Sentences with phrase «of racial conflict»

By contrast, Walker and Marcopoulos's massive reproduction of the mountain stresses the size of the related historical issues, as well as the scale of racial conflict still evident in American society today.

The result, eventually, was A Strange and Bitter Fruit, a novel in which Barry faced down the deep legacy of racial conflict and violence that shadowed the world he grew up in.

As FBI director James Comey said in his February 12 speech, we can ignore the realities of racial conflict in our society, or «we can choose to have an open and honest discussion about [what] our relationship [could be] if we took time to better understand one another.»

The study's findings will help explicate the tensions that arise for countries with entrenched histories of racial conflict, as they navigate post - / neo-colonial relations, re-invent their educational missions in response to new mandates, and carve out their place in an increasingly competitive, globalized marketplace for higher education.

The dissertation examined the perspectives of African American and white faculty mentors of African - American undergraduate students through a comparative analysis of the factors that influence the faculty members» mentorship of students, the role of formative experiences in faculty's philosophy and approach to mentorship around issues of race, and the advising and counseling strategies employed by faculty when assisting African American undergraduate students negotiate their perceived experiences of racial conflict.

The murders of these innocent black men stands as one of the most despicable incidents in the long, ugly history of racial conflict in America.

As an allegory of racial conflict and mass immigration, District 9 never really goes anywhere: The appealing premise fades into the background before 20 minutes have elapsed.

Closely intertwined with the threat of repression is the issue of racial conflict.

Not exact matches

Adding further detail to the situation discussed in Vaughn's lawsuit, Tesla referred to a number of «conflicting accusations and counter-accusations between several African - American and Hispanic individuals, alleging use of racial language, including the «n - word» and «w - word,» as well as the threat of violence towards one another.»

«The report released today by the Council of Economic Advisers shows how conflicts of interest, backdoor payments and hidden fees are hurting average Americans, exacerbating income inequality and widening the racial wealth gap.»

For example, in the racial conflict, how idle it is to talk about «integration of hearts» so long as millions of blacks are not integrated into economic life.

As the author is conflicted, the argument is complex and frequently convoluted, but the book provides an intelligent and informative perspective on neglected aspects of America's racial politics.

For the surging tides of opposition, national and racial ambitions ages old, are meeting in ultimate conflict at the Oder and tide - rips and cross-currents will sweep across our world for generations to come.10

Reducing the struggles of the past to conflict between «the Christians» and «the culture» disregards the fact that slavery, Jim Crow, Native American removal, and all sorts of racial and gender inequalities have all flourished in a supposedly Christian culture.

It is also paradoxical but true that under Western colonialism Islam continued to spread, for the peace and order maintained by the colonial powers prevented tribal and racial conflicts which could have sapped the strength of the East.

Political entrepreneurs are beginning to exploit the rise of ethnic consciousness in the U.S. Political ethnicity and conflict are certain to grow when government validates or legitimates racial, religious or nationality quotas, proportional representation, community control, communalism or sectionalism.

Since that time also, the emergence of the atomic and hydrogen bombs has vastly increased the peril to the total world that racial conflict might fan to hideously destructive power.

In two of the most troubled areas of the earth, South Africa and the Middle East, racial conflict and tension are at an all - time high, with no hope of any immediate abatement.

He explores how Methodism grew from a barely perceptible impulse in the Church of England in the 18th century to a foremost expression of Christianity in the modern world; how the mixing of Enlightenment rationality and evangelical enthusiasm resulted in Methodism's perennial doubleness of vision; how the Methodist message was heard, internalized and enacted in a bewildering variety of social and geographic locations; how opposition from Outsiders fostered strength while conflict between insiders fostered weakness; how money was raised, spent and symbolized; how women and racial and ethnic minorities found nourishment in the Methodist message; how the movement managed to circle the globe completely; and finally, how a gaggle of theories about secularization might help us understand Methodism's decline in the latter half of the 20th century.

While it was not news then that pervasive change was afoot, it has taken the traumas of the past ten years — an immoral and lost war, racial and sexual conflict, the imminence of economic and ecologic collapse — to persuade us of just how deep that crisis is.

We've been told again and again that the answer to racial conflict and gender inequity is more education; more celebration of different cultures, races, and lifestyles; and more sensitivity.

Racial conflicts among the film's living characters end up costing them valuable time and resources; against the backdrop of attacking zombies, the racial tension of the late 1960s seems positively ludiRacial conflicts among the film's living characters end up costing them valuable time and resources; against the backdrop of attacking zombies, the racial tension of the late 1960s seems positively ludiracial tension of the late 1960s seems positively ludicrous.

The findings, published online Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, hold implications for dealing not only with the problem of aggressive behavior in individuals, but also for better understanding of large - scale, long - standing cross-group conflicts such as the Arab - Israeli clash and racial strife in the United States.

So, as a Taiwanese, I can identify with the Southerners as the Yankees change their way of life forever, but I also identify more strongly with those outsiders, who grasp at freedom, and fight for it... Our story is about the very heart of America, even as this heart was — and still so often is — torn apart by racial and other conflicts.

Though it is a story of specific people, they are dealing with many of the issues we still face today: tribal conflict, racial enmity, gendered roles, etc..

Perhaps having lived in Southern California for most of my life, I tend to think that the screenplay by New York native LaGravenese grossly overstates some of the depictions of the community here as largely violent and filled with racial tensions that cause conflicts on a daily basis in nearly every classroom and city block at all times.

This film contains depictions of racially motivated conflicts and riots (with portrayals of injured characters and a corpse) along with derogatory comments about other racial groups.

When it comes to avoiding conflicts — especially those with racial overtones — Warikoo found the size of the two schools she studied had a significant impact.

-- On the other hand however, we saw great accomplishments in education, the development of the mind, and a deep desire for peace, made poignant by two world wars and many cultural religious and racial conflicts.

One - quarter of public - school parents reported problems with racial conflict, compared with 12 percent of choice parents.

Perhaps it was Schaefer's public dispute with the city's first black superintendent, which became an intensely racial conflict between community activists and the mostly white school board, that sensitized him to the political costs of becoming too deeply engaged in school affairs.

Using Title I, II, III and IDEA dollars, the ESSA plan increases priority on a number of social and emotional - related initiatives, including: social and emotional skill development; cultural, racial, and socio - economic competence; conflict management; restorative practices; cultural competence; anti-racism; and recognizing implicit bias.

Oates is equally unflinching in her inquiry into class and racial conflicts, and in her imaginative and intrepid variations on actual circumstances and crimes, from the limited choices of disadvantaged women in her Detroit - set National Book Award — winning them (1969) to Marilyn Monroe's disastrous celebrity in Blonde (2000) to a tale of the opposite lives of two college students in Black Girl / White Girl (2006) to the JonBenet Ramsey case and the horrors of the tabloid press in My Sister, My Love (2008) to the festering wound of a long - ago New Jersey lynching in The Accursed (2013).

In the long history of violent conflict in South Africa, the main cleavages have been almost always on either racial or ethnic lines.

Stan Douglas (b. 1960) is acutely aware of the psyche, and his video works focus on issues such as social alienation, social status, and racial conflicts.

Setting aside the obvious racial metaphor, the clash of black and white offers a dialectical contrast that alludes to the many conflicted states of marginalized identity, and to conditions of visibility and invisibility.

The work was made that summer, drawing on timely issues of racial violence and political conflict.

Deriving its title from Ralph Ellison's novel, Invisible Man explores the conflicted question of racial identity and its theatrical enactment in U.S. history.

Planned well before the US's high profile racial conflicts of 2014, Lawrence's series is topical 73 years on.

Integrating the pictorial vocabularies of times past, Walker presents conflicting realities and role reversals that evoke parallels to the racial power struggles inherent in American society today.

«Graphic themes of strikes, police brutality, racial conflict, and capitalist excess dominated the imagery.

His imaginary heroes — the «Baseball sluggers» — are figures embodied of symbols that reflect the cultural and racial conflict in the modern Western Society, and his confusion between the concepts of race and culture in America.

Subjects of Sauls works are racial conflicts and social discrepancies between poverty and wealth and to this day Saul's painting deals with contemporary American issues

Continuing a narrative on the role of the nation, the resulting work compels its viewers to acknowledge a conflicted past while speaking to a broader discussion of racial and cultural identity.

During the current climate of violence, injustice, racial conflict, and economic and political instability, these works could be read as history paintings for our times.

This raises an interesting conflict between s19 Equality Act 2010 (that requires a Claimant to be of the same racial group that is alleging discrimination) and the rather inconsistent provisions of the EU Race Directive.

A lawyer can request a different judge be assigned or take over a case, but the request must generally have a legitimate reason that has a legal basis, i.e., a documented conflict of interest on the part of the judge, or evidence of racial bias.

Includes articles about family relatedness; family conflict and well - being; impact of interparental conflict and parental factors on child adjustment; discipline responses; parenting practices and adolescent depressive symptoms; adolescent self - esteem; achievement and self - perceptions; and racial preferences in media and peer choices.

In unresolved marriages, the couple does not yet know how to manage the differences and may either ignore or experience conflict about them.39 Although it appears that the unresolved couples may experience the most challenges with regard to racial, ethnic, or religious differences, each of these four relationship styles can benefit from learning strategies to manage their differences, belief systems, and conflict and stress.

Future research should explore the relationship of the best parenting styles (e.g. authoritarian styles within an appropriate racial / ethnic cultural frame) for improving parental bonding and reducing family conflict.