Sentences with phrase «like ethnic minority»

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Mulsims in America are like all other ethnic minorities — they do not assimilate and hang together.

There are some in the churchwomen, gays and lesbians, racial and ethnic minorities — who have experienced what it is like to suffer at the hands of the civic and religious establishment.

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.

The report strengthens the hand of Tory modernising groups like Bright Blue, which want the party to appeal to young and ethnic minority voters.

Many artists in the industry - like the consumers - are women and ethnic minorities.

Campaigns like the «Go Home» vans or spot checks at London Tube station - or Cameron's photo opportunity with immigration officers in the home of an alleged undocumented immigrant - go down like a bucket of sick with ethnic minority voters.

Middle - sized urban constituencies like Southampton, Oxford, Sherwood, Ipswich and Northampton are vulnerable to ethnic minority voters.

Many ethnic minority voters are worried about immigration, like their white counterparts, but they are much more sensitive to some of the more draconian elements of the system, which have been allowed to run amok as the Tories try to invite Ukip voters back to the party.

And that's not just about more women police leaders and more senior officers from ethnic minorities, but it's also those who have gained broader experience and new perspectives in fields like the wider public sector and business.

It seems like open season on ethnic minorities.»

Insulting UKIP in this way looks like a real case of pot and kettle in membership terms, but only the tory party may be seeking to make racism a party policy by imposing candidates from ethnic minorities on constituencies.

For example, there were no race relations laws: you could say what you liked about ethnic minorities (as they usually weren't called then).

Runnymede points about that the Conservatives made little progress among minority communities at the last election despite a record number of ethnic minority candidates in winnable seats and despite Conservatives like Sayeeda Warsi playing a prominent role in the Tory campaign.

Bounceur had to deal with what felt at the time like some of the consequences of being an ethnic minority when politics stalled his studies while he was still at high school.

No, I'm not referring to the Golden State's rich palette of ethnic and other minority (and majority) groups, nor to its desire that they'll live, work, and go to school in harmony, like Monet's Water Lilies or Matisse's Fauve masterpieces.

States would now be required to use a standard methodology for comparing racial and ethnic groups and to use quota - like «reasonable thresholds» allowed by the Department for determining when minorities are over-represented.

They've got to look at how all kids are doing at the school overall, but also how specific groups of students are doing — like students with disabilities, those from low - income families, non-native English speakers, and every major racial and ethnic minority.

But we are also keenly aware that, like most Higher Education institutions in Britain, we need to raise the average level of degree attainment among our black and minority ethnic students, which is significantly lower than that of white UK students.»

However, what about a firm which refused to employ telephone operators who had any trace of an ethnic minority accent, because customers did not like it.

Like juvenile detainees nationwide, approximately 90 % of the CCJTDC detainees are males, and most are racial / ethnic minorities.3 The CCJTDC population is 77.9 % African American, 5.6 % non-Hispanic white, 16.0 % Hispanic, and 0.5 % other racial or ethnic groups.

Just at the outset, I would like to say that Article 27 of the Covenant requires that States not deny ethnic, religious, or linguistic minorities the right to enjoy their own culture protect their own religion, or use their own language.

The third block referred to ethnic minorities with terms like: «Emigrants and Immigrants», «Ethnic Groups», «Minority&rethnic minorities with terms like: «Emigrants and Immigrants», «Ethnic Groups», «Minority&rEthnic Groups», «Minority».