Sentences with phrase «in racial terms»

In stark, formalist, rule - bound metaphotographs from the»70s, his structural allegiance to basic black - and - white is so succinct yet capacious — depicting imagery that resonates metaphorically, often in racial terms — that it acquires an intense social dimension.

Third, while the concept has caught fire recently in the United States, most people still tend to view «diversity» in racial terms only.

For much of the latter half of the twentieth century, the politics of American education was rightly interpreted in racial terms.

The Union of South Africa had allowed social custom and law to govern the consideration of multiracial affairs and of the allocation, in racial terms, of How a young South African is buying a property a year with no money!

Yet most athletic officials, even those who oppose it, regard Prop 42 as a well - intentioned effort to strike a balance between academic integrity and the need to provide an opportunity for the disadvantaged athlete who wants a degree and is willing to work hard to get it — a kid like John Thompson was as a high school senior in Washington, D.C. Thompson says he could not have gone to college under Prop 42, but he's careful not to paint Proposition 42 in racial terms.

Thus the opportunists» survival necessitates framing issues like Ferguson only in racial terms.

Not exact matches

Twitter users called out H&M for serious oversight at best and overt racism at worst in styling a black child in the «monkey» hoodie, considering the long history of the term as a racial slur.

Robinson said he and Nelson would take part in the company's racial bias training and work with former Attorney General Eric Holder, who is involved in shaping the May 29 curriculum and other long - term initiatives.

But these are very important data showing the extent to which the US fails to invest in early childhood, a choice with serious long - term costs and obvious negative racial implications.

Conservatives, for their part, repelled by the public vision of civil rights advocates and convinced that the programs of the past have failed, prefer not to address racial issues at all; when they do, they talk in formalistic terms about the principle of «color - blind state action.»

His unrelenting insistence reminded me — in the most stark terms — of James Baldwin's prophetic quip: «Racial progress in America is measured by how fast I become white.»

This story of decline is often told in racial and ethnic terms: White America is being displaced by a multicultural America.

They had inculcated a deep sense of sin and a conscious need of personal salvation; they had overpassed national and racial lines and had made religious faith a matter of individual conviction; they had emphasized faith in immortality and the need of assurance concerning it; they had bound their devotees together in mystical societies of brethren fired with propagandist zeal; and they had accentuated the interior nature of religious experience in terms of an, indwelling Presence, through whom human life could be «deicized.»

Television, in particular, was found to have presented violence in simplistic terms — depicting «a visual three - way alignment of Negroes, white bystanders, and public officials or enforcement agents,» which tended to create the impression that the riots were predominantly racial confrontations between blacks and whites, while factors such as economic and political frustration were pushed into the background.

In modern times the term Aryan has become a racial term, as in Germany under the Nazis, when a sharp distinction was made between the Aryan and the Semitic elements in the populatioIn modern times the term Aryan has become a racial term, as in Germany under the Nazis, when a sharp distinction was made between the Aryan and the Semitic elements in the populatioin Germany under the Nazis, when a sharp distinction was made between the Aryan and the Semitic elements in the populatioin the population.

The Commission would think in planetary terms about the whole human race, transcending the narrow ties of national governments and racial and ideological prejudices.

At first sight the parable teaches a radically new concept of neighbourliness — in terms of need as over against mutual membership in a racial or religious group — and that it does this is, of course, true enough.

Consequently when in the life of the church cultural forms triumph over religious content and faith disappears, and when in the course of time men begin to wonder what content these forms were originally intended to symbolize, the historic explanations which they will advance will be given in terms of national or racial destiny rather than in terms of a rediscovered religious truth.

«There is genocide again in Europe [No there isn't, unless one debases the term to mean perennial ethnic and religious conflicts]; there is economic inequality at home [There always will be; the question is whether there is greater economic opportunity]; civil rights are not assured for all Americans [Sullivan's particular campaign is for same - sex marriage]; civil liberties have had a terrible decade [I'm not sure what he means; perhaps new and intrusive antiterrorist laws in the Clinton era]; the racial question remains and festers [Undoubtedly true, although it is currently festering below fever level].»

When we consider the racial or ethnic dynamics of the play, two points stand out: First, racial difference is a source of animosity, suspicion, and disdain; second, despite the animosity, suspicion, and disdain, not even Shakespeare's fictionalized Venice can be described as a racist society in the modern sense of the term.

Charles R. Snyder observes: «The heterogeneity of Jews in terms of physical or racial characteristics casts doubt upon any kind of bio-racial explanation.

The American Resistance is as exquisitely multiracial as a television commercial, although it beggars the imagination (and distorts Dick's) to think that American blacks and whites would have been on good enough terms to form such a resistance in an America subservient to the Nazi and Japanese avatars of racial division and hierarchy.

Yahweh lost his coercive entanglements with national loyalty and racial cult, and in a new liberation, unimaginable had not the expulsion of Christianity from Judaism taken place, he became a universal God, with no local temple or chosen people to limit him, and with worshipers of all tongues and nations on equal terms — neither Jew nor Greek, neither Scythian, barbarian, bond nor free, but one man in Christ.

In terms of racial make - up, between one - fourth and one - third are minority families.

That Paris subway train racial abuse and racial chants by the Chelsea fans mark a big difference between the racialess Gooners and the racial chants Bad Boys in terms of social and racial integration.

In terms of racial and ethnic composition, cohabiting single dads are much less likely to be white and much more likely to be Hispanic.

While Civil Rights in the USA means far more than racial equality only, it is common to use the term synonomously with racial equality because that was the driving force behind the passage of the Civil Rights Act.

In terms of payments directly for legislative duties, there isn't much of a difference among lawmakers of different racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Women were also underrepresented on campaigns, and Republican campaigns appeared to have a far more significant disparity in terms of both gender, and racial representation among their campaign staff.

To accompany their lobby day, which is expected to draw some 500 parents and students to Albany, the Alliance for Quality Education has released a hard - hitting video that casts the school funding disparity in starkly racial terms.

But support for Mr. de Blasio, who garnered a 50 percent job approval rating, remains polarized along racial lines, and voters are split on whether he deserves to win a second term in 2017.

Yorkshire is no different to any other County, Delta Pavonis, in terms of it's racial and social mix.

«For once we're ahead of the curve on something, and in Buffalo where we have had tremendous racial segregation over many, many decades, we've got a heavier lift than some communities in terms of fixing it,» Gallagher - Cohen said.

But he added, «the racial divide, which has bedeviled Mayor de Blasio since his first day in office, continues even as he finished his first term.»

Asked about the current racial breakdown, de Blasio replied, «You are getting fewer stops and better stops, meaning much more of a focus on real criminals, not everyday law - abiding New Yorkers and very effective stops in terms of what outcomes they lead to.»

And I think that that's part and parcel of what we see in terms of racial profiling in this country.»

That his argument was not couched in terms of the racial debate made it vulnerable and allowed antisemitic physicians to dismiss psychoanalysis itself as mass hysteria, a «psychic epidemic among physicians» — an interesting twist, given that most of Freud's early disciples were Jewish.

Yet the Internet's impact on hate crime was not uniform and was predominantly present in areas with higher levels of racism, identified by the amount of racial segregation present and the proportion of racially charged search terms used.

Other big questions remain, particularly for the long - term outcomes of newer procedures, in people with lower (less than 35 kg / m2) BMIs and among members of racial and ethnic minorities.

That cutting edge science leaves no doubt that there is little in terms of difference in our genetic makeup as different racial groups is not enough reason for some to dispense with archaic mindsets.

The term mail order bride is obsolete, and should be treated in the same way as other discriminating terms bearing ethnic or racial bias.

Dolezal desperately tries to align herself with absurd terms like «trans racial» in order to try to find some way of making her way of life acceptable, but she always comes up short, and it is impossible to have any sympathy for her because she is so transparently a manipulator and a guilt - tripper.

The most shaming aspect of this for me is that I was talking about racial inequality in the performing arts in the UK and the need for rapid improvements in our industry when I used the term.»

The diversity in terms of not only racial factor but also women and LGBTQ representation was highly appreciated.

For example, the bad guys aren't painted in strictly racial terms.

While the B&B: 08/12 cohort will be surveyed a final time in 2018, given high rates of graduate school enrollment, even a ten - year follow up may not fully capture the long - term consequences of racial debt disparities.

Reasoning that elite colleges tend to espouse relatively progressive views and that their students — having gained entree to the world's most prized institutions — would presumably have little reason to resent affirmative action, she decided this sample would provide insights into «the best - case scenario in terms of support for racial inclusion...»

San Francisco's groundbreaking economic - desegregation plan satisfies the short - term goals of the litigants — creating a student - assignment system that avoids racial quotas, passes constitutional muster, yet also maintains a degree of racial diversity in the schools, given the connection between racial and economic status.

And, honestly, if one believes that our educational agenda should be primarily defined in terms of the racial and socioeconomic «achievement gap,» you can see how this kind of strip mining might have a certain appeal.

These findings make clear that while we can learn a tremendous amount by comparing school districts in terms of their racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic gaps in test scores, there is a large degree of variation within school districts in their outcome gaps as well.