Sentences with phrase «many racial divides»

We talked by phone about why diversity matters, what it means to be a good corporate citizen and whether the President has done enough on the racial divide in America.

Preaching from Amos 5:18 - 27, Platt stated that the churches ``... have historically widened and are currently widening the racial divide in our country.»

There's a huge racial divide in football — while 13.3 percent of the country's population is black, 70 percent of professional football players are.

As long as we preach racial tolerance we will get nowhere in remedying the racial divide we have in our churches and in our nation.

King thus confronted the most critical task any leader faces when seeking to promote racial harmony: assuring the «good people» on each side of the racial divide that their counterparts on the other side do, in fact, exist.

If they spent 1/10 the time, money and attention to unwed mothers, poor families, and the racial divide in adoptions (everyone wants a white baby, no one wants ethnic babies, ethnic toddlers, or white or ethnic teenagers), then maybe women would be less scared about having problem / unwanted pregnancies.

This summer, the New York Times concluded a lengthy series on the perceptions of race among Americans by saying: «The series has portrayed a stubbornly enduring racial divide, and the poll suggested that even as the rawest forms of bigotry have receded they have often been replaced by remoteness and distrust in places of work, learning and worship.»

@J: I'm sorry about the racial divide in your town.

Soledad O'Brien seems to be looking for racial divides in thsi country.

Therein lies the problem and why America has so many racial divides.

Here is one strong root of recent attempts to heal the ugly racial divide in this country's churches.

Who has a vested interest in the racial divide of modern politics?

How I answered the question would prove crucial to addressing racial divides in our D.C. neighborhood.

I can only speak from life experience in bridging the racial divide.

If white folks and black folks had equally positive levels of trust for each other there wouldn't be a racial divide.

The number of stop and searches carried out under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act has also continued to rise with a marked racial divide.

Historically, the greatest divide in American society has been the racial divide.

A new Quinnipiac poll highlights the racial divide in the stop and frisk debate with blacks opposing the policy, while a majority of whites and hispanics support it.

The same Quinnipiac poll that found the mayor's approval at a low point earlier this month showed what The Times dubbed a «stark racial divide,» with 64 % of African - American voters saying they approve of his performance.

The speaker shied away from commenting on the racial divide in the Senate Democratic conference, which was making headlines prior to the Charlottesville riot.

However, a deep racial divide underscores both de Blasio's approval rating and questions pertaining to the general condition of New York City.

Former President Jimmy Carter, who has long put religion and racial reconciliation at the center of his life, is on a mission to heal a racial divide among Baptists and help the country soothe rifts that he believes are getting worse.

A new poll has Scott Stringer jumping to a seven - point lead over Eliot Spitzer in the race for city comptroller, after a glaring racial divide had both candidates campaigning furiously...

Any such contest in solid Labour territory with such a clear racial divide will involve race cards being played.

Therefore, to produce such a message in this environment seems to ignore our current situation at best, or to purposively invoke an image like this to further stoke racial divides and fears.»

«Christine Quinn [a top Democratic rival] carried the east side of Manhattan in the primary, Joe Lhota [Mr. de Blasio's Republican rival in the general election] did unusually well in the Trump Towers part of the West Side, for example, so I think the racial divide has been there all along and that may now mirror the partisan divide in New York City.»

Top issues for voters are «the racial divide» in the city as well as the economy, education and crime, he added.

White rattled off a populist platform, spoke out against subsidies for wealthy developers, and about healing the racial divide.

There was a sharp racial divide, with Mr. Stringer winning about two - thirds of white voters, and Mr. Spitzer winning about two thirds of black voters.

But there's a large racial divide, with 53 % of black voters saying Weiner should remain in the race, and 64 % of white voters saying it's time for him to hang it up.

A startling racial divide for Mr. de Blasio persists.

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.»

Both Rangel and Thomas are people who can cross the racial divide, even if you disagree with what they are saying, because they say it in a way that reminds of friends and family.

The racial divide in Albany is no less than in most other traditional cities, yet there is a tolerance planted here, perhaps from the diversity associated with Dutch settlement in the 1600s.

Racial Divide One aspect of maternal mortality that has not changed over the years is the extent to which it varies by race.

When they reviewed data on 1 million children ages 10 and younger, the authors found a deep racial divide in diagnosis rates of strabismus.

Now free to speak the truth, Bulworth dives headlong into the smoldering racial divide where he finds the medium for his message — rap lyrics.

Now streaming on Netflix, Mudbound explores the racial divide of the post-WWII South with sharp commentary and heart - wrenching results.

Correctly, Seidl understands that his commentary is rather unnecessary, that the power of the work comes from the very ordinariness of the couples and families participating, the racial divide in the work involved in this industry, and his unflinching capturing of events we know occur but usually repress.

Garrett Hedlund and Mitchell play returning war veterans whose shared battle experiences enable them to bridge a racial divide and form a friendship.

Loving is a handsomely crafted drama about two mild - mannered, yet courageous souls from opposite sides of the racial divide in late 1950s Virginia, who followed their hearts in strict defiance of the Racial Integrity Act, which criminalized interracial marriages in the state.

This is a key element he explored in the film, with African characters from the fictional country of Wakanda, which has never been colonized or even had any trade relationships with western countries, and African - American characters, who reflect the stress of living in a country still confronting racial divides.

It's a timeless premise: parallel families living parallel lives from across the racial divide in pre-Civil Rights America.

When the little girl's paternal grandmother seeks custody, a bitter legal battle ensues that forces the uneasy family members to have an honest conversation about life, death, anger and America's racial divide.

Masterfully addressing the American racial divide, past and present, director Raoul Peck's six - years - in - the - making documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, is a galvanizing, ominous film, thrumming with a sense of history repeating itself.

The bridging of social, age and racial divides is handled not as a celebratory, back - patting recognition of «progress» but a necessary act of survival.

I honestly think that's why so many people across all kinds of cultures and racial divides identify with this movie because they either remember a coach that did something for them that impacted their life in a positive way or are coaches doing that very thing.

The movie's all about a young black guy who heads off with his white girlfriend to meet her oh - so - progressive family, and realizes that something is very wrong with the racial divide in this sleepy little town.

Along the way, he falls for a former slave named Rachel (Gugu Mbatha - Raw) and tries to establish a mixed - race community in Jones, despite deep racial divides on both sides and no support from the Union.

Here we have a true story of how a leader used an athletic competition to help ease racial divides and unite a country,... Continue reading