Sentences with phrase «many immigrant groups»

Immigrants from India had become the dominant company - founding immigrant group.

«Such a divide between the local police and immigrant groups will result in increased crime against immigrants and in the broader community, create a class of silent victims, and eliminate the potential for assistance from immigrants in solving crimes or preventing crime.»

Immigrant groups acknowledged there is some fear among people in the country illegally who are skittish about drawing attention to themselves in visible marches.

Such missteps are inexcusable for a country that now counts ethnic Chinese as its largest immigrant group and China as its fastest - growing trading partner.

Is the route through the «race politics» travelled by aggrieved victims of oppression, or through the more travelled and more successful route of immigrant groups who aspired to «making it in America»?

OldGoat... you obviously don't realize that ALL immigrant groups tend to look like they're from the old country until 2 or 3 generations have been born in the U.S. Right now, we are seeing in America a predominantly immigrant Muslim generation.

There are not in our homeland «many millions» of Muslims, as President Bush has mistakenly said, but, aside from African - American Muslims, there are about two million, and he is certainly right in saying that those who are here legally must be treated with the respect that we accord other immigrant groups.

Yes, it is a problem for those that don't assimilate into our society as we're told in school and media that immigrant groups are suppose to do.

It was the success ideal that lured the various immigrant groups into the cultural patterns and inner controls that have gradually weakened the barriers between them and older Americans.

It would be a mistake to see this as entirely inflicted on the immigrant groups by an alien American culture.17 Some form of it is what lured many to these shores in the first place.

It is this kind of experience, suffered in milder form by many immigrant groups, that leads Harold Cruse, perhaps the most thoughtful of contemporary black intellectuals, to write:

Of course, as such immigrant groups became acculturated their position with respect to such inter-group violence and control changed.

Later immigrant groups, for example the Italians, were characterized as criminal and often as seditious and further controls against them were instituted.

If one were to discount ethnic minorities and immigrant groups then that figure would doubtlessly be considerably higher.

The only circulation increases in foreign - language publications are in papers published for recent immigrant groups, like the Spanish - speaking.

The optics on the marginalization and disenfranchisement of the immigrant groups felt about the same.

Hispanics are just one immigrant group plagued by the threat of deportation.

1998 FRAC joins other anti-hunger and immigrant groups in leading the successful drive to reverse a 1996 law and restore food stamp benefits to one - quarter of a million immigrant children, seniors, and refugees.

Figure 2: Changes in proportion of each immigrant group in Westminster constituencies in England, Scotland and Wales

As we can see, the hypothesis that UKIP vote is driven by experience of change in the local area can be rejected — in fact Pearson correlations between UKIP vote and increases in the share of each immigrant group are negative.

The most widespread and dangerous racism in British society takes place within immigrant groups.

Barack Obama won because he appealed to immigrant groups, instead of abusing them.

«A lot of other immigrant groups [have them].

At the time, a number of lawmakers and immigrant groups complained Cuomo was not putting any state money behind the effort.

Indian - Americans have the highest median income of all Asian immigrant groups, and more than 200,000 live in New York City alone, according to a study by the Pew Foundation.

About Rice and Beans: Following recent discussions on food here on Anthropology in Practice, this week I'll feature a four part series that that explores the ways immigrant groups in Corona, NY are involved in creating generic versions of their cultures to support themselves.

Each reporter was to follow a common format covering the science content in his or her national curriculum, the local and national politics of how it is delivered, the recommendations of how it is to be taught, the kind of informal education provided by museums and science centres, the training and status of science teachers and equality of opportunity for all pupils — including race, immigrant group and handicap.

Not all immigrants groups had increased rates of preeclampsia or eclampsia, however.

While it's not known why some immigrant groups had higher rates than others, even in their home countries Sub-Saharan Africans exhibit the highest rates of preeclampsia and eclampsia worldwide.

Some immigrant groups (from Northern and Southern Europe and East Asia, for example) had lower rates than the general population.

The authors postulate that experiences of discrimination and racism may explain the higher rates of psychotic disorders in some immigrant groups, as indicated by previously published studies.

The risk for all immigrant groups was less than half that for people born in Canada.

Prospect Park West To quote from within our website: So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn From George, 35, Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Cannato says that «Race always has played a role in American society» and that «every immigrant group had attached to them some negative trope.»

She is studying how the settlement of the nation's most successful immigrant groups in privileged, previously predominantly white communities shapes the nature of racial boundaries, beliefs about success and achievement, and youth cultures.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Over the past two decades, the Hispanic population has become the nation's largest immigrant group and has accounted for 56 percent of total U.S. population growth.

Debate focuses on how best to foster academic success for youth in the nation's fastest growing immigrant group

How does the settlement of the nation's most successful immigrant groups shape the nature of racial boundaries, beliefs about success and achievement, and youth cultures?

Kolker begins her exploration with «How to Save,» in which she tells us about Vietnamese money clubs, or hui (there are equivalents in other immigrant groups), in which a group of people agree, each month, to contribute to a common fund.

And Latinos are our least - advantaged major immigrant group; of course we would expect East Asians and South Asians to do better on various measures, as they do markedly on education, and they do.

It would stand to reason that Mexican - Americans, so different from other immigrant groups, should encounter greater difficulties and pose greater problems.

Huntington's central concern is that 35 years of heavy migration has established a large Hispanic population in the United States that is substantially different from earlier immigrant groups.

Are our schools serving Latinos, the largest immigrant group of our time, as well as — or better than — our schools served immigrants in the past?

A. Demonstrates sensitivity and responsiveness to the personal ideas, learning needs, interests, and feelings of students with disabilities and / or from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (e.g., Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, as well as other recent immigrant groups).

A. Adjusts practice based on observation and knowledge of students with disabilities and / or from culturally and linguistically diverse groups (e.g., Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, as well other recent immigrant groups).

It seems to be to do with the expectations that parents hold for their children, the work ethic of the east Asian immigrant group, along with the selection of schools by the parents as well,» Dr Jerrim argued.

Americans for Immigrant Justice Non-profit law firm that champions the rights of unaccompanied immigrant children; advocates for survivors of trafficking and domestic violence; serves as a watchdog on immigration detention practices and policies; and speaks for immigrant groups who have particular and compelling claims to justice.

Viewed as a tool for assimilating the various immigrant groups then entering the United States, they were overtly used to teach explicitly Christian and, at least implicitly, Protestant, values.

Over time, Minnesota would come to host some 30 charter schools focused on students from specific ethnic or immigrant groups, such as Somali, Ethiopian, Hmong, and Latino populations.37

Two arguments were advanced for targeting low - income, minority, and immigrant groups in racially and economically isolated charter schools: the need to maximize bang for the educational buck, and the belief that the special needs of these communities could be better addressed in concentrated settings.