Sentences with phrase «addresses black experience»

«With the increased diversification of our collections, it is exciting to have the opportunity to showcase new acquisitions in an installation that specifically addresses the black experience in this country,» says Alejo Benedetti, Crystal Bridges curator for Black Unity.

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«As you know... the Commissioner is empowered to grant a waiver to an «exceptionally qualified» candidate who does not meet all the graduate course or teaching requirements in law if he finds that the candidate has «exceptional training and experience» which are the «substantial equivalent» of such requirements,» Steiner wrote in the letter addressed to Brooklyn Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and several other officials who expressed concern about Black's qualifications.

Black Panther addresses this and so many other aspects of the Black experience while keeping your eyes glued to the screen.

Instead of using her experience to address the persistent achievement gaps between black and white students, Amante was directed to hold students back a year when they couldn't meet standards academically.

His recent work analyzes the social, educational and cultural experiences of Black male K — 12 teachers who have been effective in addressing the academic and social needs of Black male youth, and how the practices and pedagogy translate to all teachers meeting the needs of vulnerable populations of students.

Schools that do achieve strong results for black students address racial dynamics carefully yet directly, empower students to bring their whole selves to school, and teach in ways that leverage students» experiences and cultures.

When my grandfather organized student sit - ins at downtown diners that wouldn't serve black customers at the counter, when my aunt integrated her elementary school as a frightened first grader, and when my mother and her parents fought a suspension when her principal singled her out as the only black child in class who didn't address him as «sir,» the fight for social justice through education became the lifeblood of my family's experience in and love for Tennessee.

The Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education conducts empirical research, disseminates scholarly information, examines research - based best practices, addresses critical educational issues, and strives to produce research that makes a difference which informs the development of practices, policies, programs, and scholarship impacting educational and workforce outcomes among African Americans.

In her own act of resistance, Walker's The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin showcases the artist's signature satire and sardonic imagery to directly address the history of oppression and injustice experienced by Black Americans in the South with the persistence of racial and gender stereotypes and ongoing efforts to advance equality in America.

Her work addresses stereotypes and misconceptions of the black experience and female form.

Some of the artists felt it incumbent upon them to use their artwork to directly address civil rights and civil justice issues related to African American experience through representation of Black people and Black lives.

Using labor - intensive processes, Ward imbues his work with layered meanings connected to cultural expression, history, and black experience, particularly of his native Jamaica and his adopted home of Harlem, New York, while also addressing issues related to immigration.

He is committed to his position as a black artist, and addresses the experiences of black America by investing potentially unsavory materials — greasy paper bags, chicken bones, liquor bottles — with a ritualistic power.

While addressing specific aspects of the black urban experience, the song maintains a universal significance, questioning the nature of sin, desire, and redemption.

Featuring: Amna Asghar, Dana Davenport, Umber Majeed, Tammy Nguyen, Ke Peng, Sahana Ramakrishnan, Sheida Soleimani Amna Asghar speaks on the construction and translation of disparate references, cultures, geographies, and generations from Pakistan and America; Dana Davenport addresses the complexity of interminority racism within her own community and institutions from her experiences as a Black Korean American; Umber Majeed's practice attempts to unpack the temporalities within South Asia as site, familial archival material, popular culture, and modern national state narratives; Tammy Nguyen interrogates natural sciences and non-human forms to explore racial intimacies and US military involvement in the Pacific Rim; Ke Peng documents the feeling of alienation and disorientation from urbanization and immigration by taking a journey into an imagined childhood in China, Hunan, where she was born and Shenzhen, a modern city where her family relocates to; Sahana Ramakrishan explores myths and religion from Buddhist and Hindu tales to speak upon the magic of childhood and the power dynamics of sexuality, race, and violence; Sheida Soleimani is an Iranian - American artist and a daughter of political refugees, making work to highlight her critical perspective on the historical and contemporary socio - political occurrences in Iran.

While foregrounding the way we perceive black female bodies within contemporary culture, Self draws on personal experiences to address issues pertaining to race, sex, and gender.

In this week's roundup Rashid Johnson addresses the black American experience, Doris Salcedo and Fred Wilson receive honors, William Kentridge returns to the Metropolitan Opera, and more.

We Wanted a Revolution highlights, with few exceptions, Black women artists whose work addresses the axis of racial and gendered social experiences.

Having grown up attending private school in the American South, among few other black children, Sherald has long been drawn to addressing constructions of race in her paintings, responding to personal experiences as well as black history.

Frankly addressing idea such as frailty, sexualized power, and racially bounded ideals of beauty, Reclaiming Images presents us with compelling and nuanced examinations of multiple Black female identities and experiences.