Sentences with phrase «important issue of racism»

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(5) Despite his own unconscious racism, Schweitzer was one of the few important European intellectuals of his day who unhesitatingly directed attention to the unpopular issue of Europe's profound moral guilt in its treatment of the Asian and African colonies.

This is not to say that we can not come to impassioned, principled positions about how to vote, particularly when dealing with issues as important as sexual assault, bigotry, racism, responsible foreign policy, religious liberty, and the dignity of human life at every stage in its development.

In this sense, the recent explosion of racism is not simply the product of few small minded individuals but reflects the failure of the political elite to stand up and be counted on one of the most important issues of all.

«It's really important that we have robust systems in place, so that when somebody highlights, makes a complaint, raises issues, or queries, around racism and anti-semitism and sexism and all of the «isms», that it's taken seriously, and it's acted upon as swiftly as possible.

Claire Smrekar and Ellen Goldring found that with regards to desegregation, «the issues of racism and intolerance born out of ignorance and isolation seem to coalesce for many parents into a perspective that considers school integration at the elementary school level an important starting point» (Smrekar and Goldring, 106).

According to Erlanger Turner, Ph.D., children often model adult behaviors, so it is also important to understand your own feelings on the issue of racism, and present ways to cope with disappointment or anger.