Sentences with phrase «against racism as»

Within the labour movement we have a duty to be vigilant in our fight against racism as a barrier to equality and solidarity.

Of his two speak out against his racism as like supremacy and has ongoing disregard for the people he's supposed to sir.

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General Motors is about unity and inclusion and so am I. Recent events, particularly those in Charlottesville, Virginia, and its aftermath, require that we come together as a country and reinforce values and ideals that unite us - tolerance, inclusion and diversity — and speak against those which divide us — racism, bigotry and any politics based on ethnicity.

Most state election officials scoffed at the idea, while Trump critics described his obsession as thinly veiled racism against Hispanic and African - American voters.

Unlike Martin Luther King Jr., who I respect enormously for his stand against racism but otherwise view as just another lying charlatan shaman, I have not committed adultery.

The psychic energy of contemporary pastors, theologians and church leaders has more often centered on the kerygmatic Word as it encounters «the problem of history,» on struggles against the idolatries of fascism and Stalinism abroad and racism, classism and sexism at home, or on the development of the professional skills of ministry.

I exited the church somewhat somber, trying to figure out what the Asian young people had done to piss my dad off so much, wondering if maybe racism was okay for Christians as long as it wasn't against black people.

This National Movement Against Racism, as we called it, spread its message among all ranks of society.

The Republicans can come up with as many arugments against Obama (some good, some bad) but the lazy out there are constantly dismissing it all as «racism.»

The rationalization of southern baptists is truly mind boggling — the idea that each church is «autonomous» as justification for outright racism is pitiful in this day and age — if the Southern Baptist convention had come out strongly and adamantly against this kind of behavior, I'd have at least a measure of respect for them — but to shrug off a blatant act of discrimination as the «work of the devil» and ignore the deacon's cowardice in wanting to avoid «controversy» is laughable — if it weren't for people having the courage to fan the flames of controversy, women and african american would not have the right to vote today — more evidence of the ignorance of most bible thumpers, and Mississippi in particular

He could have added also that some radical Christians, such as those who supported the World Council of Churches» Anti-Racism program have been vocal in campaigning against structural oppression and racism.

Islam does not come to the shores of the west with the intention of blending in and getting on with their lives — they come and use our laws against us to set themselves apart and watch as our rights are restricted to avoid the appearance of racism while their rights are enhanced in their separateness.

''... they -LSB-, Muslims,] come and use our laws against us to set themselves apart and watch as our rights are restricted to avoid the appearance of racism while their rights are enhanced in their separateness.»

It was about how the discipline of theology had been defined so as to exclude any engagement with the African - American struggle against racism.

Thus, in the political calculus that flowed from portraying racism as the central fact of American life, no white effort to redress the transgressions against the blacks was ever adequate, and no black challenge to the privileges or sensibilities of whites was ever excessive.

The standard polemics against capitalism, imperialism, racism, militarism, and whatever are now marginally recast in terms of the supposed threat such evils pose to Our Planet» or, as it is now said, «The Earth Community.»

She speaks of a feminist critical hermeneutics deriving its truth «not only from biblical writings but also from contemporary struggle of women against racism, sexism and poverty as oppressive systems of patriarchy».21

Yet racism is enshrined in their legal system, however many decent people try to circumvent it; just as racism is against our law, however many Americans practice it.

A great many of our fellow citizens see demands for homosexual marriage as just one more step in the democratic struggle against injustice and discrimination, a continuation of the fight against racism.

God did not and the Nephites were destroyed as a nation because their pride and racism against who they knew to be their brothers and sisters, the Lamanites.

As the entries progress, she draws clearer and clearer lines between her daily fight against the spread of the disease and the ongoing fight against racism, state violence, and homophobia.

As we saw dozens of NFL players protest police violence and racism during the national anthem on Sunday, we are reminded that the NBA has a rule against that.

Last year, amongst a flurry of articles, reports and exclusives accusing and alleging corruption at the heart of FIFA, Sepp Blatter proclaimed that the storm against the organisation and particularly its choice to select Qatar as the host for the 2022 World Cup was down to racism and discrimination.

Without Evidence If a person of colour has the misfortune of suffering acts of racism without recorded evidence — which is 99 % of the time as we don't go about with the recording features of our mobile phones turned on in anticipation of capturing racial abuses against us — then it is our word against those of our abusers before the person of authority who is most likely to be white.

Racism issue can't seem to find any day off in football as the latest issue occurred again in Italian football last weekend during the match between AC Milan against AS Romas the latest issue occurred again in Italian football last weekend during the match between AC Milan against AS RomAS Roma.

Please don't let that stop you from raising your voice and speaking out against racism and discrimination as loudly as you can.

The project has brought people together regardless of background and has supported D&RFC initiatives such as «Fans for the future» and «Red card against racism».

Toni Morrison «s view of motherhood as reflected in her literary works is one of motherhood as a profound act of social and political resistance in the struggle against both racism and the oppression of women.

Extending the franchise to 16 - and 17 - year - olds narrowly saw off an alternative proposal to campaign against racism and religious discrimination to be adopted as the UK wide cause.

Anytime a black person alleges that they have been racially discriminated against, they are viewed as a «Don King» sort of radical until they can prove racism did, in fact, take place.

Andy would have been the best leader we never had last time, he's not right this time, incidentally your choice for Mayor Diane Abbot comes out with her usual nonsense regarding, her 24,000 majority compared to Khans 2,000 majority, When she was first elected in 1987 ′ she had a swing against her, even though, any really after the 1983 election, it would be expected, that a labour politician would have a swing towards them as 1983 was our all time low, and I could be said her swing against her at the time was due to racism, but Paul boeteng stood for the first time, next to her in 1987 ′ he never had a swing against him,

The DisruptJ20 activist network is holding a series of events throughout Washington, D.C. on January 20, including the Queer Resistance on J20, a queer anti-inauguration party at a security checkpoint, at 6:30 a.m. at McPherson Square Park; the Movement for Black Lives #J20 Resistance at the Inauguration — a combined movement of Black Lives Matter DC, Baltimore BLOC and the Movement for Black Lives — at 7 a.m. at MPD Police Headquarters; the «Festival of Resistance: March Against Trump» at 12 p.m. at Columbus Circle to reject forms of hate and oppression such as racism, sexism, transphobia, Islamophobia and ableism; and «Preparing for the Trump Era: What Anarchists Are» on January 21 at 5 p.m. at The Festival Center.

The timing was wrong for The Clash, as they were breaking themselves up at the time, but they never really engaged in the miners» strike.Apart from Rock Against Racism, they never really engaged in politics at all.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo opened up a blistering line of attack against President Donald Trump for ending the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals, blasting the move as one rooted in racism.

If Paladino does not step down, as expected, the board will appeal to state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to remove him, forcing her to weigh his opponents» arguments of racism against his First Amendment right to free speech.

The challenges confronting the present generation of Africans may be unique in their own rights, however, it can not be in doubt that a concerted effort of the kind that delivered victories over slavery, oppression, subjugation and colonialism is needed today in equal measure to defeat contemporary forces such as neo-colonialism, racism, exploitation, unfair trade and poverty which are militating against our progress.

Enoch Powell had made some great contributions to Britain during the Second World War, and as a politician afterwards, but all of his accomplishments count as nothing against the racism that he displayed in 1968 and afterwards.

Since then, he has spoken out against institutionalized racism in law enforcement on television programs such as «60 Minutes,» «The Montel Williams Show,» and «Donahue.»

A spokesman for Corbyn said the Labour leader attended a Stand Up to Racism event on Saturday co-convened by a senior member of the SWP as he «wanted to show his support for the campaign against racism and xenophobia, particularly given the rise in hate crime since the EU referendum in June&rRacism event on Saturday co-convened by a senior member of the SWP as he «wanted to show his support for the campaign against racism and xenophobia, particularly given the rise in hate crime since the EU referendum in June&rracism and xenophobia, particularly given the rise in hate crime since the EU referendum in June».

On the evening of November 16, more than 700 people packed the Sunnyside Community Services Center to speak out against Trump's and Vice President - elect Mike Pence's structural and systematic racism toward the Muslim and other immigrant communities, as well as their misogyny and homophobia.

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Even as a very young girl, Simone stood up against the routine slights of racism and discrimination in the Jim Crow South.

Schindler's List has been elevated above the status of a mere film and should be compulsory viewing for each new generation as a warning against racism and Totalitarianism.

Rosa's personal struggle against institutionalized racism reaches its zenith on the night of December 1, 1955, when, bone - weary after a long day's work as a seamstress at a Montgomery department store, she refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white man — and is promptly arrested.

A case could be made for Gregory Peck in «To Kill a Mockingbird» or Marlon Brando in «The Godfather,» but they had other pressing obligations — one as a small - town lawyer taking a stand against racism and the other a mob kingpin whose idea of family goes beyond mere blood relatives.

The continuation, through Warren, of the retribution against white brutality exacted by Django is offered as cathartic, and Tarantino's sincere commitment to fighting racism is welcome given the current tensions provoked by police killings of black citizens in the United States.

He sees political correctness as an insidious product of the kind of paternalistic racism that discards truth in favour of generally held truisms, a crutch for well - meaning racists who lack the wit to grasp that the basic misunderstanding of difference driving a desire to discriminate against minorities is identical to that which drives a desire to protect minorities.

Theologian James Cone, who as a founder of black liberation theology linked Christian faith with the struggle against racism and oppression, died April 28, 2018.

The standout is Monáe — perhaps unexpectedly, given her reputation as a musician and model rather than actor — playing Mary as a fierce warrior against racism and sexism, calculating both flight trajectories for Project Mercury and how to pick her battles.

For whites who do not understand what African - Americans mean when we rail against institutional racism, I offer these examples as evidence.