Sentences with phrase «from systemic racism»

Instead, he argued that police are forced to to take on responsibilities that should be spread across multiple social agencies to deal with issues arising from systemic racism and white privilege.

Not exact matches

Affirmative action opened the door to higher education for the pan-Asian community in the aftermath of the Chinese Exclusion Act — which was in force from 1882 to 1943 — and Japanese American internment during World War II, at a time when systemic racism barred our grandparents and parents from accessing a better life for themselves.

Just a few years ago, public condemnations from him of police brutality and overall systemic racism in the country were few and far between, with Jay's frustrations and reflections over his tough childhood limited mostly to his music, including «Politics as Usual» from his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt.

Believing he has been blackballed for his controversial on - the - field protests against police violence and systemic racism, Kaepernick's legal team has filed a grievance against the NFL, accusing league owners of colluding to prevent him from working in football anymore.

Speaking in abstract terms about blank, amorphous «innocent lives» keeps us from confronting the reality that if most of these children are born at or near the poverty line, then the lives we are saving are more likely to be troubled ones, and if nothing changes, those lives will get caught in vicious cycles powered by poverty and systemic racism.

In 2013, Sho Baraka veered away from the Christian hip - hop («CHH») playbook and dropped Talented 10th, an album that broke new ground for a faith - based rapper by challenging systemic racism...

Early in January, The Guardian published an interview in which Brown expressed his thoughts on everything from how systemic racism is embedded within our education system to the notion that sports are a mechanism for societal control.

Likewise, one can not separate this film from a larger conversation about the white entitlement and systemic racism that remains a muddy stain on this country's history.

But the film's true power comes from Rees» vision of this world, as her wide angle shots frame the full scale of prejudice and injustice and reframe the larger issue of systemic racism that is as deeply rooted in this country as the McAllan's cotton crop.

Sweet Country's approach to systemic racism is somewhat different to the American treatment that you might receive from something like Hidden Figures.

Am I any closer to understanding the complex ethics of protecting and concealing an island of African prosperity from a world in the throes of systemic racism, including its victims?

It is about acknowledging and confronting systemic racism, and other isms, that hinder our nation from truly reflecting its citizenry — and its Constitution.

In 1998, under the leadership of Executive Director Steve Jubb, BayCES changed its name to the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools to emphasize our focus on addressing disparities among student groups that we believe arise from racism, classicism, language bias, and other forms of systemic bias.

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.

Systemic racism benefits from silence just as much as it thrives under white liberals who refuse to check their privilege — those who assume that proximity to their black friend, love interest or neighbor proves that they are not complicit.

Understated contributions from Bronx natives Glenn Ligon and Whitfield Lovell, as well as a neurotic, impressionistic chalkboard piece by Newark - born Willie Cole that soars over the lobby, infuse the exhibition with a racial consciousness, suggesting the ways that systemic racism intensified and continues to amplify the epidemic for certain populations.

It grows from the same cultural and economic roots as systemic racism, sexism, classism, ableism, homophobia, and transphobia.

This lead, frankly, to a discussion of shame and self - flagellation from those who identified as privileged — the majority of us — and segued into a discussion of the dynamics of privilege, identity, equity, and systemic racism.

For example, Pillay believes the only way to address the systemic racism and related judicial issues in Nova Scotia starts from a collective foundation.

In a sense, «systemic racism» and «white privilege» address the same thing from different perspectives.

In April, Angelique EagleWoman — the first Indigenous dean of law at a Canadian school — resigned from her position leading the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay.After EagleWoman submitted her resignation, she said she'd been a «victim of systemic racism» at the school.

Meanwhile, the Northern Territory News today reported concerns from leading Darwin kidney specialist Dr Paul Lawton, who was also involved in the Indigenous Patient Voices event, about systemic racism in the health system that means Aboriginal people are missing out on kidney transplants.

And so, the LIME Connection Keynotes drew us on a journey, from race and racism through the need for organisational and systemic change.

On Wednesday, Dr Carrie Bourassa, a Meti researcher from Canada who was recently appointed as the Scientific Director of the Canadian Institute of Aboriginal Peoples» Health, will speak on systemic racism and its impact on health, canvassing unethical research and the historical legacy of colonisation.

Systemic racism in the justice and wider government systems needs to be addressed in order to tackle the over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, according to Julie Walker, a Yinhawangka woman from South Hedland in Western Australia.

«From an Aboriginal perspective, the experience of family violence must be understood in the historical context of white settlement and colonisation and their resulting (and continuing) impacts: cultural dispossession, breakdown of community kinship systems and Aboriginal law, systemic racism and vilification, social and economic exclusion, entrenched poverty, problematic substance use, inherited grief and trauma, and loss of traditional roles and status (Aboriginal Affairs Victoria 2008).»

Just because we have received an Apology from the Australian Government for their past abuses and violations of our human rights, this will not stop systemic racism born into the attitudes of some in this country.

Now I note that you said today that there's been great improvement over a short period of time, and I'm sure there has been, but you know it's interesting to me, and again I will say this because I come from a country myself where there is a disadvantaged community and a lot of government programs et cetera, it's of serious concern the extent of the dramatic inequalities that are still being experienced by these population groups when they represent only, you know, no more than 2 % of the population of a highly developed, industrialised state, and I just, it makes me wonder about things like the effectiveness of the programs, monitoring, benchmarking, what are the standards, is anybody watching this to see whether or not they really are designed to meet the disadvantages that are real in the communities, you know the real history of systemic discrimination, institutional racism?