Sentences with phrase «achieve upward mobility»

Even though inequality has lately come to the fore as a public issue, two widely held American beliefs persist — first, that the U.S. is largely a classless society and, second, that people shed or discard the vestiges of their social class roots when they achieve upward mobility.

«As Hispanic Catholics in the U.S achieve upward mobility, they may become a little more conservative on social justice and concern for the poor,» Dillon says, «but currently many of the issues that are especially important to Catholics in Latin America are also very important to Hispanic Catholics in the U.S.»

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«I have spoken with Julie and she has assured me that she will continue to promote policies that help lower - and middle - income New Yorkers achieve financial security and upward mobility.

DeFrancisco said he hopes to change the economy in New York by implementing policies that create a friendlier business environment and help hardworking residents achieve financial security and upward mobility.

«I have spoken with Julie and she has assured me that she will continue to promote policies that help lower and middle - income New Yorkers achieve financial security and upward mobility.»

It's well known that economic growth or the desire to achieve it can drive language loss, he notes — dominant languages such as Mandarin Chinese and English are often required for upward mobility in education and business, and economic assistance often encourages recipients to speak dominant languages.

«I, Tonya» is a meditation on upward mobility and the elusiveness of achieving the American dream, showing that systems are in check to prevent a true meritocracy, be they patriarchal or classist in nature.

They believe in upward mobility as something achieved primarily by individuals striving within a free, meritocratic society that doesn't place barriers in front of people but also doesn't do them special favors.

Her career, at every level, has been seminal in advocating workforce development, upward mobility through achieving success in career and technical programs and in «putting America back to work.»

Empathy helps us organize and cooperate which, in itself, aids upward mobility because we can always achieve more working together than working apart.

In achieving this goal, I look forward to be rewarded with upward mobility.