Sentences with phrase «divided communities of color»

Civil rights advocates last week testified during a LATFOR hearing that the lines unfairly divided communities of color in central Nassau County as well as in Brentwood - Islip in Suffolk County, splitting minority voters — who tend to vote for Democrats — among districts now represented by white Republican incumbents.

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«I think the people in New York are very divided and we are certainly divided in communities of color and that's tragic in itself.»

We also call on the FCC to close the gaps in access among low - income students and communities of color to bridge the digital divide among all students.»

Nationwide and in many metro markets, rent in black and Hispanic communities consumes a much larger share of household income than in white communities, widening the great divide that already exists between white America and communities of color.