Sentences with phrase «by systemic racism»

The three fit neatly into three generations of black female artists concerned with both identity and the social issues affected by systemic racism.

Not exact matches

Formal slavery was quickly replaced by a Jim Crow system that was slavery in all but name, and many of its vestiges (mass incarceration of people of color, voter disenfranchisement, and all manner of systemic racism) remain alive and well today.

Speaking in abstract terms about blank, amorphous «innocent lives» keeps us from confronting the reality that if most of these children are born at or near the poverty line, then the lives we are saving are more likely to be troubled ones, and if nothing changes, those lives will get caught in vicious cycles powered by poverty and systemic racism.

In 2013, Sho Baraka veered away from the Christian hip - hop («CHH») playbook and dropped Talented 10th, an album that broke new ground for a faith - based rapper by challenging systemic racism...

But by the time my semester came to an end, I learned some wholly unexpected lessons about the transformative power of prayer in a jail setting; about the effects on the body of such personal transformation; and about this country's systemic racism and how it is in some ways coterminous with the attempt to prevent or repress such transformation.

Systemic suffering and social malfunctioning, therefore, are caused by human greed, self - centeredness, an illusion about power and control, racism, sexism, imperialism, ethnocentrism, and other factors.

«The race card works,» writes Steele, «by the mechanism of global racism: even a hint of racism proves the rule of systemic racism.

While the protest started by Kaepernick aimed to combat systemic racism and police brutality, the second wave of solidarity in September came under the branding of «unity.»

They are showing by example that we need to end systemic racism in the NFL.»

Briefings produced in 2010 by civil servants in the Department for Education (DfE) on the principle of whether or not Steiner schools should gain state funding through the Free Schools programme express serious concern about issues such as racism, systemic bullying, academic rigour, secrecy and whether or not the schools would be able to pass Ofsted inspections, the British Humanist Association (BHA) can today reveal.

This story of two families united by circumstance and, as the title suggests, bound by their debt to the land, is a micro version of a larger story about systemic racism in America — a mighty force that will not simply yield to a handful of the «good ones.»

Peele — better known for his comedy work in Comedy Central's Key & Peele — astutely taps into systemic racism that persists in America through the eyes of a young black man (played by Daniel Kaluuya) whose visit to the family home of his girlfriend (Allison Williams) turns tragic.

The effect one white American Olympic participant had on another may not be as substantial a story to take up the 24 - hour news cycle as the issue of systemic racism highlighted by the Rodney King beating and the O.J. Simpson trial, which happened before and after the main events of this film, but it works to sell one of the film's notable points.

After a summer punctuated by killings in the streets of American cities, many are hoping that schools will become places of dialogue, where broad conversations about race, racism, and systemic inequality can flourish.

A deep belief in the potential of all kids and a commitment to do whatever it takes to expand the opportunities for students, often with a perspective informed by experience in low - income communities and an understanding of the systemic challenges of poverty and racism

For some students, these problems are compounded by structural racism — policies, practices, and other systemic norms that perpetuate racial inequity.

«Talking to the System,» a bright yellow painting by Purvis Young depicts tension between generations as youth confront systemic and institutional racism.

Understated contributions from Bronx natives Glenn Ligon and Whitfield Lovell, as well as a neurotic, impressionistic chalkboard piece by Newark - born Willie Cole that soars over the lobby, infuse the exhibition with a racial consciousness, suggesting the ways that systemic racism intensified and continues to amplify the epidemic for certain populations.

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[13] When read in the context that Professor St. Lewis had agreed to undertake a review of the SAC report which alleged systemic racism in the academic fraud process and that she was providing her evaluation of that report as a lawyer, law professor and expert in the field of Human Rights and Research, the words in their natural and ordinary meaning would more than likely be considered defamatory by the ordinary fair - minded individual.

As in the case of systemic racism as defined by Dr. Wortley, this would have nothing to do with the propensities of the individual officer.

A January 2017 report by the Transformational Task Force discussed the need for a culture change, including public expectations around «police accountability, bias, systemic and individual racism, and discrimination.»

New modules of education were added to the OCJ regional programs, such as a session organized by Justice Rebecca Shamai on systemic racism and sessions that focused on child protection issues.

The writer argues in his letter that (i) the evidence does not support the conclusion that there is systemic racism in the legal professions, (ii) the claim of systemic racism vilifies lawyers and paralegals by labelling them as racist, (iii) the 13 recommendations are a form of unauthorized social engineering, (iv) racism and bullying are just part of life and should be simply be endured and overcome by racialized licensees as others have done before them, (v) the true problem is economic class not race, (vi) white privilege is a ridiculous concept as it relates to white and racialized lawyers and (vii) racialized lawyers who join legal associations based on race or ethnic origin can not complain that they are not treated equally.

The Retention of Women in Private Practice: The Challenge is Intersectional While the CLA's report on the retention of women illustrates the various ways female lawyers are impacted by sexism, it is relatively silent on other forms of systemic discrimination female lawyers experience, particularly racism experienced by women of colour and Indigenous women.

«She was raising awareness about the systemic and institutionalized racism faced by Indigenous people long before these issues were in the public eye,» said NIC nursing instructor Joanna Fraser.

Now I note that you said today that there's been great improvement over a short period of time, and I'm sure there has been, but you know it's interesting to me, and again I will say this because I come from a country myself where there is a disadvantaged community and a lot of government programs et cetera, it's of serious concern the extent of the dramatic inequalities that are still being experienced by these population groups when they represent only, you know, no more than 2 % of the population of a highly developed, industrialised state, and I just, it makes me wonder about things like the effectiveness of the programs, monitoring, benchmarking, what are the standards, is anybody watching this to see whether or not they really are designed to meet the disadvantages that are real in the communities, you know the real history of systemic discrimination, institutional racism?

However, the media profile has also exposed the extent of control, injustice and systemic racism experienced even today, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Systemic racism has been perpetuated by legislative and policy frameworks that seek to define what constitutes being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.