Sentences with phrase «of black role»

Jordan Peele admitted he almost didn't become a filmmaker because there were only a number of black role models when he was growing up.

A spokeswoman told the Recorder: «We understand the importance of Black History Month and celebrate this by studying the success and achievements of black role models.

Not exact matches

One plaintiff, on - air personality Kelly Wright, who's black, said he'd been effectively sidelined and asked to perform the role of a Jim Crow, an insulting slang term to refer to a black man, according to the lawsuit.

Most revealing tidbit, however, was the behind - the - curtain look at how Trump ended up declining to attend the White House Correspondents» dinner, the annual black - tie affair at which president usually play the role of a stand - up comic.

Representation of white women in leadership roles improved by 17 % over the nine year period, but for black, latino, and Asian men and women, percentages declined across the board, according to research by the nonprofit Ascend Foundation, an organization that advocates for Asians in business.

This is the story of higher education institutions specifically for African Americans, and their role in building black culture and racial equality.

There have been only 15 black CEOs in the history of the Fortune 500, of whom five are currently in the role.

«Why would the Black Hood, who was shot dead by my dad, be demanding that the role of Carrie be recast?»

Uber has not only brought on a chief diversity officer but also continues to make progress in terms of representation of black and brown people in leadership roles in the U.S., as well as the overall number of women in its workforce.

Since that time, he has written a long - form essay broken into three books: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, and Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder.

Professor Yvan Allaire, chair of the IGOPP's board of directors, will participate at the upcoming World Economic Forum's (WEF) Davos summit Professor Allaire was invited to join the WEF's recently created «Global Agenda Council on the Role of Business,» following publication of his work Black Markets and Business Blues, (which he co-wrote with Professor Mihaela -LSB-...]

A black person has to be a combination of Retarded, Dumb and Stupid to join an organization that teaches that the black race occurred because of a curse and has rules of not accepting blacks in leadership roles

Your black and white interpretation of life and the role of a hospital chaplain is what is truly pathetic.

It is important to distinguish here between the socio - economic consequences of the claims that are advanced on the basis of the victim status of blacks (such as the pressure for racially preferential treatment) and their symbolic, ideological role.

Thus the rapturous promotion of Nelson Mandela as a role model for American blacks, clearly suggesting that the course of black achievement is in overthrowing the white oppressor.

In between, we are given snapshots of a vanished America where religion and culture still played a vital role in public life, as well as odd and unexpected little tidbits: a craze for church bell towers in the 1920s; Cram's home life with his beloved wife, Bess, and their children; the messy business breakup with Goodhue; Cram's mildly embarrassing foray into the horror genre, Black Spirits and White; his strange proposal for an island to be raised ex nihilo in Boston's Charles River; the problems inherent when working with rich Swedenborgians; and a Japanese Christian university he designed on a mix of Oriental and Dutch Modernist themes.

«For TNR to imply that people are able to identify only with those of their race means that no black can be held up as a role model for a white child.

One can get a sense of the black pastor's role by surveying the activities of a black urban pastor like the late J. Pius Barbour.

Frazier, and in this matter, DuBois, while acknowledging such elements did not see these elements of ultimate significance, for they could not see these forms playing an important role in the social cohesion of the black community» (S 175).

In his emphasis on the injustice of the system he allows the poor to escape taking personal responsibility, even though he exalts an increasing spiritual awareness and the activist role of the (mostly) black churches.

The review found that that played a role in 79 percent of wrongfully convicted sexual assault cases against black people versus only 51 percent of cases against white people.

To understand the black preachers» lofty status among their own people and how they nurtured authentic participation with the majority on matters of public interest, one must understand how the black preacher has played the role of double agent or dual interpreter.

The poll tax in federal elections had been banned by the Twenty - Fourth Amendment, Americans of African descent had been rapidly enfranchised, and, as the 1964 Democratic National Convention demonstrated, black America had begun to play a significant role in national politics.

It is a good thing because I ignorantly thought that it played a critical and evil role in assisting the current condition of black people.

[See The Absurd Legalism of Gender Roles, Exhibit A: Black Belt Stand Down; The Absurd Legalism of Gender Roles, Exhibit B: Guys and Dolls; The Absurd Legalism of Gender Roles, Exhibit C: «As Long as I Can't See Her...»»]

It is a good thing that racism is completely eliminated in America because I would have said that it played an critical and evil role in assisting the current condition of black people.

Darren Aronfosky's Black Swan is about Nina (Natalie Portman), an ingénue ballerina in a New York City company who lands the coveted White / Black Swan role after the reigning prima (Winona Ryder) is dismissed on account of being too old.

so i guess all slightly light skinned black looking dudes are banned from any kind of questionable role from now on?

He charts the devastating consequences of the transformation of this gang and others into high - stakes, often violent corporate enterprises engaged in franchised dealing in crack cocaine — an entrepreneurial «black capitalism» that does not figure in conservative programs for urban renewal yet plays a significant role in the economic life of the inner city.

For them, the only structural element of political - economic life relevant to the plight of the black poor is the negative role of the state and the positive role of the market.

The visible role of the NAACP and black elected officials in the antiapartheid movement will probably come under a heavier ideological assault.

The black conservatives» stance is significant in light of the glacial shift that has occurred in black America regarding America's role in the world.

Blacks in society, we are told, have a right to have role models in positions of leadership, and it therefore follows that homosexuals in the church have a right to role models in the form of openly gay popes, bishops, and priests.

Fry Brown, who is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal church, said those numbers seem to be «holding,» even as the role of the black church is changing.

Feminism challenges the legitimacy of sex roles Along with other social movements, feminism is rooted in the critique that a society so constructed that certain people and groups profit from inequalities — between men and women, rich and poor, black and white, etc. — is a society in which money is more highly valued than love, justice, and human life itself.

He has written with devastating persuasiveness about the the way in which white liberal guilt insists on making racism the primary source for black identity in public life, creating roles for black men and women to play — those of the challenger and bargainer.

In her depiction of Janie's first two marriages, Hurston explores the role that sexism — especially a sexism that blindly mimics white values — plays in black women's oppression.

I think the spirituality of the black experience plays a significant role in the emotional part of white gospel.

Black and minority ethnic actors play the roles of the Founding Fathers, a casting decision that turns audience expectations upside down as soon as the musical starts.

This high level of interest fits the historical role of the black church, but it also fits personal beliefs.

Should it succeed, the role of the «coloured» would be pivotal, giving the urban whites a locally strong plurality vis - a-vis the urban blacks.

I could go on and on here: The adjectives used to describe women in leadership roles versus the ones used to describe men in similar jobs, the previous arrest record of black people involved in a law enforcement shooting and yet never the officer's misconduct record, the average amount of lines given to male characters over female.

Americans as a whole (73 %) also overwhelmingly supported the church playing this role, including 77 percent of black respondents and 71 percent of all non-white respondents.

8 % of black Protestants say Trump is a good role model 77 % say Trump is hard to like 5 % say Trump is honest 6 % say Trump is well - qualified [Pew Research Center # 6]

Theodore Walker, in «Hartshorne's Neoclassical Theism from the Perspective of Black Theology,» evaluates the role of black power in the on - going struggle for freedom against oppresBlack Theology,» evaluates the role of black power in the on - going struggle for freedom against oppresblack power in the on - going struggle for freedom against oppression.

When the author recalls the long gallery of persons whom, in the course of this inquiry, he has come to know with the impetuous but temporary intimacy of the stranger — sharecroppers and plantation owners, workers and employers, merchants and bankers, intellectuals, preachers, organization leaders, political bosses, gangsters, black and white, men and women, young and old, Southerners and Northerners — the general observation retained is the following: Behind all outward dissimilarities, behind their contradictory valuations, rationalizations, vested interests, group allegiances and animosities, behind fears and defense constructions, behind the role they play in life and the mask they wear, people are all much alike on a fundamental level And they are all good people.

This situation has meant that the black church generally has played a different role in the sexual identity of the black minister than in that of the white minister.

Returned to Colorado in various roles until accepting AM position in Black Hawk in 2010 where he oversees all of Towne Park's locations in Colorado's Casino Hub.

Today, Shihan (which means «most excellent role model» in Japanese) Ron, a Martial Arts Hall of Fame Master, and Sensei («teacher,» in Japanese) Joyce, a 5th degree Black Belt, have raised four sons, all of whom have achieved black belts and are accomplished in martial arts, and have five grandchildren who are currently in traiBlack Belt, have raised four sons, all of whom have achieved black belts and are accomplished in martial arts, and have five grandchildren who are currently in traiblack belts and are accomplished in martial arts, and have five grandchildren who are currently in training.

Bendtner joined the Black Cats on a season - long loan in August, having told Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger he would no longer settle for a fringe role at the club, but has since struggled to impose himself in the North East, with a number of injuries and off - field issues restricting his progress.