Sentences with phrase «faced systemic racism»

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is RECOGNIZING that the mayoral control «reform» — like previous efforts to change the system's governance without clearly articulating the educational purpose of the reform or facing society's deep systemic problems of poverty and racism — still leaves the city with schools that fail to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of our students;

Also, as the first openly gay person of color in Congress and someone from a family who experienced the ugly face of systemic racism when his grandparents and parents were removed from their respective homes and sent to Japanese American Internment camps during World War II, Takano has a consistently progressive social justice ethic that is evident in his strong voting record in support of immigrants, low - income families, affordable housing, veterans, and workers.

The title of Jemison's novella and exhibition, in tandem with her mining of historical materials, seems to offer the possibility that the seeds of change planted in the past are still viable and ripe for harvest as we imagine what the future can be in the face of ongoing institutionalized racism and systemic inequity.

«She was raising awareness about the systemic and institutionalized racism faced by Indigenous people long before these issues were in the public eye,» said NIC nursing instructor Joanna Fraser.