Sentences with phrase «make white liberals»

shock of Get Out that did the most to make white liberals squirm.

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By the time things simmered down, Brooklyn's inner - city schools were in considerably worse shape, white liberals had become accustomed to making excuses for black violence, and the old alliances between the civil - rights movement, on the one hand, and the American labor movement and organized American Jewry, on the other, had been put under severe strain.

The liberals want to make us White people think that everything important was made by a black man, and that if your White unless you sleep with a black person you are a raciest.

White liberal guilt is a cultivated taste, and fewer people are making the effort.

Too often, white liberals try to demonstrate their racial generosity by insisting that color doesn't make a difference, and that aside from the natural accident of color we have in common our humanity.

He has written with devastating persuasiveness about the the way in which white liberal guilt insists on making racism the primary source for black identity in public life, creating roles for black men and women to play — those of the challenger and bargainer.

The problem with liberals is that they like to make simple black and white questions into vast - sea - of - gray things, complicating very simple points.

Such a bid would make him the third white outer borough Democrat seeking to unseat the liberal mayor, as Queens State Senator Tony Avella and former Brooklyn Councilman Sal Albanese have already launched their own campaigns.

The Liberal Democrats» Bob Russell made clear he will not be missing the previous White House administration.

The 1984 keynote address catapulted the late Mario Cuomo to the national spotlight, making him an instant prospect as a presidential candidate and a spokesman for liberal Democrats in an era in which Republicans held the White House over three terms.

Bonnie Wong, president of Asian Women in Business, said she saw Mr. Stringer making a concerted effort to reach beyond his roots as «an Upper West Side white liberal.»

Get Out is sharp and cutting during its buildup — you'll never want this section to end — and the addition of two awkwardly ingratiating adults (Catherine Keener and Bradley Whitford) makes a comic meal out of white liberal privilege with every «cool» handshake and turn of phrase («Hug me, my man!»

It's not the most promising way to kick things off (Brewer uses it to illustrate the deadly, post-party car crash that incites the no - song - and - dance law in the film's setting of Bomont, Tennessee), but its poor impression doesn't last long, as Brewer makes quick work of establishing a liberal and plausible adolescent atmosphere in which Big & Rich can be listened to just after Wiz Khalifa, an antagonist is offhandedly chewed out for using the word «fag,» and the black students nearly outnumber the white students in the high school hallways.

The movie makes liberal use of official White House footage and photographs of the President from the time of the May 2011 strikes that, perhaps more than anything else, defined the first term of his presidency.

Samantha is, to some extent, the best possible version of the decent, liberal but unavoidably white, middle - class woman, and a patient, inspirational teacher too — but it is Jasmine who, by being so completely herself, makes the film's most important point: No matter how good your intentions, «rescue» is not ever really yours to give.

The white, liberal audiences that watch The Landlord root for Elgar because, like him, they (we) believe that their idealism and distant sympathies can somehow make the world «colour blind».

Of course I fully agree with many of the more accepted goals of the liberal variants of critical pedagogy whose arch-categories include the following — to foment dialogue, to deepen our appreciation of public life, to create spaces of respect and appreciation for diversity, to encourage critical thinking, to build culturally sensitive curricula, to create a vibrant democratic public sphere, to try to change the hardened hearts and minds of our increasingly parasitic financial aristocracy, to build knowledge from the experiences and the histories of students themselves, to make knowledge relevant to the lives of students, and to encourage students to theorize and make sense of their experiences in order to break free from the systems of mediation that limit their understanding of the world and their capacity to transform it, to challenge racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, to fight against white supremacy, etc..

Ben Austin, a veteran Democratic operative who served in the Clinton White House, said the ruling was bound to make liberals uneasy about sticking by unions.

A liberal dose of spicy orange is the detail that makes this California kitchen designed by Melanie Coddington really special.The hand - forged iron Chauvin lanterns from Dessin Fournir were painted white inside to reflect more light onto the island.