Sentences with phrase «because black elected officials»

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Leroy Gadsden, head of the Jamaica NAACP, said the task force's proposal to create an additional Senate seat upstate would violate the civil rights of black downstate voters who are Democratic, because upstate would have an additional elected official, who was likely to be a Republican and white.

«In New York City, there's a whole lot of crap that goes on here that should not be happening in New York City because we have way too many black, brown, progressive elected officials and so if they're allowing this stuff to continue... switch it out,» he said.

Sun, October 23 — Teach - In 11:00 am — 2:00 pm 417 N. Lexington Street, Durant Students, parents, elected and public officials, and child - servicing agencies in Holmes County will learn about the experiences of Black girls and their increasing rate of incarceration, dropout, and alternative school placement because of zero - tolerance policies that disproportionately push them out of school.