Sentences with phrase «by racial prejudice»

Soros opines that exposure to the criminal justice system is potentially more detrimental to a young person than marijuana itself, that enforcing marijuana laws costs taxpayers billions while benefiting only foreign drug kingpins, and that laws against marijuana, from their inception, have been motivated by racial prejudice.

The surgeon, a talented, ambitious African - American man, had been forced by racial prejudice to found his own poorly funded hospital, serving Chicago's lower class.

Until yesterday, under the auspices of self defence and through the protection of Florida's «Stand Your Ground» law, Zimmerman had not been arrested for a crime that the civil rights community insists was motivated by racial prejudice.

I don't believe these people are inherently racist, but they don't consider race to be an issue; they are the group of people who want to withhold judgment in this case [in claiming Zimmerman's actions were motivated by racial prejudice].

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Most of the war death in the 20th century was caused by nationalism, with a few other factors in the mix — greed, pride, alliances, border disputes, racial prejudice and so on.

Declaring herself a person of the left, she none theless has a sympathetic appreciation of black intellectuals and opinion makers who now call themselves conservative, although they still wage war against an older conservatism driven by racial and class prejudices.

«The discussion of socialist and Marxist attitudes to antisemitism... has often been confused by the erroneous and illogical assumption that left - wing parties are immunized against racial, religious, or ethnic prejudice.»

People are forced by social arrangements and expectations based on prejudice into situations that make the intrinsically irrational and arbitrary racial distinctions to some degree justified.

Now he stood barely 100 yards from the capital of the old Confederacy, surrounded by a vast sea of racial prejudice.

While there is agreement in principle among Christians that all persons are equal before God, the reality of racial prejudice, whether based on biology, geography, education, economics, color, nationality or any other discriminating factor, must be addressed by the church in proclaiming its gospel and putting its own house in order.

And while racial prejudice creates the most obvious form of discrimination, a Christian conscience must be on guard also against economic injustices caused or perpetuated by family status, social stratification, political «pull,» or even by church connections.

One researcher found that by age 6, many children already harbor racial prejudices.

This brand of thinking contends that openly discussing the existence of racial prejudices, either held by individuals or embedded in institutions, is itself a form of racism.

They are also the most likely to report racial discrimination and feel that non whites in the UK are held back by prejudice.

This selection weighed against the selection of Zach Carter as Corporation Counsel (because he reportedly befriends disgraced public official John L. Sampson, but was a John Gotti, Jr. slayer and Abner Louima defender and knows that «Stop & Frisk» is not racial profiling when done right) may suggest bi-polarity for the mayor - elect, but I trust not paranoia for me as I am at a befuddled disadvantage on what to expect next: but we can ask a de Blasio agreement with Gov. Cuomo that neither of them will be involved in selecting the next Council Chair (because that would not only be unlawful but power prejudice ugly in these times of moral decay by the elected).

The concept of «reverse racism», whereby acts of discrimination and prejudice perpetrated by racial minorities, was a common theme in articles.

Neuroscience studies indicate that racial prejudices involve altered signaling in brain regions involved in empathy, which can be restored by cultural interventions such as increased racial contact or virtual reality training.

Some parents have not only tried to raise their kids above the prejudices that are common with respect to different races, but have also led by example by being good role models in treating other racial groups with respect.

PRESS RELEASE - Jan 26 - A study by sociologist Kevin Lewis of the interaction patterns of 126,134 U.S. users of OkCupid.com suggests that racial prejudice can be overcome, but we have a long way to go.

By presenting the interaction of racial stereotypes as «real» racial issues in America, it only reinforces them by allowing you to feel OK about your prejudiceBy presenting the interaction of racial stereotypes as «real» racial issues in America, it only reinforces them by allowing you to feel OK about your prejudiceby allowing you to feel OK about your prejudices.

Along the way, we get alcoholism, racial prejudice, police corruption, gang affiliations, secret gay romance, drug addiction, witness murders and general over-freighting by a show creator who doesn't trust either her characters or her audience.

Refusing to believe the racial prejudices of the past might be changing in 1950s America, the controlling father keeps his son penned in by his narrow perspective.

Luca Guadagnino's lavish queer drama «Call Me By Your Name» topped the best films list, with David Lowery's playfully supernatural «A Ghost Story» and Dee Rees» postwar tale of racial prejudice in the south, «Mudbound,» nipping at its heels.

I wept, and sobbed, and sniffled, and wailed through the bittersweet adventures of two immigrants - a bear from Peru in London, and an improvised sushi chef from Syria in Helsinki in Paddington 2 (truly a work of comedic wonder, which also made me cry tears of joy) and The Other Side of Hope; the dredged up pain of Folsom Prison inmates in The Work; the anger of racial injustice and prejudice exposed through James Baldwin's words in I Am Not Your Negro - and the blow of that Kendrick Lamar song that comes with the end credits; the disconnection of fathers and daughters in the corporate capitalist world who discover they can still duet by the piano in Toni Erdmann; the pangs of the teenage heart with the real girls of All this Panic.

Set in the deep south during World War II, the quiet, intimate romance plumbs the hideous effects of racial prejudice and honors heroic efforts — all made by women — to make things right.

The racial prejudice that Annie and Sarah Jane encounter throughout the film is confronting, and the amount of screen time dedicated to exploring their problems is interesting — and a deliberate attempt by Sirk to draw attention away from the more insignificant problems of his white characters.

* Hate crime is defined as a crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudice, typically one involving violence.

The guidelines state that «[r] acially diverse schools provide incalculable educational and civic benefits by promoting cross-racial understanding, breaking down racial and other stereotypes, and eliminating bias and prejudice.»

This informative introduction to the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratrooper unit, is enhanced by well - chosen quotes and excellent photos that also document racial prejudice on the home front.

The ever - popular Jodi Picoult makes the list with her examination of racial prejudices and justice, Small Great Things, as well as Crosstalk by Connie Willis, a sci - fi love story about what happens when you mix technology and love.

The term «colorism,» first coined in a 1982 essay by Alice Walker, describes prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically amongst people of the same ethnic or racial group.

By then, he was internationally acclaimed — an extraordinary feat for a young artist with no formal training, working against the racial prejudice of the time.

The most complex, and affecting, of the icons at Dia is icon VIII (1962 - 3), which combines structural elements from icon VII and icon V. Flavin dedicated this work to the 1920s blues singer Blind Lemon Jefferson, and gave it a loaded title; the musician is identified by name and also with a racial slur, apparently intended as a comment on the dismissive treatment of groundbreaking black musicians and on other forms of lingering prejudice in these pivotal years of the Civil Rights movement.

In 1992, the African - American artist Fred Wilson (b. 1954) curated an exhibition at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore that revealed the racial and class prejudices reflected by the museum's holdings.

The people he has indicated will be in his cabinet are the same people who have advocated policies that are destroying our climate and creating a society marked by stratification and racial prejudice.

Finally, developing robust studies that demonstrate when prejudices do operate, future cases of policing should also be subject to 24 (2) exclusions on racial profiling, even if the officers themselves are operating in good faith by simply following orders.

With the very narrow, newly created exception for guilty verdicts in criminal cases reached based upon racial or other kinds of impermissible prejudice rather than the facts of the case (or cases where there is an outside influence on the jury such as a bribe or someone looking up facts or law on the Internet), no one can challenge a jury verdict based upon the reasoning and conclusions actually made by the jurors, even if someone learns that the jury knowingly or accidentally didn't follow the law or was mistaken about the facts.

That's despite nearly half of all Indigenous people reporting to the recent Reconciliation Australia survey that they experience at least one form of racial prejudice and the findings last year of the Ms Dhu coronial inquest that highlighted shocking treatment by police and medical staff.

A letter to the editor by Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane, published the next day, delivered a similar rebuttal: he argued that «racism is as much about impact as it is about intention», and highlighted that malice, hatred or doctrinal commitment aren't necessarily requirements for racial prejudice or discrimination.