Sentences with phrase «along racial lines in»

Senate Democrats have broken down along racial lines in many instances and personal lines and whatever lines you can imagine.

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Usually this is the moment in my story when I am told that my discomfort is solely my problem and my responsibility to wrestle with and get over, that everyone feels a little out of place when they are new, and that my identity should be first and always that of a Christian seeking unity rather than division, especially along racial and ethnic lines.

Not only do such actions represent a radical departure from past times in America, when government refused to legitimate ethnic - group rights and claims, but they also encourage a polarization rather than unification of our diverse population — a trend that can result only in the eventual creation of de jure ethnic and racial geographic enclaves and political parties, with the appointment and election of individuals mandated along racial, religious and ethnic lines.

Although race was not a major category for Wesley, in a society that defined people's place along racial lines, he might well have agreed that those races who were oppressed had better access to the true meaning of scripture that those that oppressed them.

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Uneven consumer power along racial, class and gender lines, which drives the global market in a particular direction, suited to particular tastes.

Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell, the only Democrat to vote no, lambasted language in the 421 - a renewal that he said was written in such a way as to recreate an old racial red - line along W. 96th St. — the middle of his Upper West Side district.

Bratton has been a national figure for so long that non-cops might forget that he once walked a beat in Boston himself — back when patrol officers still stopped at call boxes to report to their bosses, and the city he grew up in was bitterly split along racial lines.

But support for Mr. de Blasio, who garnered a 50 percent job approval rating, remains polarized along racial lines, and voters are split on whether he deserves to win a second term in 2017.

D.C. suffers from steep wealth inequality, which maps along racial lines: According to a 2016 report from the Urban Institute, white households in D.C. boast a net worth 81 times greater than that of the average black household.

In the wake of unrest over a grand jury's decision not to bring an indictment in the Eric Garner case and the murder of two police officers, Mario Cuomo, who had governed during the days of strife in Benonshurst and Howard Beach, had become concerned with division in the city along racial and class lines, Mr. Cuomo saiIn the wake of unrest over a grand jury's decision not to bring an indictment in the Eric Garner case and the murder of two police officers, Mario Cuomo, who had governed during the days of strife in Benonshurst and Howard Beach, had become concerned with division in the city along racial and class lines, Mr. Cuomo saiin the Eric Garner case and the murder of two police officers, Mario Cuomo, who had governed during the days of strife in Benonshurst and Howard Beach, had become concerned with division in the city along racial and class lines, Mr. Cuomo saiin Benonshurst and Howard Beach, had become concerned with division in the city along racial and class lines, Mr. Cuomo saiin the city along racial and class lines, Mr. Cuomo said.

It sounded much like the one that made him at best a gadfly and at worst a pariah in Christine Quinn's City Council: he intends to vote against the powerful Mr. Silver for Speaker, to pontificate on the floor against the lack of black power in New York and to unite the African - American members of the conference along racial lines.

The state school education system in SA was segregated along racial lines, and the schools for the coloured population group were not of the same standard as those enjoyed by the white population group.

It would be a sin against the playful package that is Magic Mike XXL to rationalise too intensively too politically but in its own shallow way, the film represents diversity along racial, queer and size lines to an extent that is rarely seen in mainstream movies.

No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson Director: Steve James Steve James returns to his hometown of Hampton, Virginia to examine the 1993 bowling alley brawl that landed Allen Iverson, the nation's top high - school basketball player, in jail and divided the community along racial lines.

He found kids fighting in the corridors, poor attendance, seven layers of academic tracking that placed students in classes ranging from college bound to vocational to disregarded — mostly along racial and socioeconomic lines — and a disheartened teaching staff.

In a chaotic and hostile election season — rupturing political parties, incessant name - calling, and growing dissention along racial and class lines — it may be tempting for educators to discourage political talk at school.

In the St. Louis area, school districts tend to be divided along racial lines, and a New York Times reporter covering the story of the transfers heard from white parents in receiving districts who expressed concern that troublemakers will be among the transfers, and that teachers may have to slow down to allow the students from struggling districts, which are predominantly black, to catch uIn the St. Louis area, school districts tend to be divided along racial lines, and a New York Times reporter covering the story of the transfers heard from white parents in receiving districts who expressed concern that troublemakers will be among the transfers, and that teachers may have to slow down to allow the students from struggling districts, which are predominantly black, to catch uin receiving districts who expressed concern that troublemakers will be among the transfers, and that teachers may have to slow down to allow the students from struggling districts, which are predominantly black, to catch up.

Unlike the mayor's election two years earlier, this one divided sharply along racial lines, with a majority of the predominantly white voters in wards one, two, three, and six favoring the charter amendment.

One example of a promising approach for the Senate to consider is legislation that would support the creation of diverse school district charter schools that integrate students along racial and economic lines in a college - going environment.

Such is the case in Wake County, where county Board of Education Chairman Tom Benton says charters are hopelessly split along racial lines.

In her remarks she stated, «More than 60 years have passed since Brown v. Board of Education and our nation's schools and communities still suffer from the vestiges of school segregation and many of our largest school districts remain starkly separated along racial and economic lines.

On the hot - button issues of the day, opinions are often sharply divided along racial lines, both in Mississippi and nationally.

The study shows clear evidence that disparities in school resources have formed along racial lines.

Although discipline disparities along racial and gender lines have gained increasing attention in recent years, students with disabilities are not always a part of...

School data continue to confirm inequities in our schools along racial and economic lines.

MinnPost takes a look at an initiative driven by E4E - MN to reduce discipline disparities — primarily those that break down along racial lines — in Minnesota...

«Teach For America exists to address the incredible gaps in educational outcomes that persist along racial and socio - economic lines in our country.

These results show we all have more work to do to increase the level of rigor in our classrooms and address the needs of the whole child, academically, socially and emotionally, so we can finally narrow the persistent gaps that play out along racial and class lines,» said Evan Stone, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Educators for Excellence.

Having lost overall population and remaining mired in economic inequality along racial lines, New Orleans still grapples with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

The exhibition explores themes of identity and identification, investigating how various societal groups have defined themselves along racial, ethnic, or gendered lines in order to increase their visibility and overcome discrimination.

Over the years, I have watched a growing intolerance at universities in this country — not intolerance along racial or ethnic or gender lines — there, we have made laudable progress.