The best evidence a firm is serious about reaching out to professionals of different racial backgrounds is by hiring more qualified law students and lawyers who
identify as minorities; to show their commitment to the cause.
While I identify largely with racial diversity, the hiring issue I identified affects numerous people who self -
identify as minorities, not just people of colour.
The rankings were then based by examining three factors: the percentage of partners, both equity and non-equity, who self -
identify as minorities; the percentage of non-partners who self -
identify as minorities; and the number of attorneys at the firm who self -
identify as minorities.
In 15 of these states, nearly 70 percent of black students are attending intensely segregated schools, where an overwhelming majority of students
identify as minorities, according to 2009 research.
Mitchell and Scarlett are ethnically diverse schools; more than 75 percent of students at the schools
identify as minorities, and 30 percent speak a language other than English at home (Arndt, 2012).
Mayor Stephanie Miner says the city has made progress hiring minorities through the years, but notes that things have changed since the days of the decree, when African - American males were
identified as the minority.
As a result, Tracy
identifies as a minority and has written on the diversity issue.
Not exact matches
As a result, an advisory committee was formed by the league in 2013 to help
identify and train candidates, resulting in two
minority hires.
Despite a growing number of initiatives such
as Bitcoin Women's Day, women using bitcoin are still a
minority, with over 90 % of bitcoin users in our survey
identifying as male.
In many respects Bonhoeffer's main contribution in South Africa has been his challenge to those of us there who are socially privileged and academically trained,
as he was, and therefore numbered among an elite
minority — even if we have sought to be in solidarity with those who struggled for liberation and attempted to
identify with the victims of apartheid.
Today those percentages have grown to 16 percent (for staff) and 35 percent (for students), which compares favorably with the national average of 27 percent of all college students who
identify themselves
as ethnic
minorities.
The editors, consultants, and advisors listed on the masthead contain a
minority who can be
identified by their names
as Muslims» though in fairness it should be added that some of the others yield nothing to Muslims in their zeal for Islamic values and their sensitivity to Muslim concerns.
At a time where more people in Britain
identify as «No Religion'than
identify with all religions combined, he's in a
minority.
On May 20, 1997 Senator Arlen Specter and Representative Frank Wolf introduced legislation in Congress
identifying as persecuted
minorities the Buddhists of Tibet, the Bahais in Iran, and the Christians in China and eight Muslim countries.
The second questionable way in which
minorities in the once mainline churches try to re-form the churches is by
identifying true Christianity with the adoption of what are perceived
as radical positions on various contemporary issues of personal and social ethics.
As a
minority group living in a hostile culture, members of the early Christian churches were in no position to
identify the bestowal of God's grace and blessing with national peace and prosperity.
In a situation where human rights were violated and
minorities tortured in the name of gods, Polycarp stood
as a champion of justice,
identifying himself with the weak and the oppressed.
These facts along with the fact that for the first time a
minority of young Britons now
identify themselves
as Christian means that if current trends continue, in the next 20 years or so there will be more Muslims in Britain than Christians.
Other names banned in Morocco include names of Amazigh origin (a
minority ethnic group in the country) like, Yelli,
as they do not «
identify» with the local culture.
I intend to change the Republican Party
as we have known it with the voluntary or forced resignation of previously
identified RINO County Chairs like Vinny Reda, in Rockland County,
as well
as Dean Skelos
as Majority Leader of the Senate and Brian Kolb
as the
Minority Leader of the Assembly.
OK, you have every right not to personally
identify with Britishness or a British identity: substantial
minorities of different sizes in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
as well
as England may well agree with you.
As Lucinda Platt and others have shown, Britishness is especially common among migrants and minority ethnic populations — and in particular those from South Asian and / or Muslim groups — who are far more likely to identify as British than their white British neighbours ar
As Lucinda Platt and others have shown, Britishness is especially common among migrants and
minority ethnic populations — and in particular those from South Asian and / or Muslim groups — who are far more likely to
identify as British than their white British neighbours ar
as British than their white British neighbours are.
The staffer,
identified in the indictment
as «Fundraiser 2,» was described
as a Senate Majority PAC fundraiser who had worked for Senate
Minority Leader Harry Reid.
They fought for social change and equality for marginalized Hispanics and
minorities in general, and they
identified themselves
as radical nationalists.
The majority of the people who society
identifies as «the left» support this law because they want to protect that
minority.
The Indian Point Contracts
identify AAR
as «
minority owned».
This story was corrected online after it was brought to the attention of the News that the original version of the story incorrectly
identified Senate
Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer
as majority leader.
The Office of the Former President has noted a regrettable pattern of false and inaccurate information put out by the Chief Executive of COCOBOD intended to slander the former President
as a way of covering up bad management practices and decisions
identified and highlighted by the NDC
Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector.
Mr. Mahama's office, described such claims
as only «intended to slander the former President
as a way of covering up bad management practices and decisions
identified and highlighted by the NDC
Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector.»
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Andrew Cooper has
identified public sector workers, Scots, northerners, ethnic
minorities and Londoners
as those who weren't convinced.
The overall
minority population includes all nonwhites and Hispanics, some of whom
identified themselves
as white.
Identifying poverty and a race - wide issue, not just affecting inner - city or
minority communities,
as it was mentioned 62 percent of poverty in Erie County takes place outside the City of Buffalo; with the Rural Outreach Center (ROC) having been established in East Aurora
as a central area of assistance; to go along with the Department of Social Services utilizing University at Buffalo student interms to assist those in the community.
In a nationwide survey in 2015, 40 percent of adolescents who
identified as one of these sexual
minorities or said they were unsure of their orientation reported seriously considering suicide.
Additionally, the majority of low - income rural samples
identified as Caucasian, while the majority of the low - income urban sample
identified as a racial
minority.
For religious
minorities, the threat may emanate from prejudice and discrimination, they said, whereas for Christians, the threat may come from concerns that their status and influence is dropping
as the percentage of Americans who
identify as Christian drops.
«However, when we factor in other drug use, we find that
identifying as a racial
minority no longer remains a protective factor,» explained Dr. Palamar.
Demographic variables were year of graduation, sex (men vs women), age at graduation (≤ 29 years vs 30 - 32 or ≥ 33 years) and self -
identified race / ethnicity, which students reported from a list of options on the GQ (categorized
as white vs Asian / Pacific Islander; other or unknown race / ethnicity; or racial / ethnic groups considered underrepresented
minorities in medicine relative to their numbers in the general population, including black, Hispanic, and American Indian / Alaska Native).
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It's a compelling idea (enough to sway a key ally played by Daniel Kaluuya), and a reminder that throughout the African diaspora, the black - white power balance remains
as it is courtesy of Jim Crow practices designed to keep
minorities in check: persistent segregation, broken drug laws, racially targeted policing, disproportionately high incarceration rates — all of which are
identified and indicted by Coogler's truth - to - power script.
Finding that, amongst otherwise similar children, those who are racial or ethnic
minorities are more likely to be
identified as disabled would provide strong evidence of racial bias.
Put another way, we find strong evidence that schools may be biased against
identifying minority children with clinically significant needs
as having disabilities.
TFA, which has long drawn criticism for sending too many white teachers into all -
minority schools, has moved fast to diversify: In 2009, said Johnson, 9 percent of the corps
identified as African - American; today, 20 percent do (nationally, that figure is 7 percent for traditional schools).
In 1998, approximately 1.5 million
minority children were
identified as having mental retardation, emotional disturbance, or a specific learning disability.
The studies found that grossly disproportionate numbers of
minority students are
identified as eligible for services, and too often placed in isolated and restrictive educational settings.
We are particularly interested in including young people who are not typically
identified as leaders in their schools, those who may be socially marginalized, and those who represent
minority groups within their school community.
Diversity is also held in high regard for the school
as 25 % of the student body is comprised of international students while over 25 % of domestic students
identify themselves
as ethnic
minorities.
While U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan did his best to spin the administration's efforts
as a solution for No Child's supposedly «broken» accountability measures, which he proclaimed, was «misleading» in
identifying schools and districts — especially in suburbia — failing to provide high - quality education to poor and
minority kids.