Sentences with phrase «against people of color»

What exactly are we witnessing to, besides painful experiences of discrimination against persons of color?

We spoke at length about many of the issues that face our community, including systemic oppression against people of color, police brutality and the criminal justice system.

But the odds are very clearly stacked against people of color.

What other country has used nuclear warfare against another people of color and it's nation?

For decades, many urban fire departments were the exclusive province of whites, thanks to explicit discrimination against people of color.

Recent films, such as Crow Requiem and The Way Out Is the Way To, move between Smith's active study of multiple sources and archives (avant - garde, African - American histories and improvisational music), and Smith's personal and political response to recent and ongoing violence against people of color at the hands of the state.

The use of excessive and lethal police force against people of color is a persistent problem nationwide and we must recommit ourselves to building a more just city and society where all people, regardless of color, are treated equally by law enforcement.

What's obvious to anybody with half a brain is that the minority dudes offing cops are willing to die (and they have) for their cause: fighting police brutality against people of color in America.

In June 1948, it resolved not to hold any events at a facility discriminating against people of color.

«Crow Requiem» connects this history to recent and ongoing violence against people of color at the hands of the state.

Admittedly, it is difficult to interpret the Falling Men series outside of the context of police brutality inflicted against people of color.

These users have been known for spouting tweets and opinions against people of color.

I suspect you were here a long time ago for a brief time, and were hosted by christians who hid the realities of christian discrimination and bigotry against people of color from you.

If Nazi's / white supremasist hold a rally against people of color and various religions does that give anybody who is not part of that group to attack the Nazi's / white supremasists.

South Seattle - based journalist Reagan Jackson may have said it best in the title to her article, «Vitriol against People of Color Yoga Shows Exactly Why Its Necessary.»

All for a good arrest record, which not only serves to line the county coffers via federal funds, but keeps the D.A.'s «tough on crime» credo in the spotlight - and, ugliest of all, satisfies his predudice against people of color.

With decent poise, Boseman plays a younger Marshall, the NAACP's top lawyer who travels the country whenever there is an unjust incrimination against people of color.

It read, in part: «The use of excessive and lethal police force against people of color is a persistent problem nationwide and we must recommit ourselves to building a more just city and society where all people, regardless of color, are treated equally by law enforcement.

«It's only fitting that the presumptive nominee is a bombastic bigot who has called immigrants «rapists,» said he would punish women for having an abortion, repeatedly insults women, and has incited violence against people of color at his rallies.

A 2013 report by the NYCLU documents how NY's drug laws discriminate against people of color.

Trump's comments led to many demonstrations prior to games during Week 3, some in protest of inequality and oppression against people of color, some in unity, and some in which players didn't come out for the anthem at all.

Or when Colin Kaepernick and other NFL athletes took a knee during the national anthem in protest of police brutality against people of color.

Employment and housing are but two examples (and I only scratched at the surface), but they are indicative of a huge problem — the everyday systems (often invisible) that determine enormously important parts of our lives are stacked against people of color.

series outside of the context of police brutality inflicted against people of color.

«The grand jury's decision does not negate the fact that Michael Brown's tragic death is part of an alarming national trend of officers using excessive force against people of color, often during routine encounters.

his attitude reminds me of some of my fellow Americans who, after our country has spent hundreds of years either enslaving or discriminating against people of color, don't want to hear about racism anymore.

It caused a wave of new demonstrations, some of which took away from the focus of Colin Kaepernick's protest — which was against police brutality and oppression against people of color.

The deadly use of force against people of color has been a near - weekly occurrence in America, sparking a decade of protest, city - by - city.

«And he's always been a vocal opponent of discrimination of any kind, whether it's against people of color, women, gays, lesbians, and transgender people, immigrants, seniors or people with disabilities.»

When a Staten Island grand jury refused to return a criminal indictment of an officer in the death of Eric Garner, she issued a press release declaring «the use of excessive and lethal force against people of color is a persistent problem nationwide.»

Mr. Loeb urged that people «take up the fight against the teachers union, the single biggest force standing in the way of quality education and an organization that has done more to perpetuate poverty and discrimination against people of color than the K.K.K.»

Speaking on major challenges facing the city — including lack of affordability, school equality, representation of women in government, discrimination against people of color, and health inequality by zip code — Johnson urged the body to be unified.

The Jews of Color Caucus, along with hundreds of neighbors and advocacy groups, held an action and vigil in support of Black Lives Matter to demand an end to police violence against people of color and the passage of the Right to Know Act.

He also challenges his values: If Black Panther is about this warrior - king coming to terms with his responsibilities to the rest of the world, then it takes the extreme version of that imperative presented by Killmonger — a war hawk's hate - fueled, yet sympathetic scheme to avenge a history of violence against people of color — to help T'Challa reach his epiphany.

It's not a perfect film by any stretch, and one area where I certainly agree with detractors is how problems, particularly the treatment of rape victims and police brutality against people of color, are treated in the abstract.

When the trials for crimes against the poor, against people of color, and against public education are held, the current administration will have to be judged for its harsh policies.

«With recurring events such as police brutality against people of color, the mistreatment of Native Americans, and of course, the election my art has taken a political turn,» she wrote.

Dread Scott reprised a provocative work, a flag drawing attention to police violence against people of color.

The Bureau has collaborated with organizations such as Visual AIDS and Fire Island Artist Residency, as well as with veterans of The Lesbian Avengers activist group and activists fighting police violence against people of color to bring you provocative and inspiring exhibitions year round.