«Your dad lost to Pataki because of a loss
of Black support back in 1994 — a campaign you were involved in.»
He is also African - American, and in theory could cut into Mr. de Blasio's base
of black support.
What a bunch of crap story, 95 percent
of blacks support Obama and regardless of junk stories like this we will vote for Obama.
Sometimes, a reference to the real world is made: in Violent Violets Hanging from Knotted Black (2016), Tomasko paints a violet shape distantly related to the flower, while a skein
of black supports it.
Not exact matches
Abrams, who could become the country's first - ever
black female governor, describes the realities
of growing up in a working class household and providing financial
support to numerous family members.
The National Retail Federation said the November result
supported its expectation for an overall 4.1 percent jump in holiday season sales - confirming its conclusion that the poor
Black Friday showing was a result
of a shift in shopping patterns rather than a sign
of weakness.
By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none
of the above» or
support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially —
black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take
black voters and their issues for granted.
A conspiracy theorist might envision a gathering
of black - robed Jesuit deans in a dark, candle - lit cellar, murmuring quietly among themselves before uttering solemn promises to
support the brotherhood.
But the negative remarks were followed by an outpouring
of support for the fictional family made up
of a
black dad, white mom and their young daughter.
But he becomes increasingly anguished when we talk about Starbucks, not because
of Schultz's missteps — he's proud
of the company for taking a stand — but because it solidified to him how little
support there is for
black issues in general.
Re: 2015 Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite Results «First and foremost, I'd like to thank The Vancouver Board
of Trade's thousands
of members and partners, who have shown a tremendous amount
of support for our organization over the past six months, as we poured time, energy and resources into this unprecedented referendum campaign,» said Iain
Black, President and CEO
of The Vancouver Board
of Trade and one
of the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition's four co-chairs.
The Vancouver Board
of Trade's President and CEO, Iain
Black, sent a letter to Mayor Gregor Robertson, city councillors, and Parks Board commissioners yesterday afternoon outlining our organization's
support for the Vancouver Aquarium and its current cetacean policy.
«First and foremost, I'd like to thank The Vancouver Board
of Trade's thousands
of members and partners, who have shown a tremendous amount
of support for our organization over the past six months, as we poured time, energy and resources into this unprecedented referendum campaign,» said Iain
Black, President and CEO
of The Vancouver Board
of Trade and one
of the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition's four co-chairs.
He also
supports the David
Black Kitimat oil project with associated pipelines or train delivery and supertankers traversing the length
of the dangerous Douglas Channel — with its submarine fault line that has already caused several tsunamis down the Channel.
This project is the largest ever for the
Black & Veatch's Smart Integrated Infrastructure Team, which also
supports Tesla Motors and their channel partners in design and construction
of stationary storage systems nationwide.Working with Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA),
Black & Veatch is building the biggest connected electrical vehicle charging system in the world.
Sibyl is also the cofounder
of Black Female Founders and the President
of DC Web Women (DCWW), one
of the longest - running tech nonprofits for women in D.C, which
supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skills.
As annotated on the chart above, $ UNG is holding
support of a steep uptrend line (
black dotted line), while the 10 - week MA (teal line) is beginning to pull away from the 40 - week MA (orange line) after the bullish crossover a few weeks ago.
I have to be honest and say that I'm a bit taken aback (and a bit hurt) that those
of us who were in the streets in the past five years for
Black lives didn't receive this type
of reception or public
support.
Using a Lean Startup Methodology tailored for communities
of color, DID excels at 1) finding
Black and Latina women entrepreneurs with high growth companies and game changing ideas, 2) connecting them to an unmatched network
of investors, mentors, and influencers, 3) developing their start - up toolkit and leadership skills, and 4)
supporting their entrepreneurship journey from the build phase to exit with the goal
of helping create companies that have a strong positive impact on the economic health
of their local communities.
He will lose some
support from members
of the
black population over this issue.
But I do think that
black religious leaders have a responsibility, if they can not
support gay marriage, to at least
support and fight for the secular rights
of gay people.
If Romney wins Republican nomination it would be interesting if Obama asked Mitt how he explained his
support for the
black mans Mormon «Mark -
of - Cain» when he was on his LDS mission in the 1960's.
Yes it is, in Californa it was the
black church
support of Prop 8 that denied gay and lesbians the right to marry after it was upheld by the state Supreme Court.
Blacks are not a monolithic group, but I believe the majority would
support a qualified Democrat
of any color over a
black conservative such as Herman Cain.
Conservative spokesmen have pointed to the «trickling down»
of the benefits
of economic growth as the ultimate solution to racial problems; they have at times seemed to court the
support of segregationist elements; and they remain at this late date without a positive program
of action aimed at narrowing the yawning chasm separating the
black poor from the rest
of the nation.
The lawsuit was against the city
of Ferguson, Wilson and former police Chief Tom Jackson because
of Ferguson's «culture
of hostility» against
black people that led to the death
of Brown — an accusation
supported by the Department
of Justice's findings.
The level
of dependency on public assistance for basic economic survival has essentially doubled since 1964; almost one - half
of all
black children are
supported in part by transfers from the state and federal governments.
It is also reasonable to ask those
blacks who have benefited from special minority programs — such as the set - asides for
black businesses — to contribute to the alleviation
of the suffering
of poor
blacks, for without the visible ghetto poor, such programs would lack the political
support needed for their continuation.
By wondering if Korean Jesus cares only about Korean problems, Hill pokes fun at the issue which was made a media spectacle in 2008, when the Rev. Jeremiah Wright could be heard preaching that «Jesus was a poor
black man» as part
of his
support for Barack Obama.
Ever since 2002, most
of those organizations have insisted that
support for campaign - finance restrictions — particularly
of the McCain - Feingold sort — is a
black mark on a politician's pro-life record (on the grounds that pro-life advertising would be unfairly limited during campaign seasons).
We will never escape the possibility
of the
Black Swan * no matter how much data we amass in
support of our most cherished convictions.
Fighting the unholy
black pall
of islam, a fight that would be won with such a policy, should be the only thing that matters.For those that will not
support such a measure, you are not soldiers against islam.
What had begun as mainline Protestant
support for the classic civil - rights movement quickly morphed into liberal Protestant
support for
black militancy, the most strident forms
of anti-Vietnam protest, the most extreme elements
of the women's movement and the environmental movement, the nuclear - freeze and similar agitations, and, latterly, the gay - liberation movement.
Still a third national survey (1997) discovered not only that a strong majority
of African - Americans (57 percent) and Hispanics (65 percent) favored vouchers, but also that it was precisely the
black age group most likely to have children in the public schools (those 26 to 35) who
supported vouchers most strongly (86.5 percent!).
I recall quiet Saturday mornings, walking with my father block to block, as he pointed out the landmarks no one else knew: the spot where the Third Avenue El
of old stopped (he pointed out the
supports hidden beneath the
black asphalt); the apartment house where another close - knit family lived in cramped quarters, the three boys studying in dim lights under their mother's watchful eye to become a lawyer, a doctor, and a priest (and later a bishop); and the double spires
of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the place
of my parents» wedding and the baptisms
of their three boys.
You would think it would be a hard sell given the fact that the real estate mogul and reality star has boasted about his extramarital affairs, profited off casinos and strip clubs, said he doesn't need to ask God for forgiveness, called for targeting innocent civilians in war, mocked a reporter with a disability, threatened the religious liberty
of minority groups in the U.S., and gained wide
support among white nationalists for consistently lying about and demeaning
blacks, Mexican immigrants, Muslims, and Syrian refugees.
There are plenty
of black and Hispanic clergy who can not refuse to
support the right
of students to express Christian beliefs — get them to join you.
King Obama has lost
support of the Evangelicals, the Catholics, and now
Black pastors... He has indeed unified his opposition!
I'm encouraged by the
support of these
black pastors for traditional marriage.
At the same time,
black voters overwhelmingly
supported Obama in 2008, while more recent polling shows a nearly equal level
of support for the president's 2012 reelection.
The reaction
of black pastors to the president's
support for gay marriage has been as varied as their congregations, ranging from condemnation to congratulations.
Forcing millions
of women to have children they can't
support, or driving them to Gosnell - style
black market clinics, will not do.
With the
support of NAACP and also some members
of the women's political council (
Blacks), he adopted the bus boycott.
In the mid-fifties American
Blacks started to
support the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP).
When evangelicals
support Phil Robertson, they tell each
of us — not just the gay us, the
black us; but the fearful us, the harmed us — «I do not, will not love you as Jesus does.»
The trend is the same for
black Protestants: 76 percent voted in
support of a candidate in 2012, compared to 56 percent in 2016.
But there is a fundamental tradeoff involved here: majority
black districts raise the likelihood
of the
black candidate's success while lowering the probability that his election will bring along white
support for his program.
Yet, when (white) Evangelicals
support him, I know it is because his invocation
of entitlements and welfare resonates with many
of their political views, which unfairly tie welfare programs to
black bodies.
This is for everyone who stayed home from church yesterday — for every mom
of a special needs kid, every survivor
of sexual assault, every
black or brown body in a predominantly white community, every son or daughter
of an immigrant, every defender
of the marginalized who just couldn't bring yourself to stand and sing «Great Is Thy Faithfulness» alongside the people you feel sold you out this week, the Christians who
supported Donald Trump.
At the beginning
of the year, activist Michelle Higgins took the stage at the Urbana missions conference and issued a call to action: all Christians, she said, should
support the
Black Lives Matter movement.