Sentences with phrase «few people of color»

Grainger and McShera are fun as the stepsisters, while Ben Chaplin and Hayley Atwell are fine in small scenes as Ella's parents; Nonso Anozie is also great as Kit's friend, the Captain (this movie actually contains quite a few people of color).

Though the trailers suggest that the remake may mitigate at least one offensive element of the original, putting fewer people of color in the angry white dude's crosshairs, «Death Wish by the writer - director of Hostel» still sounds like a recipe for tone - deaf tastelessness.

Furthermore, the K - 12 system itself is partially to blame; there are large racial gaps in high school graduation rates, which means that fewer people of color attend college relative to their white peers.

Not exact matches

It's asking its companies to do one of the few things they can do to get more women and people of color in the door.

In addition, sources said Kalanick is arguing that the CxO requirement would mean that fewer women or people of color would be in the board candidate mix; others note correctly that there are plenty of these top execs available.

Specifically, with respect to racial equity — which is what Encompass focuses on — it's important for organizations to recognize that advocates of color face unique pressures in our movement in part because there are so few of us and because the people we work with often don't understand the nuances of the challenges we face.

Few people are willing to share so that communities can provide the physical well - being and spiritual care needed by all our country's citizens (male and female, white and of color, rich and poor) Too often we take the easy way out and pass responsibility to the next generation.

In that quick moment, I thought back to the several parties she'd invited me to where I'd been the only person of color but I shrugged off the temptation to be defensive and said, «Well, there are usually a few others, but yes, it is a mostly black church.»

Dare one ask why there are so few women theologians or people of color who are of comparable stature?

It includes far fewer women and people of color than does American Christianity at large.

He broke professional football's color barrier in 1946, yet even though he played alongside Robinson in college, few people remember the great running back Kenny Washington or the shameful history of segregation in the NFL

Assemblyman Karim Camara, chair of the Black, Puerto Rican Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus, told me on CapTon last night that he «commends anyone who wants to work in a bipartisan fashion,» but just can't get comfortable with the fact that there would be no people of color — not to mention very few women — in positions of significant power if the power - sharing agreement Sen. Jeff Klein is pushing comes to pass.

Every time I wore them people were so surprised at the pockets because they are made so well and lay so sleek, you don't even notice — but they are perfectly placed to feel comfortable when you want to rest hands in them, and hold a surprising amount of junk without showing:) The Penelope polka dot dresses are my fave — I even have one in pink, one of the few things in my closet that's a bright color!

It's not one of the colors people usually wear but I've seen it on a few websites and bloggers so I definitely remember it!

One minute, I'm living with 6 other people, eating endless amounts of ramen, and can move all of my worldly possessions in a single weekend with a few boxes and friends bribed with only the promise of pizza; the next minute, I've acquired a husband, can't wait to pick out paint colors and create a forever home, and have a crew of amazing friends who acknowledge our box - lugging days are over, and can recommend a good moving company.

I bought this dress, in both of the colors it came in, and I love both of them... I got quite a few compliments from people I was with and even strangers commented on it too!

There are plenty of people on the site at any given time, and every search we tried turned up at least a few results — which says a lot considering we really restricted some of our searches a certain age, height, and even hair color.

If you are facing difficulties in being accepted as a couple and feel uncomfortable with your partner as people challenge you over something ridiculous as the color of your partner's skin, you should follow few things that help you in maintaining relationships.

There are plenty of people on Sugar Daddie at any given time and every search we tried turned up at least a few results — which says a lot considering we restricted some of our searches a certain age, height, and even hair color.

In line with our agenda of connecting like — minded people from all walks of life, regardless of their race or color, we have listed a few dating platforms that have a proven track record of help people date outside their race.

We had a few good times with PixelJunk Racers (especially the confusion of trying to figure out seven different people playing seven different colors), but you may be better off passing on this one.

Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days by Big Star Games is a third - person top - down shooter with few connections to Quentin Tarantino's film other than it being about gangsters with color - coded names; and yet Bloody Days partially succeeds in its aspiration to revive a classic for crime and gangster films, while offering a time - rewind mechanics that helps the game distinct itself from the pool of titles in the top - down shooter category.

We know nothing about these characters, even their names are replaced by colors, most of the action takes place in an isolated warehouse, and the amount of gore and profanity can surely upset more than a few people; however, even with all these limitations, the story is entertaining, and brutally powerful.

As we watch young African - American characters — and a few young white women, too — mistreated and / or killed in scenes that go on and on and on, it's hard not to wonder whether Bigelow (and the material) would have been better served by not teaming up with her usual (white) screenwriter, Mark Boal (who also wrote The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty), just to bring in the perspective of actual people of color, rather than that of white liberal guilt.

The «Net was still deep in the background and colored few people's perceptions of the burgeoning invasion of Iraq, for example, which primarily and surreally existed on television.

But it's still dicey, the way McDonagh risks trivializing police brutality by presenting it as a character flaw, especially given how few scenes, lines, or traits he affords the film's people of color.

Just think of all the people who got their start on In Living Color: J - Lo, Jamie Foxx and Jim Carrey, to name a few.

Marty may be one of the few people who would consider this a delicacy, spending his last twenty dollars to revel in the starchy goodness with ecstatic joy (he joins Adele Exarchopoulos from Blue is the Warmest Color in the pantheon of cinema pasta consumers).

This is the 90th Oscars, and a few extra nominations won't undo years of exclusion of women and people of color, Hollywood as a whole has to actively work to give more opportunities to those previously ostracized and make sure a wider range of stories get told.

Honestly, in a world where few movies offer the opportunity for such a gathering of A-list people of color to...

«In schools that have very few teachers of color, they are treated — the word token is really alarming to a lot of people, so I'm careful about using it.

From birth, many of students of color are faced with the reality that they have fewer opportunities to excel and also with people believing they can't achieve, she said.

At the time, only about 5 percent of the nation's superintendents were female, and even fewer — just 1 percent — were people of color.

Attendees will also walk away with a printed copy of the detailed descriptions for all 39 elements, a few inspirational templates and checklists, and one lucky person will have a chance to win a full size 20x30, full color copy of the Periodic Table of Instructional Design poster!

Connecticut faces a representation crisis in classrooms, with fewer than 10 percent of educators identifying as people of color while 45 percent of their students are children of color across the state.

Presently, incarceration disproportionately impacts people of color, and students of color disproportionately attend schools with fewer resources and less experienced teachers.

As a country, we grapple with more than our share of discrimination challenges — where people of color, LGBTQ folks, and people with disabilities (to call out only a few of the bigger groups) feel its blow every single day.

In the past few weeks, there has been a post-holiday surge as millions of people unwrapped iPads, Nook Colors, Kindle Fires and other e-readers.

Came with food aggression, fear of men, fear of people of color, and separation anxiety... 5 years later and you can now add on fearfulness and aggression towards small dogs, children, and pretty much everything... Nothing has worked to fix this dog, and I've about lost it, we can't find a place to stay for more than a few months cause of her issues.

As soon as it went from «seeing more people like me» to «seeing fewer white people and more people of color,» the next herd of followers fell off.

As for Hitman its inbuilt benchmark tool was refusing to display the final results, so I opted to instead fire up the Marrakesh level and take a tour of the town, stopping by the protest to admire the many, many A.I. characters and colored flares before heading inside and making life miserable for a few people.

Instead, Nintendo should offer a few of the original Game Boy Color games people want to play on the respective mobile stores.

As a queer person of color, there are few times in my life when I have the choice to opt in or out of tension.

Very few people are capable of viewing the colors that surround them with indifference.

Very few of the female painters who've won long - term careers have painted in expressionistic or more unleashed ways, deploying high - keyed color or ropy surfaces, or painting in ways that strike people as irrational, out of control, or non-cerebral.

The last few years have seen solo exhibitions by a strong number of female artists, a great many queer artists and people of color,...

The last few years have seen solo exhibitions by a strong number of female artists, a great many queer artists and people of color, reaching a high note with last year's very gay, very feminist, ultimately historicizing exhibition This Will Have Been.

According to a major report on art industry sexism that ARTnews published earlier this year, only seven percent of the 410 works from MoMA's permanent collection currently on display are by women, and even fewer by people of color.

The freedom that Dolla claimed in the 1970s came at a price: very few people knew what to do with this artist who could move from finger - painted monochromes to land - art (large colored dots on beaches and snow - capped mountains) to tiny fishing - lure sculptures, to large sulfurous paintings made with smoking tapers, to hilarious combine paintings that featured window shutters, to labyrinthine installations created with yards of unrolled muslin fabric.

Thanks to a century of incandescents and a few millennia of candles, most people seem to prefer what we call warmer light, which is in fact a cooler color temperature.