Sentences with phrase «faced by this minority»

These are blunt comments, and they exemplify the dark side of Silicon Valley: that an elite group of power brokers, exemplified by Arrington, is totally ignorant of the hurdles faced by minority groups.

This approach awakens awareness of the problems faced by minorities and nurtures the emergence of a person - respecting White identity based on self - esteem.8

At 10 a.m., Sen. Diane Savino will hold a hearing to examine issues faced by minority and women - owned businesses seeking credit and capital.

A better answer might be to address the workplace social exclusion faced by minorities in their occupations.

Despite our increasingly risk ‑ averse culture and the red tape and admin faced by the minority of schools that choose the DIY approach to school trip planning, there is no evidence that the number of school trips is decreasing.

«Some participants believe that mandatory data collection is crucial to advancing diversity and inclusion, while others believe that mandatory collection could halt the progress that is already being made by firms and legal organizations in the area of equity and diversity,» says the report, written by a working group tackling challenges faced by minority lawyers.

Not exact matches

«The Spanish situation is still too fluid to predict, but like the German result, the PR disaster faced by Madrid and (Prime Minister Mariano) Rajoy's minority government are not reasons to be buying euros here, especially with the leveraged money community already long of euros,» Stephen Gallo, European head of FX Strategy at the Bank of Montreal, told CNBC via email.

While they are similar to those faced by all entrepreneurs — «management, money, and markets» — the data shows how these roadblocks hit minorities harder, causing founders to struggle and businesses to fail.

Big losers will include our cultural institutions, including the CBC and the Canada Council who will likely face further devastating cuts, as well as human rights, international development and arts organizations who were funded historically by the Canadian government (some of whom had already lost funding under the minority Conservative government).

In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running now).

But even here, minority - owned businesses face serious difficulties competing with those owned by white males.

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The openhearted observer of Islam in the West can discern the shape of hope in the increasing willingness of people of the two faiths to come together for dialogue and consultation on the mutual problems they face; in the reevaluation of Islam forced upon Muslims by their minority status in many places; and in the development of the concept of international law and universal human rights.

The discomfort of conservative Christians whose views on gender and sexuality are being challenged more than they once were is nothing compared to the suffering faced by LGBT people and religious and ethnic minorities in this country.

The caucus also intends to address the challenges faced by other religious minorities in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere...

Sana Hasan, an Egyptian scholar best known for her Enemy in the Promised Land, has written another important book in Christians versus Muslims in Modern Egypt» a book in which she honestly confronts the sorry condition of Christians in Egypt, where the «problems faced by the Christian minority are for many... a taboo subject.»

Minority Party: Why the Democrats Face Defeat in 1992 and Beyond by Peter Brown Regnery Gateway, 350 pages, $ 21.95

Last week, Nepal enacted a law to curb evangelism by criminalizing religious conversion, joining neighboring countries like India and Pakistan, where the region's small - but - growing Christian minority faces government threats to their faith.

But I was pleasantly surprised by how balanced the book is overall (perhaps because Wolfinger, whom I've come to know, is a liberal and a nonbeliever) and how the authors acknowledge that religion is not a «magic bullet» when it comes to the real challenges facing minorities in the U.S. today, and there are many.

Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins defended Democratic Senate hopeful Shelley Mayer's handling of sexual harassment complaints made by legislative aides, saying the lawmaker faces «a double standard» with the criticism.

In the face of a string of Tory reversals, all down to his opposition, Labour MPs from across the party — from Blairites to the soft left — have been won over by his leadership skills, despite the minority of plotters and the «mainstream media» who rudely reprinted all the things he's said over the years about the IRA, Hamas, Kosovo, Iran, Israel, etc..

A proposed sale of 65 acres in Knox to a former Albany County Legislature minority leader — an idea that's irked some county lawmakers — now faces a veto by County Executive Dan McCoy.

The broad strategy is now obvious: Democrats will attempt to portray Bernardo as the face of the legislature majority, forcing her running mates to defend her record (as defined by the minority), the one Donaldson recently «warned» them about.

The Minority in a statement said: «While Ayisi Boateng's apparent suicidal mission in the face of overwhelming condemnation by decent minded Ghanaians has made him the «Chemical Ali» of Ghana's Diplomatic Service, the Minority in Parliament like most Ghanaians believe the ball is now squarely in the court of His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo to show this dangerous envoy the exit.»

Two months to the day before Dan Loeb accused Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins of doing more harm to people of color than the KKK, the billionaire hedge fund manager was scolding Richard Buery, one of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's most senior black officials, about his apparent ignorance of the obstacles faced by black children in the city.

Complaints are expected to spike in anticipation of warmer weather and the action taken by the Minority Caucus faces the issue head on by providing tangible results.

«You can't win elections without a coalition, and to suggest that we should be concentrating on our core current voters rather than looking to professional people and affluent people is by way of saying that we want to remain a minority party... «If you shut the door on new Labour you're effectively slamming the door in the faces of millions of voters who voted for our party because we were new Labour.»

By the end of next month, parties will know whether Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell survived a GOP primary in Kentucky (likely), whether Sen. Kay Hagan will face a top GOP opponent in North Carolina (increasingly likely), and whether Georgia Republicans are on track to get a choice nominee for Senate (probable, but who knows?).

The statement comes in the face of blistering attacks from the minority condemning the decision by the court to free the suspects.

Alan Van Capelle, the head of the Empire State Pride Agenda, says he was heartened by words uttered today Ruth Hassell - Thompson, a black lawmaker from the Bronx and Westchester who spoke movingly about the painful ordeals faced by her gay brother, and other minority members.

In 2012, Republicans again faced the prospect of being in the minority, but formed a coalition with the Independent Democratic Conference, a five - member group that infuriated the larger Democratic caucus by siding with the Republicans.

A NEW MINIMUM WAGE WILL CAUSE MAXIMUM DAMAGE by Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C - Canandaigua) The $ 15 per hour minimum wage dilemma we currently face didn't start with a discussion.

While Ayisi Boateng's apparent suicidal mission in the face of overwhelming condemnation by decent minded Ghanaians has made him the «Chemical Ali» of Ghana's Diplomatic Service, the Minority in Parliament like most Ghanaians believe the ball is now squarely in the court of His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo to show this dangerous envoy the exit.

ALBANY — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday said he would introduce legislation to decriminalize marijuana for recreational use through a bill that faces unlikely passage, but that reflects greater acceptance on the once hot - button issue by politicians including Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

Democratic senators facing re-election battles in red states won by President Donald Trump in 2016 urged Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer to make a deal and end the shutdown that began Friday midnight.

Sonya Clemmons, of SSC Enterprises, argues that it's time to stop talking about the challenges faced by underrepresented minorities in science and engineering and start doing something about them.

Europe — and a few countries within Europe — has begun to grapple with the problems faced by resident minority populations.

Max also makes friends with Kurt Adam Devine), who thinks of sex all the time; Tina (Angela Trimbur) who pulls no punches about wanting sex even more; and ethnic minority stereotype Blake (Tory N. Thompson) will soon be faced by the threat of beheading from machete - carrying Billy.

But «Southside With You» is also winningly sweet and earnest, and refreshingly frank about the problems that minorities face when they try to get ahead in a culture dominated by white males.

Her book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

Pupils have two periods to create a poster that highlights the social and economic inequalities faced by ethnic minorities in the USA.

Her forthcoming book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

For poor and minority students, risks are higher: 26 percent of those who face the «double jeopardy» of poverty and low reading proficiency fail to earn high school diplomas, and Hispanic and African American children who lack proficiency by third grade are twice as likely to drop out of school as their white counterparts.

The foundation says this will be the largest single investment dedicated solely to addressing inequities faced by young female minorities in the United States.

Civil Rights Data Collection Minority students across the country face harsher discipline, have less access to rigorous coursework, and are more often taught by lower - paid and less - experienced teachers, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Members also are provided with special reports and notified of other meetings and events that address the challenges faced by students from ethic and racial minorities.

YA / General Interest: Teens will be fascinated by this important novel, which gives an appealing face to a seldom - seen minority.

Although the corporate world is primarily dominated by men, women and other minorities continue to climb the career ladder, despite the many obstacles they face.

Meanwhile, his inclusion sends a clear message to minority artists and art viewers that while the Whitney is welcoming on its face, the perspectives of people of color are subject to mediation by the white academic establishment.

The adversity faced by the cityâ $ ™ s ethnic groups is unique, of course, and not to be homogenized under one large minority umbrella.