Sentences with phrase «minority against minority»

Finally, by making it necessary that elections be conducted as contests of like against like (female against female, minority against minority, etc.) the system extended vast powers to the nominating process and enabled those in power to recruit just those board members most likely to agree with their purposes and keep them in power.

Not exact matches

Oakland's decision to drive equity into the marijuana legislation assures minority ownership and seeks to compensate for discrimination against those affected by earlier laws.

She is also openly left - wing and has publicly criticized the current Israeli government, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for its policies against Arabs and other minorities.

Catalunya En Comu, which has not declared for or against independence, has 8.5 per cent while minority parties have 2 per cent.

«We do not do this lightly,» said Facebook, «but they have repeatedly posted content designed to incite animosity and hatred against minority groups, which disqualifies the Pages from our service.»

What's more, his polarizing lack of political correctness can also work against him among women and minority businesspeople, leaving the door open to his rival Clinton, whose small business platform and reputation for getting the job done may very well win over undecided voters.

It's easy to discriminate against the minority cobbler down the street by traveling a few extra blocks to buy from «your own kind»; it's much harder to act out your racist biases when buying shoes at a big department store because, well, you have no idea what colour or sex or sexual orientation of the person who made those shoes is.

But the lawsuit «utterly failed» to reform the culture inside the company, Lockette alleges, where a «campaign of harassment» against minorities persisted, Bloomberg reports.

Paxton rejected any claim that the order discriminates against Muslims while favoring Christian minorities.

It sued North Carolina over a bathroom bill it said discriminated against transgender individuals, and has challenged state voting laws that it said disenfranchised minority voters.

Female and minority software engineers at the company accused it of discriminating against them, alleging that management allowed a hostile work environment.

In 2011, the Department of Justice announced a plan to resolve claims that women and other minorities were discriminated against by the USDA in making and servicing farm loans.

However, the companies» advisers have determined this is not legally necessary, and could even jeopardize the deal were minority shareholders to organize against it, according to the sources.

Crimes verging on genocide were being committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, and those crimes bore «the fingerprints of the Myanmar government and of the international community», the United Nations special adviser on the prevention of genocide said on Tuesday.

As a white female, it would be inappropriate and ignorant for me to use my voice speak out against minority social movements like the Black Lives Matter movement, the Gay Liberation movement, or Latino Social movements.

And those changes mean discrimination against some minorities is a real danger.

And they have also tended to allow religious excuses to free people from certain legal claims, such as might arise in jurisdictions with broad protections against discrimination, including minorities such as LGBT people.

Although these claims are not new, his repetition and vitriolic delivery has been a catalyst for increased violence against minority communities.

Here Sotomayor plays the mentor card: «I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self - segregation; take support and comfort from your own group as you can, but don't hide within it.»

Indeed, we have seen a large increase of reported incidents of violence against Muslims, Hispanics, blacks, ethnic minorities, and the LGBT community since the election last week.

He noted the traditional explanation for politicians» policy caution — minority parliaments — made no sense when stacked against Lester Pearson's achievements in the»60s.

Bhakta recommends that entrepreneurs put into the contract that if a minority shareholder brings a lawsuit against a majority shareholders, that the company pays the legal fees.

The Broward county school system, where Marjory Stoneman Douglas is located, has had a program with the goal of limiting outsized disciplinary measures against minority students since 2013, a year before the Obama DOE's guidelines were issued.

Incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that he «strongly support [s] the steps the administration is taking to fight back against Russia's interference in our election.

Those numbers almost perfectly match against the Aspect investment team, which is 40 % female, immigrant or first generation and minority background.

His anger seems only to have grown over the months, as he posted threatening messages on social media and participated in online rants against minorities.

In March, United Nations investigators concluded that disinformation campaigns facilitated by Facebook have played a «determining role» in inciting violence against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority ethnic group.

A New York City advocacy group for low - income and minority residents filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank last fall for what it says are illegal and exploitative tactics that have cost the two named plaintiffs thousands of dollars in penalty fees it contends they shouldn't have had to pay.

Housing groups say they were able to create ads that discriminated against mothers, the disabled, and minorities.

-- They are extremely prejudice against millennial, minorities, and women.

Against this backdrop, activist investment firm JCP Investment Management took up a significant minority stake in Fiesta over the past year, and JCP is now spearheading a shareholder group that is pushing for a boardroom shakeup.

Our comments: almost as surprising as the gold question, these responses show a sizeable minority believe bitcoin's algorithm - driven limited supply can act as a non-correlated buffer against central bank policy.

A sizeable minority of respondents (39 — 40 %) see bitcoin as a potential analog to physical gold, both as a safe haven and a hedge against mistakes in central bank monetary policy.

Includes an examination of a possible vote of non-confidence against the Conservative minority government; a request to the Governor General to allow a Liberal - New Democratic coalition to form a new government; and the immediate tasks facing a possible coalition government once in power.

For the same reason, British Columbia, whose minority NDP government is against the imminent expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, is in his bad books.

Britain First shared posts «designed to incite animosity and hatred against minority groups,» Facebook says.

If the thresholds for the drag - along are set at a level where various stockholder constituencies are protected against transactions that are not economically beneficial to them, the drag - along provision serves a good housekeeping function to make sure that minority shareholders vote in favor of the transaction.

«You can not just run against Donald Trump,» Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned his co-partisans in a February speech in Kentucky.

For recent insight from Powers and Kornfeld, see ««Gatekeeper» Actions by the SEC and Investors Against Administrators Challenge Private Fund Industry» (Sep. 8, 2016); and «A New Look at an Old Standard: The Power of Minority Bondholders Under the Trust Indenture Act» (Mar. 5, 2015).

Can't believe they allow people to make laws against a minority group based on some book that was written by men thousands of years ago (and revised countless times).

this shows how ridiculous religion is, when it's doctorine can pit one percecuted minority against another.

In the last decade there's been a significant increase in attacks against religious minorities in Indonesia.

I agree with Animenut: «a people who have experienced bigotry and hatred all their life would support bigotry against another minority».

The minority has no obligation to roll over and play dead if the majority wants to discriminate against them.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide has highlighted that a change in constitution to make Nepal solely a Hindu state could pave the way for more persecution against Christians and other minorities in the country, and said it advocated a new wording which enshrines religious freedom.

Has any american muslim ever raised his voice against inhuman treatment of minorities in these countries?

«By protecting these laws and failing to bring Shahbaz Bhatti's killers to justice, the Pakistani government is further emboldening extremists to commit ever - more violent acts against religious minorities.

Sadly what is happening in Sudan, Egypt, Saudi (no freedom), Pakistan, Chechnya, Iran (Baloch / kurd minority), Palestine (Hamas and Fatah), Lebanon, Turkey (Armenia, Kurd and Greek Cypriot), Malaysia, Indonesia, Afganistan, now Uzbekistan (against Tadzhik) etc..

Muslims in Pakistan have been protesting against the persecution of Christians and other minorities in... More

The popular revolts against longtime dictators in the Middle East and North Africa may have given hope to millions of Arabs, but the State Department's annual International Religious Freedom Report found that the uprisings have exposed ethnic and religious minorities to new dangers.