Sentences with phrase «gives women of color»

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«Women and people of color aren't given the chance to fail because it's like, «Oh, see, that's what happened.»»

What attracted him to Kapor, in particular, is its emphasis on empowering minority communities: Between 2015 and 2017, the firm says it will have invested $ 40 million in startups that give women and people of color better access to technology and business opportunities.

«Demographic shifts for entrepreneurship and funding are taking place now, however, we're still faced with the daunting statistic that nearly 90 % of venture capital is given to someone who isn't a women or a person of color.»

«This project is not the best project in the world, but in the immediate near future, it is a project that will give us jobs, that will give us the possibility of jobs going forward, that will open doors for people of color, and women businesses, to do the work that needs to be done, that they've never had the opportunity to do before,» Ervin said.

Because white men, white women, and black men don't report feeling slighted when it comes to respect and instrumental support, they build much more robust relationships with their primary mentors than women of color do, giving them an advantage in career advancement, Ray said.

There are many reasons why the OvaCue is the ideal fertility monitor for trying - to - conceive couples: it provides greater advance notice of ovulation than any other method — up to seven days — giving you more opportunities to conceive each month; it's ideal for women with regular cycles as well as women with irregular cycles or ovulatory disorders such as PCOS; it's over 98 % accurate in predicting ovulation; it provides you with a color - coded calendar of your fertile status each month.

Dominique's mission has been changing mainstream narratives on what sustainability looks like in practice while especially giving a voice to women of color.

Every woman needs scarves and a small selection of sizes and colors will give you great accessorizing opportunities from the warmest weather through to the depths of winter.

These days, women would love to wear them in a wide range of bright colors which gives a graceful and elegant impression to every woman personality.

His usage of jewel tone inspired color palettes along with the simplicity of construction could make any woman feel like a million bucks if given the chance to wear one of the coveted red carpet gowns or anything made by the hands of gold, Zac Posen.

A number of makeup, hair, and skincare brands have given some of their fan - favorite products a rose - colored makeover to raise awareness and help fight the disease that according to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 8 women have the chance of developing in their lifetime.

It's funny, pink is considered to be the color of summer, but some women are still struggling to give this color a try and go for classic black, white and nude colors.

Sometimes they lend themselves to give you your pop of color, they work as your transition from day to night attire, or their most practical use in that they just carry our everyday things, most women keep their «lives» in their handbags.

Women can give a stylish boost to their footwear closet with United Colors of Benetton sandals online.

A touch of modern inspiration gives your lounge wear a chic twist in this color blocked stripe print zip front jacket from Onque Woman.

Though some offices allow women to wear printed pumps and even colored ones, resorting to black will give you a sense of professionalism while keeping it versatile to match any of your outfit, even off - duties look.

While Denim skirts are versatile in nature and boosts up the confidence level of women and can be fitting at the hips, flowing down or with a slit at the side with stilettos giving you that perfect desired look, gypsy skirts are the ones with varied colors and fabrics reminiscent of the 60's and 70's look.

Although Jamie and Ronsel's friendship gives «Mudbound» the wings of hope, it's Laura and Florence's uneasy relationship that grounds it in a fascinating reality: Rarely have the finely calibrated alliances, betrayals and subterfuges between white women and women of color been so subtly addressed and drawn out.

Finalist: Orly Silbersatz Banai gives good layered subtext as a self - deluding mom in Yossi, Angela McEwan is one of Nebraska's loveliest humanizing notes as a newspaper woman, Joanna Lumlay has a rich funny cameo in Wolf of Wall Street Semi-Finalists: Portia Doubleday & Olivia Wilde add complicating romantic colors to Her's palette saving it from insularity, Rosie Perez could give Malika a run for her mercilessness in The Counsellor, and Grace Gummer is a great counterpart to Frances Ha's clumsy warmth with her Ivy league prickliness

Don't tell me about all the advances the Academy has made, the fact that its director branch put crazy ass anti-semitic sexist abusive Mel Gibson back on the director's short list last year and gave his clunky bloody obvious war movie a best picture nomination just proves how many assholes are still lurking among the voters ready to backlash against women and people of color.

squanders an interesting opening on a generic action finale there's nothing offensively terrible about it.This is a low - budget (8 million dollars) original sci - fi concept starring two women and multiple people of color, there's credit to be given to Scott Free Productions, 20th Century Fox, and Scott for producing a movie that seemed to approach film - making exactly the way it should be done with diversity.

Although Morgan squanders an interesting opening on a generic action finale there's nothing offensively terrible about it.This is a low - budget (8 million dollars) original sci - fi concept starring two women and multiple people of color, there's credit to be given to Scott Free Productions, 20th Century Fox, and Scott for producing a movie that seemed to approach film - making exactly the way it should be done with diversity.

As the first woman of color given a $ 100 million movie the expectations were impossibly high.

In fact, it's the supporting characters that give the movie its color, especially the badass women of Wakanda, led by Nakia, Okoye and Shuri (Lupita Nyong «o, Danai Gurira and Letitia White, respectively).

Let's talk about the vast art trove we've lost by not giving women, people of color, people with disabilities, and the LGBTQ + community opportunities — let's talk about that loss for all of us in art,» she continued.

In the devastating first film of the Three Colors trilogy, Juliette Binoche gives a tour de force performance as Julie, a woman reeling from the tragic deaths of her husband and young daughter.

The movie diminishes the role of its own female lead, mishandles its characters of color, and gives women and POC no meaningful impact on the final story.

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.

«The toll of these obligations is heavier on women and faculty of color who, given their fewer numbers at this rank (in many disciplines), are asked to serve more, advise more, show up more — and not just for their department and the university, but for their discipline, too,» Mathews writes.

Instead, «What you want is to give folks an entry point» into the pain or difficulty that can come along with living as a person of color, a queer person, a woman, a disabled person, a refugee — or anyone whose experiences are marginalized and different from your own.

While we work towards a more just system that gives all children equal access to an excellent education, we simultaneously seek a more just sector that enables all women and people of color to reach their full potential.

Given that women and people of color are underrepresented in many CTE programs in math and science, holding schools accountable to access and inclusion is of paramount importance.

While I maybe saw a trace of my mother in Shane's face, I realize now there's no possible way a woman with my mother's features and skin color gave birth to a blonde, blue - eyed, fair - skinned girl.

Bonney gives special attention to underrepresented women of color and women of the LGBTQ community, and features photos of everyone featured in her chosen work space, from television sets to art studios.

, and having women of color in the flagship series gives it a shot in the arm.

Chloe Frazier and her companion take the wheel in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, and having women of color in the flagship series gives it a shot in the arm.

Arkane gave us not one, but two games with queer women of color protagonists, in Prey and Dishonored: Death of the Outsider.

Every single one has extraordinary color: the variety and brightness each piece carries, detail: the amount of work that is put into every aspect of each painting that make it look so realistic and abstract, lighting: the bright light shining throughout each image giving each piece an intriguing positive / enthusiastic energy, shading: the detailed shadings on each face giving them that 3 - dimensional look, definition: the quality of the defined lines that are portrayed through every painting (piece) and every small detail in the painting (like the faces and body parts) line: the complex and balanced lining that is seen in both, the abstract and realistic images in these works, texture: somewhat giving off an appealing texture to the works by the dimensions, as if you can reach out and grab the images, dimension: the realistic look that each women has (3 - dimensional), spacing: the space is used wisely in each work, very nicely spread out adding to its originality, touch: the clear and powerful finishing touch that every piece has, and the most visible that is seen in every piece here, is simply life.

While much of this is true given the pay gap between white women and women of color, the poignant relevance of Hershman Leeson's work at this moment signals that we are at a crossroads that, if not handled carefully, could lead to an impasse.

It is a practice that commits itself to counter-hegemonic initiatives that give voice to those who have been historically silenced or omitted altogether — and, as such, focuses almost exclusively on work produced by women, artists of color, non-Euro-Americans, and / or queer artists.

In Picasso and Fredericks of Hollywood (1990), a group of disparate characters including an abstracted female borrowed from Picasso, a Fredericks of Hollywood lingerie model, a figure drawing by an insane woman, and a Mexican woman giving birth in the presence of the devil, are repeated in different colors and opacities creating a sexually - charged narrative.

«WE WANTED A REVOLUTION» AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM April 21 — September 17 — Prospect Heights «We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965 — 85» is a groundbreaking show that gives an underrecognized generation of female artists and activists of color their due, including Emma Amos, Beverly Buchanan, Pat Davis, Lisa Jones, Samella Lewis, Lorna Simpson, Ming Smith, Carrie Mae Weems, and others.

The exhibition tells a familiar story of aesthetic progress — from naturalism to abstraction to a plurality of contemporary art practices across media — but gives pride of place to the work of women and people of color.

Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965 — 85» is a groundbreaking show that gives an underrecognized generation of female artists and activists of color their due.

We try to stir the woman's imagination... to make her think of color without using color... to make her think of shoes without giving details.»

Using a screenprinting style similar to pop artists, Thomas immortalizes these two strong, powerful black women, giving these modern — day women of color the same prominence Warhol gave to iconic figures like Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

This shift reflects a new emphasis on correcting the blind spots and biases of the past; the purported universality of the white male artist's perspective is no longer a given, but is now seen as a form of oppressive hegemony, obscuring the contributions and innovations of women, people of color, and artists working outside Western art - world centers.

In her new series, «Afrofuturist Womanism,» Bey gives us an inspiring sense of hope by disclosing how our present - day technologies can in fact impart change for women of color in the here and now.

This unprecedented survey exhibition gives due recognition to the women artists and activists of color who were actively contributing to the second wave of feminism — a chapter of art history that has too often excluded non-white women artists.

The scale of the paintings gives the women ample room to inhabit a universe of their own, and the rich colors work beautifully against the background of dull tan.