Reformers still have to do a better job of working with grassroots leaders and church leaders, especially those in
black communities who have strong ties to the NAACP and view outsiders with skepticism.
The stereotype - shattering nature of the opioid drug crisis, both in Erie County and nationwide, has not gone unnoticed by activists in
the black community who remember when the crack epidemic swept through low - income, urban neighborhoods in the 1980s and early»90s, leading to a spike in violent crime and homicides.
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The film, and its predominately black cast and crew, can impact aspiring artists, directors, and writers from
the black community who don't see themselves represented frequently on screen.
And the argument that I'm trying to make is that if there's a significant segment of
the black community who feels, even if there are now things that are better, but they have not played a significant role in making it better, or they haven't played a significant role in the power relationships, or if you have significant numbers of people who see the effort to change education and the way that it's being done as a larger part of the disempowerment of black people in the city of New Orleans, even the good things that are happening, in my mind, they are, uh, there's a danger in the ability to sustain it if we, if we can't build on a broader base of support within the black community itself.
Not exact matches
Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of
black bear in exclusive suburban
communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison,
who lived and worked in the state for awhile.
Preventable disparities in health outcomes continue for
black, brown and Native people,
communities of people
who not that long ago may have also been unwitting medical test subjects.
This only adds to the stress of
black professional women
who are often focused on maintaining equilibrium at home and in their
communities.
The singer,
who had been criticized for her overt
Black Lives Matter message during her Super Bowl performance, released a statement on her website: «We are sick and tired of the killings of young men and women in our
communities.
The relative lack of minority employees at Twitter was particularly galling, say Luckie and Miley, because the platform had become such an important tool for the global
black community, through a vibrant and dedicated subset of users known as Black Twitter — who speak to one another about the reality of blackness in America and who often contribute original reporting, spreading news through ad hoc hashtag communities like #BlackLivesMa
black community, through a vibrant and dedicated subset of users known as
Black Twitter — who speak to one another about the reality of blackness in America and who often contribute original reporting, spreading news through ad hoc hashtag communities like #BlackLivesMa
Black Twitter —
who speak to one another about the reality of blackness in America and
who often contribute original reporting, spreading news through ad hoc hashtag
communities like #BlackLivesMatter.
When he and Beyoncé appeared at a vigil for Trayvon Martin that same year, his presence alone wasn't enough for some,
who called him out for not taking a more outspoken position on the issues affecting the
black community.
It's bottled up anger for a
black young lawyer and «
community organizer» (only in the republican party where
community organizer is a derogatory word)
who was able to reach new heights and be the leader of the white house.
the
black population should be more concerned with the 27 % unemployment rate in the
black community rather than
who wants to marry
who?
Since non-
black ladies already know the domestic violence and crime statistics, the
community of colour had little to worry about
black men running off wit dem uppity white women... but now that da
black man is startin to get a taste for the DARK OAK... the
community is getting hit hard... the ONLY way to presevere and keep the dark ladies from dyin» virgins is to condemn to hel l any
black man
who dares to dream (realistically of course) of coming home to anything but Thunder Thighs.
But selling these positions within the
black community is made infinitely more difficult when my
black critics are able to say, «But your argument plays into the hands of those
who are looking for an excuse to abandon the
black poor,» and I find myself unable credibly to contradict them.
But emphasis on the personal responsibility of
blacks takes the political pressure off those outside the
black community,
who also have a responsibility, as citizens of this republic, to be actively engaged in trying to change the structures that constrain the
black poor in such a way that they can more effectively assume responsibility for themselves and exercise their inherent and morally required capacity to choose.
Fed by LIES that a Jew had deliberately run over a
black boy and MORE LIES that Jews deliberately let the boy die, and spurred on by a pillar of the
community who showed up and ranted about «diamond merchants» in the neighborhood, a bunch of angry people went around attacking Jews indiscriminately.
The question of allegiance is a pressing one for the Jesse Jacksons of the
black church
who must decide
who they ultimately represent: the
black community, a coalition of ethnic groups, the Democratic Party or a sense of moral right in the universe.
By his grace and his alone, and in the
community of his people, even I,
who am not
black, female, marginal or native, am bold to say, with Jesus, «Our Father.»
-- hang with Holly and others
who are in Raleigh learning from the predominantly
black and Latino Christian
Community Development Association about organizing and peacemaking.
It is pathetic how many of our
black community disregard the facts and buy into the
who; e racism theme.
They reached the hearts of the people
who heard Lincoln speak, they, gave shape to the hopes and actions of the
black community and the «fellow citizens» in King's time, and they still have some effect today.
The variety of voices is heightened by the different dialogue styles Paton uses: the lyric, almost biblical way he renders the Zulu dialect; the cliché - ridden language of the commercially oriented, English - speaking
community; the chanting rhythms and repetition of the native «chorus»; the clear, logical, terse style of the educated
black priest
who helps Kumalo find Absalom; the cynical, humorous tone of chapter 23, a satire on justice.
If I'm offended by
black people
who open businesses in my
community because I believe and promote white privledge, and they know that me, and others, would be offended, should they relocate?
Through the work primarily of feminist christians, I have been led to Sophia / Wisdom, to «Christa /
community,» to Hagar the slave woman, to Jephthah's daughter and those
who fight back on her behalf: images that are redemptive because they are dark, images of
black or marginalized women, vilified, trivialized, rejected, silenced — and resisting their oppression and that of their sisters.
This is for everyone
who stayed home from church yesterday — for every mom of a special needs kid, every survivor of sexual assault, every
black or brown body in a predominantly white
community, every son or daughter of an immigrant, every defender of the marginalized
who just couldn't bring yourself to stand and sing «Great Is Thy Faithfulness» alongside the people you feel sold you out this week, the Christians
who supported Donald Trump.
In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer
who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a
Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious
community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.
In fact, the radical consequences for domestic issues of this growing
black international consciousness — usually dubbed anti-Americanism by the vulgar right — frightens the new
black conservatives,
who find themselves viewed in many
black communities as mere apologists for pernicious U.S. foreign policies.
The overriding aim of the new
black conservatives is to undermine the position of
black liberals and replace them with
black Republicans,
who downplay governmental regulation and stress market mechanisms and success - oriented values in
black communities.
An investigation by the Department of Justice has found that the Ferguson police department engaged in a years - long pattern of racial discrimination against members of the
black community,
who of...
Meanwhile, a group of 160 African - American
community leaders sent NAACP a letter detailing their own objections to its charter - school opposition on behalf of «700,000
black families choosing to send their children to charter public schools, and the tens of thousands more
who are still on waiting lists.»
From this verse we can then determine that flint meant
black in a way that those
who do not follow the counsel of the priest and were on such a level of «scratching and biting» as were the brothers of Nephi could receive a curse of being exiled from the people of God and a transformation would come on them which would make them look unpleasant to those
who kept the commandments of God so they would not want to be a part of their
communities.
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has perpetuated a «genocide on the
black community,» says a group of African - American pastors
who claimed Thursday the birth control and abortion provider has had a racist agenda since its beginnings in 1921.
You needed to have someone
who was able to learn from the
black community, then put a spin of originality inside of that, and make it something that was unique for them.
«The bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, and the subsequent death of four little girls
who were there for Sunday school, shocked the nation with the violent lengths to which racists would go to disrupt and destroy
black churches, and by extension,
black communities.»
Slager is the white officer
who shot an unarmed
black man, Walter Scott, last year, which further exacerbated tensions between law enforcement and many within the
black community — basically a theme of 2015.
He also traces the history of Islam among African - Americans by tying together such key developments as the formation of
black fraternal lodges in the 18th and 19th centuries; Noble Drew Ali's 1913 organization of the Moorish Science Temple in Newark, New Jersey; the growth of various Islamic missionary and revivalist movements beginning in the 19th and continuing throughout the 20th centuries; and the conversion to Islam of be-bop jazz musicians
who helped raise the faith's profile in the African - American
community.
«If our churches are going to be more relevant to our
communities, that means increasing churches that are led by priests that are women,
who come from
black, Asian and minority ethnic groups,» she said.
The LGBT
community will fight for justice by votes I always remember my
black friend
who MYsaid, «Clifford, If you think being gay is bad try being
black snd gay.My belief is that ENDA rights be fundamental since most people need jobs but the LGBT communty is not allowed common employment rights.
The conquest of the political culture of the
black community by the culture of the left has allowed someone like Farrakhan to gain an acceptance and support that far exceeds that of any comparable
black demagogue in the past including Malcolm X,
who in his lifetime, it should be remembered, was condemned and isolated by the leadership of the
black civil rights movement precisely because of his rhetorical violence and racial politics.
In fact, I have an adopted
black child that I love very much, and
who is very well accepted in our
community.
It's dum mies like you and the rest of them on here
who want to believe that Sharpton and Jackson are leaders of the
Black community.
I don't understand the hatred between some
blacks and the Jewish
community because I remember the Levys and I remember the great rabbi
who stood with D. A. Holmes in Kansas City way before Martin Luther King, Jr., brought that kind of ecumenicity.
«When I arrived, I had a lot more trouble with the white
community than the
black community,» says Gregory,
who is a high school art teacher and football coach in Reedley, Calif. «But a lot changed during my years there.
For lower socioeconomic women and often
black women, yes, a marriageable man is one
who has a job, but drug use and trafficking, under - or unemployment, the high rates of men in jail and the higher mortality rates for
black men in their
community put them at marital disadvantage — there are fewer men in their dating pool (And as I addressed previously, strong
black women are often seen as being a detriment to
black men's masculinity.)
This woman owned, small business supports the LGBTQIA +
community,
Black Lives Matter, supports the rights of immigrants and the rights of indigenous people, religious freedoms, civil rights, and this business will always stand for the simple truth that women are PEOPLE
who have the fundamental right to reproductive choice.
Gillibrand spent considerable time wooing the labor - backed party along with other so - called «progressive» interests (the LGBT
community,
black and Latino stakeholders etc.) Her initial selection by Gov. David Paterson to fill the seat vacated by former Sen. Hillary Clinton was met with considerable skepticism — and, in some cases, flat - out hostility — from a number of key liberal figures,
who subsequently either considered challenging her in a primary themselves or encouraged others to do so.
Gillibrand said Sunday that she sent a letter to Sessions inviting him to talk about the impacts the War on Drugs has had on New York's
black and Latino
communities with constituents
who are denied jobs, housing and college financial aid because of nonviolent, low - level pot arrests.