Sentences with phrase «called language minorities»

Nobody who wrote or supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964 thought that the term «minority» included so - called language minorities.

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Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

Erie County 5th District Legislator and Minority Leader Thomas A. Loughran (D - Amherst) has submitted a resolution calling on the Erie County Water Authority to eliminate language that makes it possible for people with no public utility management credentials to serve as the agency's executive director.

In the bilingual public schools of St. Louis, one - fourth of the students during the second half of the 19th century were not of German descent, reminiscent of the present trend of what we call today «two - way dual - language,» a type of bilingual education where students of ethnolinguistic minorities and English - speaking majorities are educated jointly to develop the bilingualism of all.

Train staff to effectively communicate with LEP parents — when and how to obtain qualified language assistance, use of interpreters when staff receive or make calls to language - minority individuals, and applicable record - keeping procedures.