Sentences with phrase «from minority cultures»

For people from minority cultures in the Western World...

The group called on the general assembly to confess «our continued sins of racism and failure to love brothers and sisters from minority cultures» and to recommit itself «to bear fruit in keeping with our repentance.»

Understanding diversity, being from a minority culture or part of more than one culture can be complicated at times.

Not exact matches

It incorporates songwriting and the study of songs from minority non-Western cultures lst.ac.uk

The ironic and indirect ways of affirming and denying — God bless the Czar and keep him far, far away — modes of speaking that are so important for Jewish humanism, are found in Yiddish, a plastic language that hung like a long suspension bridge over the chasm that separated the world of an isolated, vulnerable religious minority from the dangerous Gentile - dominated majority culture.

The resources of religion and culture can not be separated from the minorities» social, economic, and political activity of resistance - liberation.

The assimilative force of the dominant culture is so great that few minority cultures are in position to learn from it without being absorbed by it.

One could argue that women (as well as gays, transexuals, and some others) from some minorities (such as Muslims or Romani) in western countries are doubly marginalised: once because they are part of a marginalised minority, and again because the culture of that minority is a traditional, patriarchal one.

Enck blames the decline on more and more young people growing up in urban cultures removed from hunting, an increasing proportion of ethnic minorities (who are less likely to hunt) in the population and — surprise, surprise — the rise in single - parent families «with fewer opportunities for children to learn about hunting from their fathers».

The British society, just like many other countries with a mixed culture and race in the populace which have entrenched beliefs and antagonistic attitudes towards the other race especially the coloured from a minority group.The general public and the society are not used to seeing mixed couple a fact that has been in practice for some from uninspiring stories passed on from their forefathers.

In popular culture, Nixon's America had Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry and, as the end of that presidency neared, Charles Bronson in Death Wish, both explicit reactions to the crumbling of cities and the Great Society's emphasis on shifting blame for minority crime from personal responsibility to social inequality.

Indeed, the book outlines the full gamut of historical periods associated with different kinds of biopic subjects: the classical, celebratory form (melodrama); warts - and - all (melodrama / realism); transition from producer's genre to auteur's genre; critical investigation and atomisation of the subject; parody; culture based on consumerism and celebrity; minority appropriation (queer, feminist, African American, Third World, etc.); and neoclassical biopic, which integrates all of the above.

We need more principals who come from cultures currently in the minority in the United States to make the mix of people leading schools more reflective of the students in those schools.

Even if the curricula is aligned with the standards, the curricula won't work if teachers are not capable of improving student achievement, if school cultures damn some kids (notably those from poor and minority backgrounds) to low expectations, and if school operators aren't held to high expectations (as well as rewarded and punished accordingly).

And the breakdown of family culture in impoverished and minority communities has made it less likely that smart children from these communities will end up in the challenging classes they need to thrive.

To challenge the labeling of students from minority groups as disabled, assessment must focus on (a) the extent to which children's language and culture are incorporated into the school program, (b) the extent to which educators collaborate with parents in a shared enterprise, and (c) the extent to which children are encouraged to use both their first and second languages actively in the classroom to amplify their experiences in interaction with other children and adults.

According to the articles «Integrated Schools: Finding a New Path» (Gary Orfield, Erica Frankenberg, and Genevieve Siegel - Hawley, p. 22) and «Overcoming Triple Segregation» (by Patricia Gándara, p. 60), segregation by ethnic background of public schools in the United States is on the upswing, a reality which limits minority students» prospects for a high - quality education and all students» prospects for learning to work and interact with students from varied cultures.

One person asked Hissrich if she «would deviate from the books» races and cultures to include minorities?»

Touching on themes of gender and sexuality, drugs and addiction, youth culture and minorities of all kinds, the show features the work of 20 photographers from the 1950's to the present day, including work by Larry Clark.

Crossover explores the relationship between common notions of Eastern and Western culture from a Korean - American perspective and the effects of cross-cultural phenomena on individuals and minority groups in society.

At the same time that the legal profession seems to be excluding full participation by women and minorities, globalization is putting lawyers in contact with clients from other cultures and in countries beyond our own.

Others will experience additional barriers because they are members of certain other groups, such as ethnic groups, who may experience discrimination because they are visible minorities or have traditions, cultures and religions that are distinct from other cultures in mainstream Canada.

For years, campaigners had been saying that the law had been acting as a dragnet indiscriminately and unfairly ensnaring young people, mainly from ethnic minority communities, as part of a misconceived clampdown on the menace of gang culture.

Foster carers are needed from all ethnic origins with varying faiths, cultures and languages, especially for sibling groups, teenagers, children from black and minority ethnic groups, children with disabilities and asylum seeking children.