criticism about the school into a racial issue.

I've been long - concerned about The manipulation of Social Emotional Learning and what can often be its lack of connection to racial equity issues.

Professor of Ethical Leadership at Boston University School of Theology, urges educators to «take a stand of moral courage» by speaking out on issues of racial injustice and teaching students about the history of race in America.

This type of data is needed to accurately describe changes in diversity as students move between sectors because there is significant variation in student demographics at the school level that is often obscured when examining the issue at higher levels of aggregation (e.g. comparing charters as a group to surrounding school district or metropolitan area) and can complicate the drawing of valid inferences about the relationship between public school choice and racial sorting.

These short videos are designed to shift the conversation, to prompt a deeper, more authentic discussion about issues of racial equity in schools.

«Most teacher preparation programs do not require prospective teachers to learn about the cultural and community history, racial dynamics, and equity issues that Chicago students experience.»

In the aftermath of the news about the police shootings of young black men, she urged her teachers to discuss law enforcement and racial issues in class.

Listen to J4J's commentary: «To justify this radical transformation... the proponents of these policies have taken to talking about them as matters of racial and social justice... As the residents of the communities most affected by school closures and charter school expansion, we must take issue with this rhetorical description.

However, he said, «This is a very difficult time to talk about race,» adding that racism and racial bias sometimes do not «explain the entirety» of an issue.

Bradley talks about the role of the nation's 10 equity assistance centers, including the IDRA - directed South Central Collaborative for Equity, in addressing these civil rights issues (gender discrimination, sexual abuse, racial hostility, etc.) and working to make schools work for all learners.

«At a moment in our history when we confront significant economic inequalities, distressing racial tensions, increasing segregation and crucial questions about immigration, the passage of tepid legislation that addresses none of these issues is not a cause for celebration.»

Last fall, the executive board of the NAACP adopted a resolution proposed at their national convention, calling for a moratorium on the expansion of charter schools, and citing concerns about their impact on public school districts, racial disparities and other issues.

The plot races as fast as the track runners in it, and — without ever feeling like a book about «issues» — it deftly tackles topics like isolation, diverse family makeup, living with illness, losing a parent, transcending socioeconomic and racial barriers, and — perhaps best of all — what it's like for a tween to love their little sister more than all the cupcakes in the world.

When I served as student body president at AU and began working on the issues I had always cared about — gender equity, racial justice, opportunity regardless of economic background, and, yes, LGBTQ equality — it became clear that making a difference in the world wouldn't diminish or dilute my own pain and incompleteness.

I'm struck by how little the issues Larsen was writing about during the Harlem Renaissance have changed in the intervening century: the dangers of being black in a white space, the conflation of our ideals of beauty and whiteness, the terror so many people associate with the dissolution of borders — racial, national, sexual.

I think the authors of these books recognize the importance of reminding and educating readers about the issues surrounding slavery and racial prejudice that have been as important as any other factors in shaping the history of this country.

While setting the record straight about Davis's career, lovers, addiction and racial issues, Graham channels Davis's voice and cadence so completely that listeners will believe they're hearing the master himself.

However, non-MoneySaving discussions which are legitimately complained about, such as sensitive racial issues, will be scanned and if considered a threat to the site, will be removed.

Nothing in this post was attacking white people, I will not stop talking about race, and ignoring racial issues is not an opportunity to evolve, it's an opportunity to continue supporting and perpetuating age - old systems that are racist and imperialistic.

These aesthetic observations of the physical form become metaphors by which to consider broader issues about empowerment, gender roles, beauty, politics, labor, pop culture — as well as ethnic and racial histories.

These aesthetic observations of the physical form become metaphors by which to consider broader issues about empowerment, gender roles, beauty, politics, labor, popular - culture — as well as ethnic and racial histories.

«Through her monumental paintings, Abney gives us the chance to have a meaningful conversation about issues of racial violence and social justice.»

At a time when America is grappling with deep - rooted, seemingly intractable racial issues, it's time for a frank conversation about black identity.

In particular, my work tends to focus on racial equity and racial justice, but we certainly also address gender and class quite a bit and any other equity or social justice issues that organizations has some questions about.

The Racial Equity Committee monitors and provides advice about programs that address issues of racism and discrimination in the legal profession and in relation to access to justice, including programs to increase access to the legal profession.

Originally focused on improving race relations among youth in Greater Boston, the Foundation's mission today is to support programs addressing inequality in its various forms, including racial, ethnic and gender disparities in both Greater Boston and metropolitan Washington, D.C., and to raise awareness about these issues.

Given that «equality» can mean many different things, and that its pursuit is often ideologically driven, this is not merely about ridding the profession of any lingering racial discrimination — a goal with which we think reasonable people would not take issue.

This qualitative study represents the field's first attempt to gather systematically the perceptions of child welfare personnel about the issue of racial disproportionality.

For beyondblue, putting the issue of everyday racial discrimination squarely in the public domain and asking everyone to stop and think about their actions is an effective way to create a public discussion to trigger behavioural change.