And those changes mean
discrimination against some minorities is a real danger.
It has severely limited affirmative action as a remedy for past
discrimination against minorities, even though the post-Civil War Congress that passed the Fourteenth Amendment also enacted race - targeted benefits for black soldiers, schools and relief agencies.
The report did not allege that the government of Pakistan supported discrimination, but it speculated that «the government's reticence in looking into incidents involving
discrimination against minorities is a reflection of its fear of offending fundamentalist Muslims who wield substantial influence over their co-religionists.»
The Washington Post: Hindus from Pakistan flee to India, citing religious persecution More than 250 Pakistani Hindus have arrived in India over the past two weeks bearing tales of religious persecution, according to Indian border officials, fueling perceptions of growing
discrimination against minorities in Pakistan.
Dan Cathy and the PTB at Chick - fil - a have given millions of dollars to groups that are working to legislate their religious
discrimination against a minority.
«Only if you discuss
discrimination against all minorities.»
Showing growing concern over the rising tide of religious extremism, students suggested a wholesale reform of the Pakistan's history curriculum to eliminate
discrimination against minorities and other disadvantaged groups so as to undertake a holistic and long - term effort to eliminate the scourge of intolerance from society.
And as other people have already pointed out, this would be «good for business» because the market solution of catering to a minority for excessive profit would be wide open, while in no way, shape, or form actually doing anything to solve the social issue of widespread
discrimination against a minority.
They can be hubs for
discrimination against all minorities, but against black women in particular.
I probably cover Lakewood's morally and fiscally bankrupt schools too often, but this Ocean County school district that enrolls almost entirely Latino and Black low - income students pushes all my education reform buttons: tyranny of the majority (in this case the ultra-Orthodox residents who control the municipal government and the school board); lack of accountability; lack of school choice for poor kids of color but anything goes (at public expense) for children of the ruling class;
discrimination against minority special education students.
In Brown v. Board, the judicial and military might of the federal government was used to prevent racial
discrimination against minority students.
That long - standing process of the dealer adding to the interest rate causes loan
discrimination against minorities, according to a CFPB analysis.
In particular, your argumentative essay on affirmative action may open with the definition of affirmative action («a policy or program developed to counter
discrimination against minority groups and women in areas such as employment and education»).
The CFPB contends that dealer markups open the door for
discrimination against minorities.
And another one of the «Too Big To Fail» banks was slapped with a huge fine for
discrimination against minority borrowers.
«The fact that a majority of white Americans believe discrimination against whites is as much of a problem as
discrimination against minorities means we increasingly have to field questions that attempt to demonstrate the existence of reverse racism.
And as I said earlier, war and conflict is more likely to arise where we have bad governance, and we have high inequality, and we have
discrimination against minority groups and ethnic groups, and we have low educational levels.
Blockchain technologies help battle banking
discrimination against minorities and offer help to the developing world.
The Senate is poised to pass a bill this week that would weaken the government's ability to enforce fair - lending requirements, making it easier for community banks to hide
discrimination against minority mortgage applicants and harder for regulators to...
Today, after action by the Justice Department, Wells Fargo & Co. settled allegations of
discrimination against minority borrowers and announced that it would no longer continue working with mortgage brokers.
Not exact matches
Oakland's decision to drive equity into the marijuana legislation assures
minority ownership and seeks to compensate for
discrimination against those affected by earlier laws.
And they have also tended to allow religious excuses to free people from certain legal claims, such as might arise in jurisdictions with broad protections
against discrimination, including
minorities such as LGBT people.
In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for
minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections
against age and disability
discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.
Was it the next 80 years of
discrimination against women and
minorities or banning people of different skin colors from marrying?
dalits from upper castes domination; second, to mobilize the
minority strength to fight
against injustice, oppression and
discrimination by the majority.
CIT said it will submit a complaint to the Equality Commission in Northern Ireland
against what it calls «viewpoint
discrimination» and refusal of services by Queen's University to those representing a valid ex-gay
minority group.
Religion has been used to justify
discrimination against Native Americans, African Americans,
minority religious groups, woman and interracial couples.
Joe, people have used their religious teachings to justify
discrimination against Native Americans, African Americans,
minority religious groups, woman and interracial couples.
The most extreme and important examples are
discrimination against Blacks, first as slaves and subsequently as a segregated, disenfranchised, and shamelessly exploited
minority.
To believe that
discrimination against a disliked
minority is «what your god wants», is moronic at best.
Since Latinos and African Americans are disproportionately Catholic and evangelical, Opinion 385, in effect, reinforces prejudice and
discrimination against these ethnic
minority groups.
The meaning of scripture can be twisted to serve the purposes of men so we must do everything that we can to ensure that the «Good Words» that are taught are the actual words of Yehoshua rather than the selected words of Paul and the Old Testament that form the basis of
discrimination against women, racial
minorities, homosexuals, and «different» religions (including atheism).
The declaration highlighted that, despite the Russian Constitution guaranteeing every citizen the right to freedom of religion or belief, Russian authorities «continue to foster an atmosphere of intolerance,
discrimination and persecution
against religious
minorities throughout the entire Federation».
Instead of telling people that their interpretation is wrong, you can remind them that other religious texts have been used in the past to justify atudes and laws that are recognized today as morally wrong and unjust — such as
discrimination against women, people of color and religious
minorities.
First, Russia bowed to EU and US pressure to tolerate the systemic
discrimination against Russophones (mostly ethnic Russians) in Estonia and Latvia, leading to those two countries being included in the enlargement process of the EU and NATO, despite their flagrant infringements of Western norms on
minority protections.
We have warned time and time again that the policies and laws dreamt up to make things as unpleasant as possible for undocumented migrants, will also cause
discrimination against migrants who are here legally, as well as
against ethnic
minority British citizens.
Nationally, every state is prohibited from legislating racial
discrimination, legislating literacy tests, and other devices historically used to discriminate
against minority groups.
Charging the masses with reporting on others has affected the very fabric of our society, creating the potential for
discrimination against all migrants and ethnic
minority communities, and spreading suspicion and division.
Similar political
discrimination is practiced
against minority Democrats in the state Senate.
However, there was also evidence of possible
discrimination against ethnic
minorities at some points in the system.
Meanwhile, the subject of
discrimination remains largely taboo in European academia — especially
discrimination against ethnic
minorities.
The AAAS Council issued a resolution
against the
discrimination of sexual
minorities in 1975.
However, the authors said that donor countries should ensure that vulnerable populations in middle - income countries, such as ethnic
minorities who suffer
discrimination, refugees and people who inject drugs, continue to get support, since it may be difficult for many countries to withstand the political pressures
against helping stigmatized groups.
In announcing the board's decision, the AAAS noted that in 1975 it acknowledged that «some American scientists are members of sexual
minorities (homosexuals, transvestites, transsexuals, etc)» and resolved to deplore
discrimination against such sexual
minorities.
Ms. Vargas» legal battle with the Village of Smithtown for affordable housing is recounted in the memoir, a section which serves to highlight the degree of
discrimination there
against minorities.
Recognize violence and
discrimination against students with disabilities, and those from indigenous,
minority and other marginalized communities.
In a «Dear Colleague» letter released last year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) issued guidance for schools on avoiding
discrimination against students on the basis of race when administering school disciplinary policies, and warned that if
minority students are subject to disciplinary actions at a higher rate than other students, schools could be faulted for civil - rights violations.
A vigorous dissent by three judges, argued, «By erroneously affirming the district court's decision, we allow the State of California to perpetuate
discrimination against qualified
minority teachers, who are already seriously underrep - resented in the California public school system, and, derivatively,
against minority students as well.»
This reasoning has enabled Canadians who are members of sexual
minorities to fight
against discrimination and to have sexual orientation recognized as an analogous ground under s. 15 of the Charter.
The case, which began in 2012, was brought on behalf of 49 black, Asian, and
minority ethnic (BME) civil servants who brought claims of indirect race and age
discrimination against the Home Office.