Sentences with phrase «as white working class»

Chinese pupils from disadvantaged homes are almost three times as likely as white working class pupils to get five good GCSEs, according to new analysis published by the Sutton Trust today.

«It was just a matter of time before someone sought to tap into the rich electoral potential inside of a group of people as sizeable as the white working class,» says Justin Gest, a political scientist at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia.

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Obama cited statistics released the same day in the White House's new report from his Council of Economic Advisers which show that conflicts likely lead, on average, to 1 percentage point lower annual returns on retirement savings as well as $ 17 billion of losses every year for working and middle - class families.

A provocative new report from Sentier Research gives us insight into what might be the key factor in the Trump phenomenon: A secular decline in the financial well - being of white working class males and what we can infer as the resulting anger directed at the political powers that be.

It's not meant to be an attack on men, or white men, or white middle class men, but an attempt to open our eyes to perhaps perceive a little bit how we might have an advantage based on these markers, such as higher wages than women in the same line of work.

Now Oxycodone has joined shuttered factories and Donald Trump as a symbol of white working - class desperation and fecklessness.

Sir Michael, the head of education watchdog, Ofsted has also claimed poverty is too often used as an excuse for educational failure among white working - class families.

But, as Vale shows, this success and popularity rested on sustaining the projects as the home to a very narrow spectrum of the Boston poor, those deemed both deserving and respectable: two - parent, mostly white, single - earner, low - income, working - class families of good character in need of a temporary leg up — a stratum «below the bulk of blue - collar employees but above that of the unemployed, the irregularly employed, and the welfare - dependent.»

As a middle - class white volunteer at work on black voter registration in the Deep South, I rode along a highway one day in a car with three young black men.

Looking back, many of us who stand in the tradition of process thought must recognize that quite unconsciously our work has largely expressed our position as white, middle - class, North American males.

So fans (who were not yet a «fan base») bought a newspaper on the way in as anti-splinter protection, the working - class folks sitting on a News - Post and the white - collar types on an Evening Sun.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

But the problem fans mostly come from the same mostly working class white and Italian - American South Philadelphia neighborhoods as the cops themselves.

And yes, it's also true that many of us (at least those of us who are white and middle - class) are a bit self - absorbed or extremely focused on our careers (we're the «third waver» feminists, and many of us from Day One saw our lives as defined by our work.

e.g. a) Reading and writing: seen particularly by younger Caribbean and white working class men as a «girl thing»

I watched in Birmingham 40 years ago the full horror of the then «Immigration Debate» as it impacted on the Asian community in Birmingham where I lived and the impact on the white working class in the trade unions where I was active.

These include Barnsley, Doncaster, Grimsby, Mansfield, Middlesbrough, Southend, Stoke, Sunderland, Wakefield and Wigan — often ageing, post-industrial cities associated with the demographic Matthew Goodwin and Rob Ford identify as the «left behind»: older, whiter, less educated and more working class than the population as a whole.

As I wrote before the election, speaking with Americans gave me the impression that voter turnout could put Trump in the White House; it seemed that an increase in white, working class Republican votes together with a decrease in Democrat voters from parts of President Obama's support base could tip the result Trump'sWhite House; it seemed that an increase in white, working class Republican votes together with a decrease in Democrat voters from parts of President Obama's support base could tip the result Trump'swhite, working class Republican votes together with a decrease in Democrat voters from parts of President Obama's support base could tip the result Trump's way.

During his three terms as governor, the former minor league baseball player from Queens championed the working class, reproached Ronald Reagan and flirted — repeatedly — with a run for the White House.

For some of Labour's core white working class supporters, a defence of an outward - looking Britain would be seen as precisely the metropolitan elitism Farage is so adept at criticising.

The decline of white men as the dominant class in society surely plays a significant role in the success of racist strongmen in election, but it can't be denied that the current economic order of things simply isn't working, or the historical correlation between economic downturns and an increase in xenophobic nationalism.

The action of the play takes place in The Albion pub in London's east end, which, as well as playing host to a karaoke five nights a week, is also the centre of operations for the EPA's leader Paul — a man who thinks his country has changed so much that white, working - class men like him are now a voiceless minority.

John Mann told a meeting at Labour party conference that the party was losing the support of the white working class who were concerned about issues such as immigration.

If labour lose certain seats we've got because the White working class, self employed man, witha St George's flag outside ina council home votes UKIP are you going to say it doesn't matter as that sort of chav stereotype, is something that we as labour supporters shouldnt want anyway

The declaration about Mr. Clinton's potential place in a Hillary Clinton administration comes as her campaign is preparing to battle the likely Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump, and widening its efforts to win the support of white working - class voters.

While the Northam campaign did not authorize the ad, it did dramatize Democratic fears that minority turnout will be lower even as white working - class voters throng to the polls.

As they begin to convert their modest Long Island home into a white statue - laden mansion, the first order of business is to construct a haunted house for Halloween to impress their working - class neighbors, who are portrayed by movie stars and comedians in cameo roles.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

The way she holds a spoon as she eats cereal with such white - knuckled intensity you'd think it was her last meal; the angle of her jaw when she steps onto the ice, facing judges she knows loathe the transparency of her working - class background; and the tender hurt in her eyes when she confronts a judge in the parking lot about her score, and learns that no matter her skill, her inability to live up to the proper, soft standard for women in figure skating would bar her from the adoration she yearned for.

Joel Edgerton stars in this quiet, restrained real - life drama from director Jeff Nichols as Richard Loving, an ordinary working - class white man who found himself at the centre of a legal storm when he married his African American wife, Mildred (Ruth Negga), in 1950s Virginia.

This practice works best as a response to gaps in cultural learning and representation that happen when curriculum is perceived to have too narrow a focus on a white, middle - to - upper - class, male - dominated view of the world.

This process is wrought with undertones of race and class, particularly as it could limit access to some of the district's best schools — most of which are located in the wealthy, majority - white neighborhoods of the Upper Northwest quadrant.

According to Murray, there has been a collapse in four key areas over the last 50 years of traditional and expected behavior in a good part of white America, the working class, as it once was called, the lower class, as it may be called.

Use the data to calculate how many pages the student still has to read to finish the book A great resource to calculate totals, averages, median, ordering and percentages Works really well too, as a whole class exercise displayed on the white board with students using a calculator Use the data to make up your own questions

The issues it highlighted included the labelling of «working class boys», as the DfE does not collect information on pupils» socio - economic status and the statistics quoted were actually about white make students who were eligible for free school meals in year 11.

White working class boys have lowest GCSE Grades as disadvantaged Bangladeshi, African and Chinese pupils show dramatically improved results

Placing positive value on parental activities that provide visibility as well as work that occurs from a «collective orientation» compounds the advantage of parents that participate in the PTO, and thus disproportionately benefits the white, middle class parent.

This was a middle - class to working - class suburban Detroit district, virtually all white, in the era shortly before busing was first considered as a remedy for de facto segregation.

The case also spotlighted the financial gulf between working - class, minority districts like Edgewood and predominantly white, affluent ones such as the Alamo Heights Independent School District, just five miles away.

The report - Underachievement in Education by White Working Class Children - identifies this as a «real and persistent» problem.

Sir Michael said poverty was all too often used as an excuse for failure by white working - class families.

A free school to open in Barnsley aims to raise the aspirations of white working class children - identified as the lowest - achieving group.

Suburbs are studied as places that give white students access to high achieving schools while urban areas are critiqued for their failure to educate working - class minority students.

White families are aligned with wealthy, middle class suburbs and black families are examined as they exist in working class urban backgrounds.

As much as I despise the Republicans, I hope they take hold of the reigns again, just to stick it to the Kumbaya - singing, cannabis - worshiping, rainbow - flag - waving haters of white, straight, working, middle - class, Christian maleAs much as I despise the Republicans, I hope they take hold of the reigns again, just to stick it to the Kumbaya - singing, cannabis - worshiping, rainbow - flag - waving haters of white, straight, working, middle - class, Christian maleas I despise the Republicans, I hope they take hold of the reigns again, just to stick it to the Kumbaya - singing, cannabis - worshiping, rainbow - flag - waving haters of white, straight, working, middle - class, Christian males.

Prominent historian Painter — whose works, such as The History of White People, have explored race, gender and class in America — offers a more personal take on those themes as she reflects on enrolling in the Rhode Island School of Design as a 64 - year - old black woman and what it means to continue growing and discovering joy as we age.

It will hit home for readers from blue collar working - class families, white collar executive types and no - collar millennials, as all readers will enjoy learning and experiencing this iconic facet of American life.

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Bern the White House made sense as it represents burning down the status quo of corporate greed and political corruption to let Bernie make the changes we feel are necessary to bring us, the middle - and working - class people of this country, back into prosperity.

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