Sentences with phrase «expressed about minorities»

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Watford Supporters» Trust has said it is not against the offer, but has expressed concern about minority shareholders losing money if the deal goes ahead.

Danny Dromm and Rosie Mendez expressed concern about subsidizing schools that supposedly discriminate or propagandize against sexual minorities.

Staten Island's two Republican Council members, Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (South Shore) and Councilman Steven Matteo (Mid - Island / Brooklyn), were among those voting against the legislation in the Council — where many members expressed concerns about how the bill might affect small businesses but voted for it anyway.

Still, some African - American leaders have expressed frustration with Mr. de Blasio for not bringing about criminal justice reform quickly enough while endorsing the «broken windows» style of policing that critics say singles out low - income minorities.

NYPD critics and minority groups — already frustrated by the death of Eric Garner in police custody and what they've decried as unfair use of Mr. Bratton's «broken windows» policing — have expressed concern about the departure of Mr. Pineiro and now Mr. Banks, the department's highest - ranking Hispanic and black members, respectively.

While the Minority was satisfied with the formation of the Committee, the Majority leader expressed reservations about not being allowed to express the issues his side had.

A number of caucus members have privately expressed concerns, particularly since Cuomo was put on notice in May about the absence of minorities on the statewide Democratic ticket.

The report, released by the American Council on Education last week, expresses optimism about the progress made by minority students, but argues that challenges to affirmative action and public skepticism about such policies «make it imperative» that colleges articulate the importance of racial and ethnic diversity...

On the first two «costs» the book provides no evidence of harm, other than summary statements about segregation, expressing concern that «education programs that serve low - income and minority students have become quite different from those that serve the rest of the student population,» (p. 225) and that «charter schools have moved the country farther away from the collective and democratic forms of education.»

In part, this explains the hostility that some minorities themselves express about affirmative action, including sentiments by Justice Thomas.

As I've previously expressed here and here, I'm deeply skeptical about UCLA law professor Richard Sander's studies that purport to show that law school affirmative action policies harm minorities in the long run because many minority students admitted through preferential policies are not academically prepared and do poorly in law school.