Sentences with phrase «black youth in»

She has over 9 years of international fieldwork, community development and youth advocate working with underserved and underemployed Black youth in Toronto.

His large - scale canvases reiterate historical portraits by Old Master painters, but with contemporary black youth in place of the original subjects.

The education and employment of low - income black youth in white suburbs.

Why, when we see a black youth in a hoodie, do we often think of the word thug?

With his wife Elisabeth Hansot, he investigated the origins of coed schooling, educational leadership in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the social histories of black youth in school.

We know that black youth in some of the city slums have a real rate of joblessness approaching 50 per cent, leaving them to walk the streets hungry and without a decent means of earning a living.

We need to understand the legacy of lynching more honestly and carefully, we need to even revisit segregation and the legacy that it's created if we're going to make progress I think there is a continuing presumption of dangerousness and guilt that gets assigned to people of color, I think it would break Dr. King's heart to know that black youth in New York are getting stopped and frisked, that this police violence that has been such a problem for over a century continues, that we haven't made the commitment to overcoming bigotry and race discrimination in the way we need to.

The truth is that whites do not need to be shown how to fear black youths in the cities; instead, they need to be taught how to respect them.

«Africentric» schools are supposed to provide a curriculum that focuses on the history and contributions of people of African descent, with the aim of increasing the engagement of black youths in the education system.

Not exact matches

But A24, a small independent studio founded in 2012, won the most prestigious award of the night with its best picture Oscar for «Moonlight,» a drama about a gay black youth coming to terms with his sexuality in an impoverished Miami neighborhood.

«Moonlight,» a drama about a gay black youth coming to terms with his sexuality in an impoverished Miami neighbourhood, received the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, February 26 after a stunning, unprecedented flub in which presenters erroneously announced the musical «La La Land» as the winner.

There is a glide and panache to Mr. Draghi, who favors hand - cut black suits and has the assured pace of the basketball player he was in his youth, that set him apart from the general frumpiness of his fellow central bankers.

«Whether it was the use of hotels instead of supportive care to house youth like Alex Gervais, or the heartbreaking story of Paige Gauthier whose belongings were dropped off in a black garbage bag at her last known school when she aged out, Mary Ellen gave British Columbians a window into the stories of children and youth being failed by the Christy Clark government.

«In fact, black youth, who've been passionately advocating for gun control measures, have been demonized, obfuscated, and overlooked.

But for some black racial justice activists, organizers, and public figures, the reaction to the students of Stoneman Douglas has also led to another truth: Organizing around Black Lives Matter and the larger Movement for Black Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embrblack racial justice activists, organizers, and public figures, the reaction to the students of Stoneman Douglas has also led to another truth: Organizing around Black Lives Matter and the larger Movement for Black Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embrBlack Lives Matter and the larger Movement for Black Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embrBlack Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embraced.

The plan calls upon churches to, among other things, «adopt» street gangs and allow troubled youths to use church properties as safe havens; intercede for youth in the juvenile court system; provide vocational training to inner - city residents; organize capital for micro-enterprises; develop educational curricula heralding the achievements of blacks and Latinos; initiate neighborhood crime watch groups; and establish counseling programs for battered women and the men who abuse them.

To advocate self - help, to argue that affirmative action can not be a long - run solution to the problem of racial inequality, to suggest that some of what is transpiring in black communities reflects a spiritual malaise, to note that fundamental change will require that individual lives be transformed in ways that governments are ill - suited to do, to urge that we must look to how black men and women are relating to each other, how parents are bringing up their children, that we have to ask ourselves what values inform the behavior of our youth» to do these things is not to take a partisan position, or vent some neoconservative ideological screed.

The black conservatives claim that the decline of values such as patience, hard work, deferred gratification and self - reliance have resulted in the high crime rates, the increasing number of unwed mothers, and the relatively uncompetitive academic performances of black youth.

Simultaneously there arose in my mind the image of an epileptic patient whom I had seen in the asylum, a black - haired youth with greenish skin, entirely idiotic, who used to sit all day on one of the benches, or rather shelves against the wall, with his knees drawn up against his chin, and the coarse gray undershirt, which was his only garment, drawn over them inclosing his entire figure.

That same near - failure is of course evident in every mainstream Protestant denomination, black or white, whether the criteria be lack of growth or loss of adult membership, youth...

In more recent years, teenagers have taken the lead in Ferguson, New York City and Cleveland as the public face of Black Lives Matter, and were promptly dismissed as angry black youthIn more recent years, teenagers have taken the lead in Ferguson, New York City and Cleveland as the public face of Black Lives Matter, and were promptly dismissed as angry black youthin Ferguson, New York City and Cleveland as the public face of Black Lives Matter, and were promptly dismissed as angry black yoBlack Lives Matter, and were promptly dismissed as angry black yoblack youths.

We were witnesses of what can only be called a moral revolution, as black youth and their elders in the South took responsibility for their lives and dignity in a way that led to profound transformations.

I could already hear the piano runs, the black and white spirituals, the gospel folk tunes from the hills, the glorious harmonies of the male quartets — it all welled up from my memories of hot, humid nights in the small, dimly lit churches of my youth.

I predict that in 2012 White Americans will stop using the terms «youth,» «young people» and «kids» to describe black criminals and use the more accurate term: «nigras.»

That same near - failure is of course evident in every mainstream Protestant denomination, black or white, whether the criteria be lack of growth or loss of adult membership, youth participation, trained clergy, theologically alert laity, or commitment to black ecumenism.

Though substantial numbers of blacks and whites were active in this church, one or the other race tended to dominate each particular level of Trinity's youth and adult programs.

Over the years, even as black youths turned away from baseball and toward football and basketball, JRW blossomed into one of the most successful and heralded youth baseball leagues in Illinois.

How refreshing, after Charles Barkley's narcissistic posturing a few issues ago, to read of Brown's obviously genuine dedication to the plight of inner - city black youth and his lamentations that today's megarich black athletes show so little real interest in doing anything about it.

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Tardits enrolled at the University of Georgia in Athens and soon learned that the dream of that state's youth was to don uniforms of red and black and play a game called football.

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Coutinho had developed such a reputation while making his way through the Vasco youth ranks that it was seen in no way as a gamble, despite his age and the fact they would have to wait 24 months before he could pull on the blue and black in a competitive fixture.

Until the likes of Tavecchio leave the game, and Arigo Sacchi who recently said there were too many black players at youth level in Italy, things can't change.

So when she staged her first local recital Aug. 25 at the Aurora Township Youth and Community Center, her greatest wish was for Pamela Black to be in the audience.

Nik deserves praise for persevering in a traditionally black dominated sport through youth, high school, college and now professional basketball.

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In accordance with Ghanaian models, Mugabe quickly assembled a militant youth league to spread the word about achieving black independence in RhodesiIn accordance with Ghanaian models, Mugabe quickly assembled a militant youth league to spread the word about achieving black independence in Rhodesiin Rhodesia.

Nothing much has changed from my youth in Cardiff when I saw signs saying no blacks, black toilets down the back, white only, when a white women who had a black boyfriend life was at risk.

Black, who is the SNP's youth campaign co-ordinator for the Scottish Parliament election, added: «It's troubling to see the latest polls showing that young people are much less likely to be certain to vote in the election than other age groups.

And perhaps most notably there was Howard Beach, which spawned angry protests by the city's black residents - three black men whose car had broken down in the all - white area were attacked by a gang of white youths.

As the rally wrapped up, Ms. Mallory also plugged Gathering for Justice and a protest scheduled for June 2 to honor Ramarley Graham, an unarmed black youth police killed in his Bronx home in 2012.

Elsewhere, the more professional approach resulted in fewer arrests of black and mixed race youths and improved relationships with their community.

The adversarial style was particularly prominent in inner - city areas, where the relationship between the police and young black people was shaped by a history of friction, and resulted in proportionately more arrests of black and mixed race youths.

A Cleveland grand jury declined to bring charges in the death of Tamir Rice, a black youth with a toy gun who was shot by a white police officer 13 months ago.

Now that the Blacks Stars are not about to qualify; and with the senseless promise of Sammy Awuku hitting a dead - end; Sammy should pray that the NPP youth do not go in search of «wormafunu» and «take position» around his house and beat him to pulp for falsely raising their hopes.

The Black Satellites began their African Youth Championship qualifiers with a 0 - 0 draw in Algiers, despite creating several chances to win the game.

He said as the first African - American speaker in state history, he's personally «embarrassed» that the law, which disproportionately affects black youths, still stands.