Sentences with phrase «among young black»

Carter et al. [108] found that, among young black and Puerto Rican people, in two USA cities, positive feelings about a potential pregnancy in their current relationship were associated with relationship length, frequency of sex, not having a previous child and partner's positive feelings about a pregnancy.

When Phillip Jackson founded the Black Star Project in 1996, few school reformers had fully focused on the crisis of low educational attainment among young black men.

Fifty - three percent of the Dominion State's young black men in fourth grade were functionally illiterate in 2011, a mere one point decline from nine years ago; this trails the eight percentage point decline nationwide, and the even more dramatic 13 - and 16 point declines in functional illiteracy among young black male fourth - graders in respectively, Florida and Alabama.

It is the work of experts that has led to such practices as the overuse of suspensions and expulsions, and the overdiagnosis of learning disabilities (especially among young black men, whose reading deficiencies are often diagnosed as being special ed problems).

The gains are especially impressive among young black men, 42.3 percent of whom enroll in college as opposed to 31 percent of their peers in the control group.

More importantly, families are recognizing that the «experts» really don't know what they are doing, that it is the very practices championed by traditionalists — from near - lifetime employment for teachers regardless of their ability to help kids succeed;, to the overuse of the overdiagnosis of learning disabilities (especially among young black men, whose reading deficiencies are often diagnosed as being special ed problems)-- are the underlying reason why schools fail to improve student achievement.

But along with a similar initiative launched last year by the administration to expand educational opportunities for Native American kids (and slowly revamp the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education), the new effort does bring attention to the low educational achievement among young black children — especially young black men — and reinforces Obama's generally laudable record as School Reformer - in - Chief.

It has also not done well in closing achievement gaps, especially among young black and Latino men.

But Carol Johnson, the primary author of the CDC report, said the higher incident rate among young black children is not readily explained.

But the central problem that drove me down this road in the first place — the lack of educational and career success among young black and brown men — has garnered very little attention.

Beyond the budgetary boost, Stringer argued legalizing adult use of marijuana would be an equitable move because arrests for smoking marijuana are disproportionately higher among young black and Latino New Yorkers.

«She was instrumental in documenting the redefinition of identity among the young blacks,» said Vergon.

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«These effects are among the largest for individuals employed in the manufacturing industry, and are larger for the oldest and youngest workers, for females and for blacks.»

In contrast, young Pentecostals, converted to Christianity within a communist society, were displaying some of the same audacity so evident among southern black Pentecostals in the 1960s during the civil rights demonstrations.

I see why Islam is the fastest grwoing religion among young urban Black men.

Such deaths have been most common among black boy babies younger than 4 months, according to the study, published in the February issue of Pediatrics.

The two sites vary in popularity in different communities (for instance, Facebook tends to predominate on the coasts, while MySpace retains more of its members in the country's midsection and among the young), but many campaigns will need to create a presence on both sites and in some cases on niche social networks such as Black Planet as well.

Dr. Raul Vazquez of Urban Family Practice in Buffalo says the risks of exposure are especially high among young people in Buffalo's Black and Latino communities.

«She leads Sen. Bernie Sanders in many New York demographic groups except the young folks and very liberal voters, but it's a huge lead among black voters that gives her a comfortable double - digit margin.»

Clinton «leads Sanders in many New York demographic groups except the young folks and very liberal voters, but it's a huge lead among black voters that gives her a comfortable double - digit margin,» Carroll said.

Compared with census figures from the 1990s, the numbers of Hispanic and Asian New Yorkers grew more slowly; blacks recorded their first population loss since the Civil War; and non-Hispanic whites, who registered their smallest population loss in decades, also logged the biggest gains of any group among young children.

Nicoletti had an edge with voters who are male, more conservative, older or white while Perez Williams led among women, liberals, younger voters and black voters.

Also prominent among the new crop of female MPs is 20 - year - old Mhairi Black, a SNP Glasgow University student who won Paisley and Renfrewshire South from the shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander and becomes the youngest MP since 1667.

As the costs of college in the U.S. continue to rise, the disproportionate level of student loan debt among black young adults is cause for concern, as high student loan debt loads may exacerbate racial disparities in college dropout and completion rates, and may also have broader implications across the life course, including young people's ability to attain other conventional markers of adulthood (such as marriage and becoming a parent).

A Southampton astronomer is among a team of international researchers whose work has revealed a surprising similarity between the way in which astronomical objects grow including black holes, white dwarfs and young stars.

Even our own research across a diverse group of young breast cancer survivors has shown that blacks and Hispanics have much lower testing rates, which may be the result of lower awareness and access to genetic testing among racial and ethnic minorities,» she said.

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As before, Bujalski's preference for nonprofessional actors, his ear for the rhythms of conversation among bright young 20 - somethings and his adept use of a roving, hand - held camera (this time shooting in fuzzy black and white) lend the film an invigorating energy.

Among the other standouts in Black Panther are the women in T'Challa's life, especially the characters of Okoye and Nakia, along with T'Challa's tech genius younger sister Shuri (Letitia Wright).

When Abel tells a wayward young black father to man up and be a steward for his baby or have his motherfucking head blown off, there's something — not something subtle, but something nonetheless — fascinating about Lakeview Terrace's willingness to be a survey of the element of the race debate (the Bill Cosby voice of black reason, for instance, or the Barack Obama message of the same) that causes the most confusion and consternation among the ruling class.

Black Panther continues to be one of the strongest performers in the MCU after just a few days, and among the most successful films of this still - young year.

* Among other options, you can find straightforward decency, as evidenced by Captain America (Chris Evans); wayward pilgrims in search of redemption, like Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan); rakes, including Stark and Quill; talented people of privilege learning to carry the mantle of responsibility, including Doctor Strange and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman); goofballs such Ant - Man (Paul Rudd); and promising young people, including Peter Parker and Shuri (Letitia Wright).

Jason Reitman declares without a doubt that he's among the most talented filmmakers working today and Diablo Cody proves she's far from a one trick pony with the delightfully awkward black comedy «Young Adult».

But it's beautifully shot, filled with poster - worthy black - and - white images of young, affluent, disaffected South Africans partying, philosophizing, bullshitting among themselves, and trying to explain to a pushy young documentarian how they feel about a friend of theirs who live - streamed her suicide for an avid international audience.

Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich are among the actors who play a group of former black - ops agents who come out of retirement to face off against a swarm of young FBI and CIA officers in Red and Red 2.

Among the new designs, «Sleep Tight» featuring young Michael Myers as well as ghost Michael is printed with black light reactive inks.

A few years back, when I attended a press conference for Palindromes at the Toronto film festival, Solondz explained that he'd decided to carve up his main character among eight actors — ranging from a little black girl to an obese young woman to a boy in drag to Jennifer Jason Leigh — because he couldn't make up his mind which one he wanted and felt that all of them communicated an innocence that was the character's essence.

The U.S. Census Bureau had been predicting it, but it happened sooner than expected: The number of Hispanic children has surpassed the number of non-Hispanic black children, making Hispanics the largest minority group among children younger than 18.

Young people under age 25, mainly impoverished blacks, were among the first to begin rioting on the streets of South - Central Los Angeles following the verdict in the Rodney G. King beating case, representing the leading edge of a violent wave that within hours brought rioters of all ages and racial and ethnic backgrounds out across the city, local observers said last week.

The issue has surfaced at a time of growing concern over the high rate of smoking - related deaths among Washington's black population, as well as anger nationally over cigarette manufacturers» efforts to entice young blacks and women to smoke.

Among black young men who were behind bars in 2008, 37 percent were high school dropouts.

[11] Arrests rates are particularly high among young men of color: 44 percent of Hispanic men, and 49 percent of black men have been arrested at least once by the age of 23, compared to 38 percent of white men.

Moreover, a recent Friedman Foundation survey found that support for school - choice tax - credit laws was highest among groups that traditionally vote for Democrats, including low - income Americans (67 percent), younger people (74 percent), blacks (72 percent), and Hispanics (80 percent).

We're happy to see the Midnight Edition return to the CTS as it did to the ATS Sedan and Coupe (more on the ATS Midnight Edition), since the CTS» rivals from BMW, Audi, Mercedes - Benz, and Lexus all offer black - out appearance packages, which have been gaining in popularity in the sport - luxury space, especially among younger buyers.

Joining the march, she meets Caleb, a young black man whose manner of dress and comfort with the white Union soldiers raises an eyebrow among Mariah and other formerly enslaved people.

She vividly describes the isolation of Eva's rebellious and lonely English mother; the desperation of her Afrikaner father as drought destroys his farm; the conflicts among the black farm - workers as the younger generation questions the loyalty and subservience of their elders; and the dangerous silence of a young girl who witnesses too much.

Among their many tenants who are constantly evicted or in danger of being thrown out are Arleen, a young black woman with two boys; Lamar, a black disabled man with two sons struggling to find a place of his own; Larraine, a white woman struggling to make rent with no job prospects, and Scott, a white gay drug addict who loses his nursing license.

White story tellers (Skeeter and Stockett) apparently go about their young lives without much noticing the blacks among them and then, magically, a conscious is implanted in the duo at college.

Around the time Goethe wrote his first bestseller, The Sorrows of Young Werther (and Thomas Paine Common Sense), a bizarre device became popular among tourists in the natural world: William Gilpin's «Claude glass,» or black mirror.

Among his many awards are: Semaine de la Critique Prize for Young Soul Rebels at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991; Pratt and Whitney Canada Grand Prize at the 15th International Festival of Films on Art in 1997 for Frantz Fanon, Black Skin White Mask and Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival, 2014.