Sentences with phrase «about racial prejudice»

And I do it every time my first response to a report about police brutality or a story about racial prejudice is, well it couldn't be THAT bad.

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This was done about the same time the leadership pulled back on it's racial prejudices.

The Commission would think in planetary terms about the whole human race, transcending the narrow ties of national governments and racial and ideological prejudices.

Attitudes about racial profiling are also reflected in what Muslim Americans say about prejudice they face.

Debriefing revealed that many of the participants had become aware of race - related feelings — shock, fear, expectation of rejection, vulnerability, confusion, inferiority as a Black, relief at being White again, and guilt about these responses.5 This group was relatively free of conscious prejudices and was dedicated to racial justice.

But the past month of British politics has seen local and European elections produce massive gains for the Eurosceptic anti-immigration UKIP, the publication of a report on the gradual rise in levels of racial prejudice in Britainover the past ten years and a scare about Islamic extremism in British schools.

But the past month of British politics has seen local and European elections produce massive gains for the Eurosceptic anti-immigration UKIP, the publication of a report on the gradual rise in levels of racial prejudice in Britain over the past ten years and a scare about Islamic extremism in British schools.

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.

RACISM — What are the consequences of racial prejudice and false beliefs about the origin of races?

An important subplot about a murder takes a back seat to coming - of - age sexual awakenings, aggressively cloaked homosexuality, and routine racial prejudice, all under the guise of Daniels» busy camera.

What begins like a movie about concerns over a mixed - race couple's relationship turns into a horror film when Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) visits the Caucasian family of his girlfriend (Allison Williams) and discovers they take racial prejudice to a whole new level.

(In French with subtitles) Spinning into Butter (R for profanity) Hate crime saga, set on the verdant campus of a college in Vermony, finds the school's dean (Sarah Jessica Parker) reexamining her feelings about prejudice when racial epithets threatening lynching are plastered to the dorm room door of a black student (Paul James).

At a prestigious, predominantly white university, a group of students are forced to confront prejudices about their own and other people's cultures — racial, sexual and socio - economic — when a party meant to target an on - campus faction goes out of control.

Logline: At a prestigious, predominantly white university, a group of students are forced to confront prejudices about their own and other people's cultures — racial, sexual and socio - economic — when a party meant to target an on - campus faction goes out of control.

Many have posted comments about gender discrimination, racial and religious discrimination but the poor and the physically and mentally challenged often feel the same prejudice because they don't fit in.

In this riveting collection of personal essays about racial identity, blacks and whites, young and old, talk with candor and passion about both the privilege and the prejudice, and how they are negotiated, challenged, or ignored.

YA / Mature Readers: Teens will appreciate Gilb's heated and candid tale about 15 - year - old Sonny's quandaries over the volatile relationship between his mother and new stepfather, racial prejudice and violence, and his sexual and intellectual awakenings, necessitating choices between lust and love, crime and education.

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.

The ever - popular Jodi Picoult makes the list with her examination of racial prejudices and justice, Small Great Things, as well as Crosstalk by Connie Willis, a sci - fi love story about what happens when you mix technology and love.

With the very narrow, newly created exception for guilty verdicts in criminal cases reached based upon racial or other kinds of impermissible prejudice rather than the facts of the case (or cases where there is an outside influence on the jury such as a bribe or someone looking up facts or law on the Internet), no one can challenge a jury verdict based upon the reasoning and conclusions actually made by the jurors, even if someone learns that the jury knowingly or accidentally didn't follow the law or was mistaken about the facts.

A letter to the editor by Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane, published the next day, delivered a similar rebuttal: he argued that «racism is as much about impact as it is about intention», and highlighted that malice, hatred or doctrinal commitment aren't necessarily requirements for racial prejudice or discrimination.

Recent surveys conducted among 12,000 people found that about 80 % of Australians consider that racial prejudice is still a problem.