Sentences with phrase «income people of color»

In the study, both low - and high - income people of color were much more likely to say that distances between where they lived and where they wanted to go were too far to travel by bike.

Nevertheless, very real challenges to accessing bike share persist, particularly for low - income people of color.

Particularly among low - income people of color, residents often indicated «I don't know enough about it,» when asked about what bike share entails.

Low - income people of color are included in that figure, though they were comparatively less likely to want to ride more or plan to ride more in the next year.

Additionally, these options provided a needed avenue for low - income people of color to learn about and become a part of bike share in the first place:

Overall, bike share is not currently a frequent travel mode among most residents, including low - income people of color, but such individuals are open to the idea of using it more, particularly for its exercise and fun aspects.

Additionally, not having a bike or related gear, or the cost of purchasing such items, was perceived as a big barrier to more individuals within the low - income people of color group.

When it comes to bike share itself, low - income people of color were more likely than other groups to say that the cost of a membership was prohibitive to their use of a system.

«Social factors were a bigger pull for people of color, especially lower - income people of color.»

«Even higher - income people of color were less likely to want to use a credit or debit card to access bikes,» said McNeil.

In a new study from Portland State University, 80 percent of low - income people of color surveyed say they would be more likely to use bike share if cost and liability concerns were reduced.

The white and the rich using art and culture as a vehicle of displacement and further exploitation of low - income people of color.

That Omer Fast's racist, colonialist gesture is being publicly supported and defended by James Cohan Gallery makes clear the lack of understanding of their own privilege working in a neighborhood that is populated by predominantly low - income people of color.

Madeline Pérez echoes this comment in her dissertation proclaiming a school will only «fulfill its espoused theory of ensuring choice and equity when educational administrators cease to operate a process that serves a majority of low - income people of color based solely on white middle - class assumptions and redesign appropriately.»

But in this case, he's working for Airbnb whose business is built on taking away affordable housing and displacing tenants, especially for low - income people of color,» Connell said.

On any given day, families unfortunate enough to live near a pig factory farm — often low - income people of color — might suffer respiratory distress, decreased lung function, or nausea because facilities pump pig waste through sprayers onto fields.

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Darren Walker is a product of income inequality, and he understands why people of all colors feel the system isn't working.

And because individual states could still prohibit marijuana locally, Booker's bill would also incentivize states to change their marijuana laws by withholding federal funding from any states that have enforced laws against the drug in ways that disproportionately affect low - income citizens and people of color.

Nationally, 1 in 7 young people are disconnected from the economy, a challenge that is exponentially worse in low - income communities, particularly among people of color.

The underrepresentation of people of color in this wealthy group has implications for racial income inequality and wealth disparity.

They say they «want» to shrink it, but they never do which is proof that they do not «want» to shrink it for themselves, just for people of income brackets or skin color that don't match their own.

Angela Glover Blackwell, Appointee for Member, President's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Angela Glover Blackwell is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Policy Link, a nonprofit organization that strives to advance economic and social equity, improving access and opportunity for all low - income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of health, housing, transportation, education and infrastructure.

Taking steps to address the growing income divide in our state, including targeted policies that address the disproportionate impact on people of color, especially African Americans and Latinos, as well as LGBTQ people, women and youth.

The Public Advocate argued that the issues of poverty and income inequality disproportionately affect women, immigrants and people of color.

And when I'm speaking to people in low - income communities of color, there are a number of issues that keep popping up: protecting undocumented people, the subways, and a whole host of things.

The mayor also said the law was necessary because it disproportionately impacted low - income New Yorkers and people of color.

Displacement and replacement of low - income and people of color by whiter and wealthier residents,» she added.

As a state Senator whose background is union organizing, I have always firmly supported tenants» rights to protect the collective well - being of lower - income renters, many of whom are people of color.

In addition to removing marijuana from the list of controlled substances, the act looks to incentivize states through federal funds to change laws that may unfairly impact low - income individuals and people of color.

He noted that Buffalo has become a financial ward of the state and that income inequality between whites and people of color is especially pronounced in the region.

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And it also means that he has to stop supporting the use of fossil fuels, including his idea to spend perhaps a hundred million dollars to expand the gas plant that is heating the Empire State Plaza and lock in gas emissions into a low - income people - of - color community for the next 30 years in the Arbor Hill area.»

«He's given a $ 2.4 billion tax break to developers so they can pretend to build affordable housing while in reality they kick out low - and middle - income New Yorkers, who are predominantly people of color.»

«By choosing policies that shield against the very real dangers facing low - income neighborhoods and people of color,» Pastor said, «we will insure that climate policy will be effective for all of us.»

Consumption of contaminated fish «is an especially pressing concern for many communities of color, low - income communities, tribes, and other indigenous peoples, whose members may consume fish, aquatic plants, and wildlife in greater quantities than does the general population,» according to a landmark Environmental Protection Agency study published nearly a decade ago.

It's a very highly burdened area, mainly low income and largely people of color.

Children of color accounted for approximately 49 percent of all young people in 2015, but were overrepresented among those living in poor and low - income families.

For example, Hurricane Katrina demonstrated how vulnerable certain groups of people were to extreme weather events, because many low - income and of - color New Orleans residents were killed, injured, or had difficulty evacuating and recovering from the storm.242, 239,265,266,243,240,268,234,269,270

Our movement may claim to care about low - income parents and people of color, but we don't quite trust them to choose unless we strictly limit and monitor their choices.

TFA's 2014 corps reflected its commitment, with half its members identifying as people of color and 47 percent coming from low - income backgrounds.

«Thirty - four percent of the Louisiana corps identifies as a person of color — 20 percent African American — 35 percent come from a low - income background, and 22 percent were the first in their family to go to college,» Orange Jones says.

Because religious schools violate your personal sensibilities, you are telling low - income families — often single mothers, often people of color — that you want to deny them a choice they want for their kid, because of your values.

Schools are often intimidating places for families, especially those who are low - income, immigrants, or people of color.

This shortsighted and cruel proposal would make the climb to success much steeper for all our young people, especially students of color and students from low - income families.

«In our nation's public schools today, most teachers are white, middle class, and female, while most of their students» families are people of color living in low - income neighborhoods.

National testing, academic studies, and political polling show that low - income, people of color are far less active participants in our democracy.

Last year, people of color accounted for 56 percent of incoming teachers and 60 percent came from low - income communities.

Since people of color are disproportionately lower income and have less «capital» (e.g., down payment for a house), racial segregation also increases.

While many factors contribute to this problem, it is a reality in American public education that students who have fallen behind are disproportionately in families with low incomes and disproportionately members of communities that have been on the wrong side of inequities and injustice in our society, including people of color, recent immigrants, and members of the LGBTQ community.

More than half of corps members identify as people of color, nearly half come from a low - income background, and nearly one in three are the first in their family to graduate from college.