Sentences with phrase «effects of racism»

The organisation has recently been working to raise awareness of the mental health effects of racism on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with their Invisible Discriminator campaign, but has made no public comment about the allegations of abuse on the NT juvenile justice system or the need for a Royal Commission.
The damaging health effects of racism may even begin before childhood, starting in the womb, where fetuses can vicariously experience their pregnant mothers» stress.
Set in 1953, this novel explores a family of light - skinned African Americans who are desperately trying to pass as white, but whose dark - skinned daughter named Bird forces the characters to confront their own identities and the damaging effects of racism in the U.S.
As part of our mutually told story we might admit that busing is expensive, but so are the long - term effects of racism.
Alexandra Zapruder, author of the book Salvaged Pages: Young Writers» Diaries of the Holocaust, discusses how children's accounts of the genocide during WWII serve as a powerful reminder of the dehumanizing effects of racism, bias, and prejudice.
3 1/2 MINUTES explores the aftermath of Jordan's tragic death, the latent and often unseen effects of racism, and the contradictions of the American criminal justice system.
I Can't Breathe not only examines the wide - reaching effects of racism but also specifically breaks down how the ideas of «law and order» contribute to a system of racist, predatory policing.
With the current controversy surrounding the care of Gurrumul Yunupingu, it is timely to acknowledge the harmful effects of racism on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and examine how it can be eliminated.
It allows the structural effects of racism to fester on, and the harmful effects of unconscious race discrimination to continue.
Busing is a limited - focus strategy, and it can not eliminate all of the long - term effects of racism.
Alexandra Zapruder, author of Salvaged Pages: Young Writers» Diaries of the Holocaust, discusses how children's accounts of the genocide serve as a powerful reminder of the dehumanizing effects of racism, bias, and prejudice.
I continue to be amazed at our collective blindness to the effects of racism and poverty in those days.
For one local veteran, the effects of racism were allowed to linger for seven decades.
The series that brought us Courtney Hoffman's The Good Time Girls (which led to her getting her feature debut over at Amblin) and Gabourey Sidibe's The Story of Four, a fiercely feminine and nuanced look at the effects of racism in America, now brings us a film by Kristen Stewart.
An honest conversation must occur about how parents raise their children, as well as about the effects of racism on students and the hindrances resulting from a lack of money.
The NUT will be using the good practice identified in schools via this research to develop practical tools for schools to challenge the effects of racism
Wallace draws on his own youth in Philadelphia to examine the effects of racism, the question of excessive force used by police, and the value of Black lives in this country.
In her 2014 book Citizen: An American Lyric, Rankine uses language and images to convey the effects of racism, from the casual to the extreme.
A third grouping will contain photographs that focus on the role of place in Weems's examination of the underlying causes and effects of racism, slavery, and imperialism.
It is easy for those who do not experience the effects of racism to claim ignorance or deny its reality.
If people make disparaging comments about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people calling «Australia Day» «Invasion Day», take the opportunity to chat to them about the effects of racism on health.
She reflected on the well - documented evidence of the effects of racism on health outcomes, and described the scaffolding that has been developed for University of Otago students to explore the effects of racism with patients and their whanau.
The effects of racism and discrimination can make life more difficult for children, and create undue stress and social disadvantage.
The effects of racism and discrimination make life more difficult for families, and create undue stress and social disadvantage.
Presentations ranged from a call to rally globally against the «agile, ruthless, deep - pocketed enemies of public health», to the effects of racism and wifi on the eating choices of Aboriginal children and young people.
A symposium investigating the effects of racism on children and young people released a statement calling for long - term attitudinal and behavioural change campaigns to tackle the issue.
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