Sentences with phrase «behind white counterparts»

As the foreclosure crisis threatens the financial stability and mobility of families across the country, it will be particularly devastating to African American and Latino families, who already lag behind their white counterparts in terms of income, wealth and educational attainment.

Through that time much finger - pointing has taken place with poverty, poor parenting, bad teachers, etc. as the reasons why Black children continue to lag behind their White counterparts.

It's true that, on average, minority students leave high school performing far behind their white counterparts.

The city's many impoverished African American and Hispanic students continue to lag far behind their white counterparts, who typically live in much more affluent families.

Not exact matches

State Street Corp., parent company of the investment firm behind Wall Street's iconic Fearless Girl statue, agreed to pay a combined $ 5 million to more than 300 women and 15 black employees who were paid less than their white, male counterparts, according to a federal audit.

Unlike No Child Left Behind, which had the goal of all students being proficient by 2014 (less than 14 months away), D.C. officials are implementing new, lower standards of academic performance for African American, Latino, and poor children compared to their more affluent White and Asian counterparts.

And in a climate where museum solo shows by black artists still proportionally lag far behind those of their white counterparts, galleries have stepped in to create institution - worthy exhibitions.

But Trump might shift gears when the politics behind it change and has suggested to foreign counterparts that he would be open to keeping the U.S. in the agreement under the right terms, a former White House aide told TIME this week.