Sentences with phrase «cultural minorities in»

Religious and ethno - cultural minorities in India are under a variety of threats in contemporary India.

Representing almost one - quarter of the American population, Catholics also constitute the largest cultural minority in the nation.

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In China, we have seen how rigid compliance with regime orthodoxy has led to political and policy disasters, whether during the Cultural Revolution and Tiananmen, or on contemporary issues of environment, national minorities, and corruption, many of which still can not be discussed openly.

Repressed groups like Gays and minority religions are rising up and WINNING in the cultural war.

BioEdge has the latest report: «There is a small minority of activists who say that there is a cultural identity in being born deaf and that we should....

Azariah who later became Bishop of Dornakal argued that the church in accepting the position of a communal political minority with special protection would become a static community and it would negate its self - understanding as standing for mission and service to the whole national community, that in any case the Indian church is not a single social or cultural community since it consists of people of diverse background, each of whom would have its own political struggle to wage in cooperation with the people of similar background in other religions; and therefore theologically and politically Christians should ask only for religious freedom for its mission and service to all people, not as a minority right, but as a human right (ref.

But replacing our cultural heritage may only cause irritation, especially if you do this not only in museums visited by a minority of people, but affecting everybody.

When another saintly Benedict did finally emerge, this time upon the Chair of Peter, his cultural analysis echoed that of MacIntyre: «I would say that normally it is the creative minorities that determine the future, and in this sense the Catholic Church must understand itself as a creative minority,» suggested Pope Benedict XVI during an in - flight papal press conference in 2009.

Churches in the third world have found themselves in the religious and cultural minority among a wide variety of cultures and religions.

Important issues are indeed at stake, including the right of Christians and adherents of other religions to uphold their vision of sexual integrity and marriage even if they are in the cultural minority.

In opposition, the Democrats represented the cultural «have - nots,» minority religions like Catholics, Jews, «free thinkers,» and some sectarian Protestants, such as Southern Baptists, who shared an interest in resisting majority impositionIn opposition, the Democrats represented the cultural «have - nots,» minority religions like Catholics, Jews, «free thinkers,» and some sectarian Protestants, such as Southern Baptists, who shared an interest in resisting majority impositionin resisting majority impositions.

Simultaneously the white, Anglo - Saxon, Protestants among these «mainline» groups were suffering cultural and economic eclipse on other fronts as «minority» Protestants, Roman Catholics, Jews, and persons of no religious affiliation improved their relative positions in the society.

On the other hand, conscious of their minority status in an overwhelmingly Protestant nation, Catholics naturally feared the restrictions which the hostile minority could impose on them if they translated cultural leverage into political power.

In this sense, worship keeps alive the religious and cultural expressions that reflect the distinctiveness of minorities in IndiIn this sense, worship keeps alive the religious and cultural expressions that reflect the distinctiveness of minorities in Indiin India.

Minorities safeguard their particularities in the religio - cultural realm, which is under threat through the homogenizing tendency of Hindutva.

The worldviews held by these minorities are steeped in their religious and cultural life, which in turn reflect their collective identity.

But theology also involves reflection on the productive task of mission activity that locates and circulates religio - cultural resources of such minorities for developing more pluralistic frames of collective living in the nation - state.

First, there is the persuasive approach, which entices minorities to renounce their cultural and religious differences and embrace the all - encompassing Indian identity in its Hindu visage.

On the other hand, liturgy points to the inward moment of theology: it reflects from its position in the midst of the confidence with which minority communities enact their religio - cultural pluralities and perform their distinctive particularities before God and community.

On the other hand, there was another minority who, looking back to their own religious and cultural traditions with a newly acquired Western - type national consciousness, became extremely conservative and rejected the West in toto.

Placher does not appeal to the notion that the biblical view and Christians represent a «cognitive minority» in contemporary cultural and intellectual life.

The poor and oppressed are stereotyped as lazy or violent; outcast people are dirty and ignorant; the ethnic, national, racial, religious and cultural minorities are subject to old and new stereotypes in their own situations as political or social separatists.

Exclusion of young fathers in some ethnic minority families may be reinforced by cultural practices when female family members play a particularly substantial role in providing support to the mother during pregnancy and birth (Pollock et al, 2005)

In global terms, breastfeeding is normal, whereas because only 8 % of the world's babies are born in countries where bottle - feeding is the cultural norm [10] some might describe bottle - feeding as a «traditional harmful practice of the minority,» as set out in the Innocenti Declaration [11In global terms, breastfeeding is normal, whereas because only 8 % of the world's babies are born in countries where bottle - feeding is the cultural norm [10] some might describe bottle - feeding as a «traditional harmful practice of the minority,» as set out in the Innocenti Declaration [11in countries where bottle - feeding is the cultural norm [10] some might describe bottle - feeding as a «traditional harmful practice of the minority,» as set out in the Innocenti Declaration [11in the Innocenti Declaration [11].

• Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support • Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore • Barriers to decreasing health disparities in infant mortality for African Americans • Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in higher rates of infant mortality among minority populations • Barriers to breastfeeding experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively • Social support and breastfeeding self - efficacy among Black mothers • Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core • Positive changes in breastfeeding rates within the African American community • Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers

Prior to this discovery, in most western industrialized countries SIDS rates ranged between approximately 1.5 to 4 infants per 1000 live births (compared to industrialized counties in Asia, such as Japan, which has the lowest SIDS rates in the world,.05 infants per 1000 live births21) with enormous increases amongst minorities, especially impoverished indigenous peoples such as the Maori of New Zealand, the Cree of Northern Canada, and the Aborigines of Australia.19, 22,23 Native peoples in the United States demonstrated similar exponentially increased SIDS (or SUDI rates, see below), as much as two to seven the times the rates found amongst white Americans.13, 19 Despite significant declines among almost all cultural and / or ethnic groups, SIDS rates still remain the leading cause of death for infants between one month and one year of life in the United States and elsewhere.13

During the many sit - ins, cultural events and discussions at the Park, people of very different backgrounds, who would otherwise not come into contact — Turkish secularists and nationalists, Kurdish activists, members of the creative professions and white collar workers, Socialists, religious and ethnic minorities, Islamists as well as LGBT and gender campaigners — found a way to manage coexistence and respect for pluralism.

Delinking politics and identity is not only relevant for rethinking a new progressive discourse on Europe, but also in the debate on the integration of cultural and religious minorities.

But we need to see UKIP in their proper context: firstly, they are a minority party and will stay there; secondly, they are growing in working class areas where the Labour Party's cultural shift left have lost longstanding voters.

So we know when you celebrated the millennium then; though I think you were in a (mathematically correct) minority, but overruled by common (cultural) usage.

The authors start from recent developments in citizenship theory — an area in which Kymlicka's ideas on the rights of minority cultural groups have had a major influence.

Many factors may have contributed to NAMSS's success in bringing in more minorities to STEM, but from Vergun's perspective, the most important ones have been the intensive science training and mentoring that undergraduate participants receive, the mentoring the students themselves provide to younger generations, and the cultural knowledge that the students share with those who mentor them.

In five studies among three groups and seven cultural contexts, researchers from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the US show that the same psychological processes explain mutual outgroup hostility between non-Muslim Westerners, Muslim minorities living in the West, and Muslims living in the Middle EasIn five studies among three groups and seven cultural contexts, researchers from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the US show that the same psychological processes explain mutual outgroup hostility between non-Muslim Westerners, Muslim minorities living in the West, and Muslims living in the Middle Easin the West, and Muslims living in the Middle Easin the Middle East.

No more: Bounceur, a 30 - year - old mathematician from Algeria who is also a member of Algeria's Berber cultural minority, renounced such trivial pursuits when he came to France as a master's graduate in operations research — a discipline that blends mathematics and statistics with computer science to pursue optimal solutions to complex problems — seeking better opportunities.

But it's even more complicated than that, owing to Glatzer and Westmoreland's homosexuality and the specific insight that an unpopular, oft - misrepresented minority engaged in the creation of a non-traditional family unit might bring to a story of another unpopular, oft - misrepresented minority (Mexican working class) looking to create a haven of kinship in a sea of cultural turmoil.

Assimilationism refers to desire to have minorities give up their cultural / identity characteristics in order to adopt the cultural / identity characteristics of majority.

We do, however, see for each additional field trip an increase in the desire among minority students to attend cultural events of 7 percent of a standard deviation.

China has some strong programs when it comes to using the native languages of minority groups for school instruction, according to a report published in 2005 and released online in July by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO.

Using WAC records, we again only find a significant benefit for minority students, an increase in cultural participation of 8 percent of a standard deviation.

Specifically, minorities in majority white schools may feel inferior, become frustrated, or have difficulty interacting with white students who come from different cultural backgrounds.

But even under the best circumstances, the differences that divide us and the stupid cultural assumptions sometimes gift - wrapping those differences can have a disarming effect on a minority student who believes that college equals a racial utopia in the land of happily ever after.

In a similar vein, some have argued that minority teachers can serve as positive role models and mentors for minority students, capable of building a cultural bridge between home and school.

The benefit in the earlier field - trip study was concentrated in students who lacked previous cultural experiences, specifically younger, rural, minority, and low - income students as well as those who had not previously been to the art museum.

[6] And same - race teachers may be more able to link cultural contexts to learning in ways that could benefit racial and ethnic minority students.

Which doesn't necessarily make their task any easier, for they must grapple openly with those — both on the progressive left and in minority communities — who are openly hostile to cultural judgmentalism and imperialism.

Ohio State's program selects promising minority students in grades six through eight and offers them career and cultural programs, summer institutes, tutoring, and financial aid if they do well and choose to enter OSU.

One faculty member teaches about issues of power in society (gender and minority status, for example) by asking students to analyze their own cultural perspectives (such as their cultural history, language, and literacy).

At the same time, I do not want to diminish the importance of ethnic and racial cultural competency in particular, given that our teaching force is more than 80 percent white, while over half of children born today are racial minorities.

The initiative is premised, in part, on the conviction that Minnesota teachers» lack of «cultural competence» contributes to the poor academic performance of the state's minority students.

In line with his thinking that teachers in training should see kids in broader cultural contexts, education students at UW work with minority organizations such as El Centro de la Raza and the Vietnamese Friendship HousIn line with his thinking that teachers in training should see kids in broader cultural contexts, education students at UW work with minority organizations such as El Centro de la Raza and the Vietnamese Friendship Housin training should see kids in broader cultural contexts, education students at UW work with minority organizations such as El Centro de la Raza and the Vietnamese Friendship Housin broader cultural contexts, education students at UW work with minority organizations such as El Centro de la Raza and the Vietnamese Friendship House.