Sentences with phrase «marred by racism»

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And if we take into account American history — 500 years marred by attempts to eradicate and assimilate people of color — policies like the one at Boston University come close to institutionalized racism.

The Italian soccer league's recent history is marred by match - fixing scandals, financial insolvency, and fan racism and violence.

If at present American racial equality is fitfully advancing, race relations remain marred by retrograde episodes like the shooting deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown and movements like the Tea Party, which signal a heavy national residue of racism.

The subsequent murder investigation into Lawrence's racially - motivated death at the hands of two white juveniles was marred by deep - seated institutional racism.