Sentences with phrase «draw racial minorities»
Most congregations that draw racial minorities can't keep them.
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Trump's surprise rise to become the GOP presidential nominee, built largely on a willingness to openly criticize minority groups and tap into long - simmering racial divisions, has reenergized white supremacist groups and drawn them into mainstream American politics like nothing seen in decades.
The phrase racial gerrymandering refers to the practice of drawing electoral district lines to dilute the voting power of racial minority groups.
In a statement to be issued Tuesday, the caucus questioned why districts downstate were drawn with higher populations than upstate ones, effectively diluting the representation of areas where racial minorities are concentrated.
Currently, LATFOR's districts must not dilute the representation of racial minorities; it is required to draw districts that are «compact and contiguous,» and try to keep whole counties, towns and villages.
• protections for racial and language minority groups in the drawing of district lines consistent with the Voting Rights Act, ensuring those protections remain regardless of what happens at the federal level; and
The U.S. Supreme Court last week weighed the constitutionality of the practice of drawing voting - district lines to boost the election prospects of candidates who are members of racial minorities.
That measure drew strong opposition from advocates for English - language learners, racial minorities, disadvantaged students and those in special education who saw it as watering down accountability.
7 Magnet schools in the Hartford area have special themes designed to draw in students from both the city and suburbs, and they are required to have a student body that is 25 % -75 % racial minority students (newly defined as African American or Hispanic / Latino) in order to be funded by the state.