Sentences with phrase «as racial inequality»

This data analysis compares the rise of income inequality, as well as racial inequality, over a same time frame as the rise in life expectancy inequality.

Not exact matches

After Trump said in September that players should be fired for protesting, several players and others within the NFL began kneeling on the sidelines as the anthem played at games, continuing the demonstration started in 2016 by Colin Kaepernick, a San Francisco 49ers quarterback at the time, to protest racial inequality and police brutality.

This selective «colorblindness» is a mighty convenient approach to race in America for white people, for it allows us to paper over America's troubled (and decidedly anti-Christian) history, to discount racism as a thing of the past for which we are no longer responsible, and to ignore persistent racial injustices like mass incarceration, police brutality, voting rights issues, white flight, and economic inequality, all while consistently benefiting from an oppressive system we claim we can not even see.

Following his lead, all Christians are called to love well across racial and cultural differences, choose to see the world from other people's perspectives, search for and extinguish inequality in the church and society, advocate for each other, esteem one another, and live as true brothers and sisters (Philippians 2:1 - 3).

Far more worried about communism than racial inequality, the Kennedys forced King to break his ties with his closest white friend in the summer of 1963 as a condition for their continued lukewarm support of the movement.

Judging by the #Justice4Janet hashtag from October, people are looking for true fairness and reconciliation between the two, in addition to bucking against what appears to be an example of racial and gender inequalities on display as a microcosm.

One major fault in the espoused parallel relationships between Christian Privilege and other systems of systemic inequality that disproportionately impact racial minorities, women and the LGBTQ + community is that religious preference is scarcely, if ever, legal to request as a means of legitimizing documentation for state issued IDs, legal documents, marriage certificates, employment applications, etc..

The achievement gap between low - income and wealthy students has grown significantly, exacerbating socioeconomic and racial tensions and heightening the sense of inequality among various underserved communities, as large achievement gaps in educational outcomes based on race and ethnicity remain, or by some accounts, even worsen.

That's not surprising after the ESPN article characterized most of the owners» concerns as squarely on business, ratings, and sponsorships, and seemed to show the group as dismissive of the concerns of racial inequality that prompted protests in the first place.

This concept of racial inequality which inadvertently benefits whites often is referred to as «White Privilege».

why sport is often not a level playing field and mirrors many of the inequalities in society such as racial or gender discrimination;.

A civil rights lawyer and advocate for racial and social justice, Ms. Wiley joined the de Blasio administration in early 2014 to focus on legal issues as well as on the mayor's efforts to address issues of inequality.

I'm proud of my role as Miranda, and if the popularity of the series will help me to raise awareness of the critical problems I'm running to fix in New York — like inequality, underfunded public schools, mass incarceration, and racial injustice — then I'm comfortable with that.

Actually, to the opposite, many regimes explicitly derive their legitimacy from being committed to maintaining a social system that ensures inequality, e.g. Apartheid South Africa, the Confederate State of America (racial inequality), and Soviet Russia (in this case, the ruling proletariat class ruling over all other classes; the Russian Revolution did NOT attempt to create a state with equality as many think).

The former New York senator charged that Republicans» refusal to consider President Obama's next U.S. Supreme Court nominee is rooted in racial prejudice as the Democratic presidential hopeful unveiled new proposals to end racial inequality.

«In those cities lay inequality, racial disparities, things that have roiled the Democratic Party and the country as a whole.

«As a national model, we must maintain our upward momentum to end gender and racial inequality through public policy that celebrates our diversity,» Council Member Cumbo said at the rally, pointing to other city and state efforts like the municipal identification card program and a higher minimum wage.

Debates between isolationism and intervention abound throughout the film, as do discussions about the treatment of people of color, such as the political agenda of Killmonger that is closely tied to racial inequality.

After his time as an American spy, when he witnessed black suffering all across the world, N'Jobu wanted to arm those that were suffering from racial inequality with the technology that Wakanda had used to be an invincible, unconquerable land for centuries.

Many view the election of Trump as a slap in the face, the latest in a long line of refusals to acknowledge historical inequalities, as well as systemic racial and economic injustices.

There is nothing wrong with this per se, as segregation does lead to inequalities, and those inequalities (in access to good teachers, safe facilities, educational resources, etc.) tend to disadvantage poorer students and racial minorities...

Education policymakers working to address the impacts of growing economic and racial inequality on students often look to community schools as an effective approach for supporting students and their families in communities facing concentrated poverty.

Rather, the authors collectively define racism as any act or situation that, even unwittingly, tolerates, accepts, or reinforces racially unequal opportunities for children to learn and thrive; allows racial inequalities in opportunity as if they are normal and acceptable; or treats people of color as less worthy or less complex than «white» people.

«This allowed me to build on some of the work that I'd done as an attorney while pursuing my interest in studying racial inequality,» she says.

He served as the first Research Director for the Minority Students Achievement Network (a national consortium of school districts working to address the racial disparities in students» outcomes), working with district leaders to study patterns of racial inequality in their schools and enact practices to reduce such inequalities.

The sense of urgency around racial justice and economic inequality is as strong as it's been in decades.

A top - down union that fails to address broader problems rooted in class and racial inequality and whose capitulation on major issues (as identified in planks 1 - 4 of this document) has had a disproportionately negative effect on communities of color and those who live in poverty.

Throughout her undergrad she tutored young minority students from urban public schools, served as president of the Sociology club at City College and researched racial / ethnic inequalities within the education system.

Septima Clark's biography, vividly portrayed in Charron's dissertation, resonates deeply today, as we continue to struggle with racial inequality in education.

Inequalities of wealth and income have risen steadily for three decades, racial segregation continues, class segregation has deepened, and middle and working class families are fracturing in the face of this economic onslaught, but rather than face these fundamental realities politicians keep pandering to the public and putting forth an endless stream of quick fixes that don't cost any money and don't require real change & mdash as if cosmetic changes in schools are somehow going to offset decades of disinvestment in the public sphere and rising concentrations of poverty.

Risks such as terrorism, cybercrime, organized crime, environmental degradation, government breakdown, corruption, illicit trade, fiscal crises, social inequality, racial and religious violence, among others.

Black adults still face a 7 percent unemployment rate, while the rate for white adults has declined to 3.4 percent.9 As a result, racial wealth inequality is at its highest point in nearly 30 years.10

Given the ongoing racial and socioeconomic inequities that have been documented in access to AP classes and exams, AP participation, and AP performance, these three categories serve as excellent metrics for measuring racial and ethnic inequalities within a particular school system.

Just as our society is no longer willing to abide by racial discrimination and gender inequality, we're also becoming far less tolerant of the mass killing of our best friends and family members.

Scholars now describe HOLC's property evaluations and risk management procedures, along with the practices of the Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Administration, and U.S. Housing Authority, as significant contributions to the continuation of racial segregation, intergenerational poverty, and enduring wealth gap between white Americans and minorities in the U.S. Mapping Inequalities provides visitors an idea of what housing policies were like in the New Deal era and how these guidelines have since affected the interaction between wealth and poverty in contemporary America.

By the age of nine, he had developed a keen awareness of racial inequality, as well as a desire to be an artist.

There are classes that explore difficult subjects such as: racial, ethnic, and gender inequality; human rights struggles; and freedom and power.

The curatorial strategy thus sets up two boundaries for the work in the show: the colors blue and black as formal elements on the one side, and associations with the colors black and blue — including race, bruising as a metaphor, and the specific kind of suffering resulting from racism and racial inequality — on the other.

REPRESENTATION > Blum & Poe announces its representation of the estate of Robert Colescott (1925 - 2009) describing the late artist as «a proud instigator who fearlessly tackled subjects of social and racial inequality, class structure, and the human condition.»

Set in the ravaged landscape south of Johannesburg, the films depict the ongoing racial inequalities of contemporary life, while also reflecting on the human condition — the psychological traumas that remain as vestiges of South Africa's devastating sociopolitical past.

These series operate as an informal trilogy, linked not only by common subject matter, but also by underlying issues such as racial and social inequality, the texture of everyday life, and the nature of sight, perception, and photography itself.

Graham's three bodies of work from this period operate as an informal trilogy, linked not only by common subject matter, but also by underlying issues such as racial and social inequality, the texture of everyday life, and the nature of sight, perception, and photography itself.

Poverty is at record levels, with great spikes along racial lines (10 % + higher than the national average) and for young families with children (incredibly 37 %) as is wealth inequality.

The rationale for such measures is that «historical patterns of racism entrench disadvantage and more than the prohibition of racial discrimination is required to overcome the resulting racial inequality».181 Special measures are time limited, in that they can only be justified for so long as there is a situation of inequality which they are aimed at redressing.

Education policymakers working to address the impacts of growing economic and racial inequality on students often look to community schools as an effective approach for supporting students and their families in communities facing concentrated poverty.