Sentences with phrase «not racial injustice»

The messaging galvanized many owners to kneel or stand elbows locked with their players against a common enemy: The President of the United States, and not racial injustice, the thing that kneeling was initially supposed to protest against.

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Its a sad day when our young black men do nt have the freedom to walk through certain neighborhoods without being harrased are mudered, no one has the right to just take a life just because of the color of your skin we as a people has to stand up to injustices such as this no one wants to hear the truth there is still a racial devide in America and our justice system create laws so that this kind of injustice can continue to happen rather u want to admit it are not our young black men are the prey.

These passages suggest that the biblical solution to injustice — racial or otherwise — is not just to pray that people have a change of heart but for people to take responsibility for the societies they have built — or in our case, inherited.

Human beings can do amazing things — like peacefully protest a racial injustice — but they always seem to leave a reminder that they are not perfect.

This selective «colorblindness» is a mighty convenient approach to race in America for white people, for it allows us to paper over America's troubled (and decidedly anti-Christian) history, to discount racism as a thing of the past for which we are no longer responsible, and to ignore persistent racial injustices like mass incarceration, police brutality, voting rights issues, white flight, and economic inequality, all while consistently benefiting from an oppressive system we claim we can not even see.

It seems that, in the midst of black Christian outcry in 2013, the majority of white Christians pressed the snooze button on racial justice, sleepwalking into their churches where an individualistic gospel that doesn't call them to say or do anything about racial injustice is preached, where white culture, rather than Christ, reigns supreme, and where the problems and perspectives of black people are ignored.

And we've seen, when issues of racial injustice flare up, vocal pro-lifers wonder why civil rights leaders don't seem as concerned about the injustice of abortion.

In the face of arguments that say we should move away from talk of privilege, I simply ask this: If exposure to the developing world and poverty can create a greater sense of moral perspective and responsibility, can't a deeper interaction with the historic and contemporary forms of racial injustice in our country also lead to a deepened moral perspective and greater sense of stewardship and responsibility?

Not remembered as the greatest 200m final in Olympic memory (that accolade probably goes to Michael Johnson and his world record time of 19.32 at the Atlanta Games or Usain Bolt at 2016 Rio Olympics), this moment would be remembered for the events after the race: three athletes» protest against the violence, subjugation and oppression of racial injustice.

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Eric Reid not only believes that kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice is the right thing for some players to do — but it's...

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Eric Reid not only believes that kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice is the right thing for some players to do — but it's also the Christian thing to do.

The documentary explores not only the current systematic problems that have led to mass incarceration (which disproportionately effects people of color), but also the America's history of racial injustice — and how the two are related.

He felt that racial injustice was a serious issue but didn't see the quad incident as a real example.

racial segregation was so widely accepted in the churches and societies throughout the world that few white theologians, did see the injustice, did not regard the issue important enough to even write or talk about it.

Those of us who struggle against racial injustice must come to see that the basic tension is not between races.

However, just talking about racial injustice isn't enough.

Paradoxically, labor unions have gone further than any other group in America, not excepting the churches, to witness against racial injustice and try to secure equality of treatment.

Others are wary of engaging racial issues because they can't see an outcome beyond tapping latent anger and an abyss of unresolvable historical injustice.

She's never seen athletes not only speak freely about ending police violence and racial injustice, but also throwing their livelihoods, money, and bodies on the line for the cause.

Calling for a boycott for the black athletes who've made it their job to speak fearlessly about racial injustice isn't the the job of the presidency.

Players have been speaking out about racial injustice and advocating for social change for at least the past 15 months, if not longer.

I don't fully understand the present dynamic, and I don't think we will find the answer to our current problems by solely looking at the history of racial injustice in this country.

Having a constant ally in the fight against prejudice and racial inequality is not only the pillar of support you find in every great relationship, but also proof that there's no inherent bias, just injustice.

Folayan and Davis take a close look at that fateful day and the aftermath from an insider's perspective as they delve deeply into the media's impact and the community at large while revealing the fact that we haven't made much progress in racial relations, injustices, and overall perceptions.

I wept, and sobbed, and sniffled, and wailed through the bittersweet adventures of two immigrants - a bear from Peru in London, and an improvised sushi chef from Syria in Helsinki in Paddington 2 (truly a work of comedic wonder, which also made me cry tears of joy) and The Other Side of Hope; the dredged up pain of Folsom Prison inmates in The Work; the anger of racial injustice and prejudice exposed through James Baldwin's words in I Am Not Your Negro - and the blow of that Kendrick Lamar song that comes with the end credits; the disconnection of fathers and daughters in the corporate capitalist world who discover they can still duet by the piano in Toni Erdmann; the pangs of the teenage heart with the real girls of All this Panic.

There has also been considerable debate, not always to the film's benefit, of how it addresses the volatile topic of racial injustice.

Not to mention the enduring issues like poverty, racial injustice, educational inequality, warfare, and discrimination.

Communities should not worry if youth will mobilize around tragedy and racial injustice.

Little did I know where Ronsel (who didn't even exist for the first several years) and my own deep - seated feelings about racial injustice would take the book.

In Hanging Moss, Mississippi, in 1964, 11 - year - old Gloriana Hemphill, the daughter of a widowed preacher, hasn't noticed the racial injustices in her town until she meets a girl from the North who points them out to her.

So those who suffer from sickle cell become living barometers of «woe is me» racial injustice, whether they want to be or not.