Sentences with phrase «few racial minorities»

Too few racial minorities are partners at law firms and too few are in the employ of Bay Street firms.

The next hurdle for us is to love him back as we are very white middle class with only a few racial minorities, pray for us.

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Black, Hispanic and «others» representing Asians, Pacific Islanders and mothers in other racial minorities were grouped together as non-white because of their few numbers (Black = 4 %, Hispanic = 6 %, other racial minorities = 5 %).

«There were only a handful of studies for each of the 19 instruments, and very few looked at anything that could give us insight into potential bias against racial or minority groups.»

Even fewer interventions are tailored for racial and ethnic minorities, and not one intervention has been evaluated with sexual - and gender - minority people,» said Robert Coulter, M.P.H., a doctoral candidate in Pitt Public Health's Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences and lead author of both studies.

Owens found that neighborhood racial segregation across the country appeared to be driven largely by white families with children who are choosing, consciously or not, to move to neighborhoods and school districts with fewer minorities.

Assuming that racial / ethnic minorities have fewer economic resources than white families, de facto segregation as already exists may become even worse.

One stated objective was to address the «disparate impact» of policies that might lead to racial minorities taking fewer challenging classes than their peers, totally ignoring the obvious fact that African American and Hispanic students are, on average, much less prepared for AP courses by the time they reach 11th and 12th grade.

The few studies that examined relevant subgroups of racial / ethnic minority children identified noteworthy racial / ethnic disparities.

The majority of students in the East Chicago school were bilingual and of Hispanic / Latino heritage, while few if any preservice teachers were either bilingual or racial and ethnic minorities.

Sadly, many of the few prohibitions that still exist are a relic of the Civil Rights era, when state lawmakers in certain states tried to use this out - dated concept to make it difficult for impoverished minority plaintiffs in Civil Rights cases to gain legal support in the battle against racial segregation.

And a few anecdotes noting the existence of a person who is a member of a racial minority somewhere nearby:

At 15 - week follow - up, regression analyses found that racial and ethnic minority women in MBRP, compared to non-Hispanic and racial and ethnic minority women in RP, reported significantly fewer drug use days (d =.31) and lower addiction severity (d =.65), based on the Addiction Severity Index.

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.