Sentences with phrase «ethnic groups saw»

Not all racial and ethnic groups saw an equal rise in educational attainment, however.

Since Eve's time, different populations of humans have drifted apart genetically, forming the distinct ethnic groups we see today.

Not exact matches

Just over a third of young whites want to see the law repealed, making them more likely than those of other racial and ethnic groups to say so.

Fromm sees clearly that for many people Christianity is a thin veneer over the idolatrous worship of power, success, and the authority of the marketplace; or it is a cover masking their idolatrous fixation on their clan, religious or ethnic group, or nation - state.

put your ethnic group in place of the word «jew» and see how it sounds.

We have seen that all human cultures are human creations, each of them being the collective creation of an ongoing ethnic group.

We see the roots of wrong (Genesis 3:16 - 19) replay on the news each day — tensions between men and women; parents and children; brother and brother; differing religious, racial, ethnic and socio - economic groups.

And since modern societies commonly contain several religious groups, the notion of religious pluralism has been seen as analogous to or even synonymous with racial or ethnic pluralism.

The increase is seen across all ethnic groups.

Through interviews with a diverse group of mothers from a wide variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds, we are able to see the actual impact of the education of parenting styles on their everyday lives.

We adjusted for maternal age, ethnic group, understanding of English, marital or partner status, body mass index in pregnancy, index of multiple deprivation score, parity and gestational age at birth (see appendix 4 on bmj.com for categorisation).

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

It is generally harder to foster a strong sense of solidarity when citizens come from different ethnic or religious groups that do not always see eye - to - eye.

For a breakdown of Cameroon's 250 ethnic groups, see Minority Rights Group International: www.minorityrights.org/?lid=5493&tmpl = printpage

He said, «Corruption is not an ethnic thing, there is an equal representation in the stealing as no one operates with his or her ethnic group alone, the culprits are in every case seen so far, united by greed to steal and not by ethnic or religious interest.»

«The former Vice President identifies nation - building as the greatest challenge facing the country at this present time because Nigerians still need to improve the way they relate to one another, adding that there is the urgent need for the people to begin to see themselves first as Nigerians, rather than one ethnic group or the other.

Many people - including members of the media who perpetuate this stereotype against Fulanis are simply ignorant and as a trained journalist, I am scandalized when I see news headlines associating crime with an ethnic group.

Kenyatta is widely seen as the candidate of the Kikuyu people, the country's largest ethnic group.

The official said the law was largely a welcome development in Benue State, but Fulani herdsmen saw it as targeting their ethnic group.

This year, the borough president would like to see even more Asians join the boards, as well as people representing other ethnic groups and younger residents.

Dr Alice Forster, study author and Cancer Research UK scientist at University College London, said: «Although around 87 per cent of girls in the UK do have the vaccine it's concerning to see that some girls from some ethnic minority groups feel they don't need to have it.

Many African ethnic groups therefore regard soil - eating as «womanly» and the increased consumption of soil is seen as a sign that a woman is pregnant.

Chair of EBCC10, Professor Fatima Cardoso, who is Director of the Breast Unit at the Champalimaud Clinical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal, said: «This study suggests that the worse prognosis seen in breast cancer patients from ethnic minority groups in the UK can be at least in part explained by the younger age of this group.

Other groups that saw significant increases included: older adults; racial / ethnic minorities; and Americans with lower levels of education and income.

The decline in asthma attacks was seen in boys and girls and across all ages and ethnic groups, Schuchat said.

You see, one can search for other ethnic groups in the privacy of his / her own house, away from prying eyes.

When using the search therefore you will see the profiles of people from diverse ethnic groups and country backgrounds, but you will find black singles amongst them.

«Harnessing that same will to learn that we see in many ethnic minority groups in white working class communities should be a part of the solution to the low attainment of many boys and girls.

Hispanics are also less likely than members of other ethnic groups to earn a bachelor's degree: 15 percent of Hispanics have a bachelor's degree, compared to 33 percent of whites, 54 percent of Asians, and 22 percent of African Americans (see Figure 1).

The «5 Cities Project», launched by the Department for Education will see the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) work with partners in the Greater Manchester, London, Bristol, Birmingham and Leicester areas to promote the take - up of apprenticeships among under - represented groups, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

To do this, we need only to return to the immigration policies of the later part of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century to see many examples of such discrimination, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 that banned a specific ethnic group or the Asian Exclusion Act of 1924 that effectively banned East Asians and South Asians through national immigration quotas.

For several years, data suggested that the city had seen improvements among all ethnic groups, including in graduation rates, which have risen about 14 percentage points for black and Hispanic students since 2005, and a national standardized test given every other year to a sampling of fourth and eighth graders.

and, Do gaps in these conditions among racial / ethnic and income groups mirror the gaps we see in achievement?

«It's more of the same: It's good that the long - term improvement trend is being shared among different economic groups and racial - ethnic groups, but we're not seeing closing in gaps,» said Kevin Carey, policy director of the D.C. - based think tank Education Sector.

It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»

Ethnic groups can be seen in their traditional costumes, since western clothing isn't very common here; locals simply love their traditions, which also includes men smoking strange looking pipes that seem to be unique to this area...

Join us to see different side of Laos and learn more about the the history and unique tradition of Laos» ethnic groups.

The Maya culture is one of the largest ethnic groups in Belize and you can see bits of Mayan culture in the food, the people, and the landscape.

Constructed from weathered sections of dead trees that have been brought down from the mountains of Southern China and bolted together in the form of a whole, healthy tree with spreading branches, Tree is a totem that may be seen as a comment on the strength of modern China built from many ancient ethnic groups, or a determined attempt to create something new and vital from what is irrevocably lost.

He waxes lyrical about seeing the «most incredible butterflies» in the garden at home and hearing captivating folk stories from the Yoruba people, a Nigerian ethnic group to which he belongs, about the power of twins to bring fortune or calamity upon their household.

Multicultural politics are often seen as the concern of marginalized ethnic groups, those most in need of better political or social representation.

But sometimes --- at a meeting or a conference or a march or a rally --- I look around and see what else Paul Hawken sees: all kinds of people, young and old, men and women, kids and babies, from a myriad of racial and ethnic groups and walks of life.

An area rich with ethnic diversity, summer in the City of Festivals sees a different ethnic group hosting a festival almost every weekend.

A major issue in this area is the capacity of staff to work with the multitude of ethnic and cultural groups that currently characterize the American populace (see U.S. Census Bureau, 2000), and thus are involved in the child welfare system.

A differentiation of treatment will not constitute discrimination if the criteria for such differentiation, judged against the objectives and purposes of the Convention, are legitimate or fall within the scope of Article 1, paragraph 4 (special measures)... In seeking to determine whether an action has an effect contrary to the Convention, it will look to see whether that action has an unjustifiable disparate impact upon a group distinguished by race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin.

In seeking to determine whether an action has an effect contrary to the Convention, it will look to see whether that action has an unjustifiable disparate impact upon a group distinguished by race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin.

Ethical practice Ethnic groups (See Culture, Cultural competence.)

But with the country's demographics changing, the time is seen as right for ethnic groups and the REALTOR ® community to bring their strengths together.