Sentences with phrase «certain ethnic»

As often as not, I am confronted by registrants who manage to paint certain ethnic groups as being of bad character, or being «sneaky.»

«This study reminds us that the workforce integration challenges that certain ethnic and racialized groups face, whether they are immigrants or not, are not only due to skill and experience issues, but also to employers» discriminatory preferences,» said the president of the commission, Gaétan Cousineau.

To name one point: flight MH17 does not seem to have been shot down deliberately as part of a deliberate plan to wipe out a certain ethnic group or to commit acts of terrorism, but the models developed for such cases are being used as a mould.

(Discrimination against certain ethnic groups may also be national origin discrimination, which is also illegal.)

For example, if a police officer is given information that previous illegal operations involved people of a certain ethnic background, and that the occupiers of the home in question are part of that same ethnic group, it would be erroneous and offensive for the officer to conclude, since all previous cases involved people of that ethnicity, and people of that ethnicity are involved in this crime, that the home in question must therefore contain an illegal operation.

For example, in order to hit the ball out of the park as he did, he probably made a number of very astute predictions about how certain ethnic groups» votes would break down.

Research indicates that holding high expectations can make a positive difference for certain ethnic minority students.

Why might enhancing teacher — student relationship quality be especially important for certain ethnic minority or low - achieving students?

The second set of graphs show that, district - wide, in the 2009 - 10 school year, shows a similar discrepancy — especially for certain ethnic groups — in English, algebra, and geometry.

Some examples of systemic intolerance and institutionalized racism include the disproportionate number of African American or Latino students who are suspended and expelled, or when the academic proficiency standards for certain ethnic groups are lower than others, as is true in Florida and Virginia.

Anita Scovanner Ramsey, director of the Fairfax Transition to Teaching Partnership, agrees that alternative certification programs can help remedy the shortage of teachers in certain disciplines and from certain ethnic groups.

The personal obstacles faced by the Fantastic Four - Reed Richards, Johnny and Susan Storm, and Ben Grimm - are very much universal, as opposed to being restricted to people of a certain ethnic background.

If you prefer to meet people from certain ethnic backgrounds, be clear at the start.

History has also shown certain ethnic groups, like the Masai people of Africa and the Inuit Eskimos, have thrived in ketosis for their entire life on animal protein and fat centered diets.

It is known that it tends to run in families and that it is more common among people of certain ethnic backgrounds according to the National Institutes of Health.

Autoimmune diseases may also run in family members with a known condition, as well as certain ethnic groups which include:

BMI is often a poor measure of body fat % especially in certain ethnic groups, Asians being one of them.

Atopic dermatitis can look different on a range of skin tones, and research shows that certain ethnic groups are more at risk.

The disease is more common in certain ethnic groups, especially African - Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asians.

Androgen excess may cause abnormal hair growth on the face and body, but women of certain ethnic backgrounds (like Northern European and Asian) may not show physical signs.

And additional risk factors include a family history of diabetes, certain ethnic backgrounds, and having gestational diabetes or giving birth to a baby that weighs more than 9 pounds.

Some variants (and associated genetic diseases) are more common in certain ethnic groups, due to a single genetic variant or set of common genetic variants within that population.

This type of testing is currently offered to individuals who have a family history of a genetic disease, people in certain ethnic groups with an increased risk of specific genetic diseases (population screening), and people concerned about their risk of having a child with a genetic disease.

Discrimination against entire subgroups could also occur if, for example, genetic variants were found to correlate with a more favorable vaccine or treatment response, but only in certain ethnic groups; also, drug development might focus on these «more responsive subgroups.

UC Davis anthropologist Monique Borgerhoff Mulder and colleagues compared polygynous and monogamous households in 56 villages in northern Tanzania, where polygyny is widespread among certain ethnic groups, including the Maasai.

For his part, he says that studying H. pylori may allow scientists to circumvent mistrust of their research by certain ethnic groups, particularly Native Americans and Aborigines in Australia, who may be reluctant to provide blood or saliva samples.

Biogeographical data is useful in screening for disease risk and drug sensitivity associated with certain ethnic groups.

As many as 50 million people in the United States are considered lactose intolerant, with certain ethnic groups disproportionately affected.

Some variants are very rare, or exist only in certain ethnic groups, so the danger of getting a mismatch is, for most people, low.

The study found that certain ethnic groups have significantly lower chances of live births using fertility treatments than other groups.

That's particularly good news for people of certain ethnic minorities who often have trouble finding matched stem cell transplant donors.

Speaking to NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye, Cumbo, a Democrat, asked why «certain ethnic groups come in» to a NYCHA development «in blocs.»

«Certain Nigerian leaders, having been blindfolded by corruption, assume the possibility of using money in manipulating the national security agencies to intimidate, suppress and hold down certain ethnic nationalities or playing one ethnic nationality against the other with a view to undermining the constitution and perversely upturning the rule of law.

David Miliband, the Cabinet Office minister charged with writing the Labour manifesto, admitted: «Our country remains deeply scarred by unequal life - chances,» citing the pay gap between men and women and for certain ethnic minorities.

«There was discriminatory actions that suppressed voting of certain ethnic groups and it's a shameful part of our history.

Some blood tests are offered only to women of certain ethnic backgrounds, who may be at higher risk of carrying genes for specific diseases.

Cord blood transplants are also accepted as treatment for thalassemia and sickle cell anemia, inherited blood disorders that are prevalent in certain ethnic groups.

But that is a far cry from the claim that certain ethnic groups are to be compensated in the present for past injustices, particularly by people who were not themselves responsible for these injustices.

«The assumption that Jewish life could be built on a largely secular lifestyle in which liberal politics would provide a substitute for faith,» he wrote, «was as foolish as the notion that it could persist on identification with the Yiddish language or certain ethnic foods.

To say that churches are segregated implies that churches are doing something to «screen» perspective members or are intentionally discouraging certain ethnic groups.

Elite institutions seek to maintain an adequate representation of certain ethnic groups, especially blacks.

You're depicting a certain ethnic group.»

«When the film came out, the owner of the restaurant said we're not allowed in anymore because we apparently denigrated a certain ethnic group for the picture...» Scorsese said.

Not exact matches

Racism in the UK is less dramatic, but perhaps no less present, and is revealed in the numbers of people from black and ethnic minority groups in certain jobs and professions.

Special programs have been established in ethnic studies and in women's studies, for example, that address the needs of some students and support certain social movements.

Once again, the right to free speech and freedom of expression is suspended when it comes to criticism of a certain Semitic ethnic group.

Hate crimes are defined as criminal acts committed against those who belong to certain social, religious, ethnic or other group.

Given the history of medical experimentation and the lack of access to medical resources for certain groups of people, we must be especially concerned that women, racial and ethnic minorities, prisoners, and the poor are not exploited as a result of this research or of human cloning itself.

Inadequate as the representation of certain groups may be, American political life clearly includes the active participation of many ethnic and racial groups besides the Anglo - Saxons in the late decades of the 20th century.

That particular ethnic groups are linked in larger religious groups, Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant, and that the religious groups share certain common symbols is undoubtedly an important element in whatever cultural unity and universality exists in America.