Sentences with phrase «of racial minorities»

Most opponents of race - based affirmative action believe that economic affirmative action should replace the boost given to members of racial minorities.

If «industry standard» practices don't produce results but might actually be working against a firm's objective of increasing representation of racial minorities, what should be done?

We use the term immigrant ethnic minorities to refer to those with a history of migration and are part of an ethnic of racial minority group in the country that they live in.

The study identified tens of thousands of qualified low - income students, 30 percent of them racial minorities, who aren't even applying to elite colleges.

The protests of racial minorities, middle - class youth and women had different causes and different goals.

Most of these schools and districts have two features in common: poverty and high concentrations of racial minorities.

What's going wrong between intention on the part of firms to be equitable and inclusive and the reality, which sees only six per cent of racial minority lawyers make partner?

All are low income, and nearly all are members of racial minorities.

While the tech industry has made strides to narrow the gender gap, representation of racial minorities is actually declining despite diversity efforts.

Republicans who controlled the redistricting process as part of a task force called LATFOR always said their lines were based on demographics, and insisted they complied with the state and federal constitutional as well as the federal Voting Rights Act, which was enacted to protect the voting rights of racial minorities.

According to a 2016 study published by the Harvard Business Review, including more than one woman or member of a racial minority in a finalist pool helps combat unconscious bias among interviewers and increases the likelihood of a diverse hire.

One, New York City Councilman Charles Barron, ran against Cuomo on a platform that Cuomo was ignoring the needs of racial minorities.

While income and lack of insurance only partially explained the lower number of racial minority women receiving fertility assistance, lack of insurance appeared to play a crucial role in whether lesbian and bisexual women received medical fertility help, especially in more recent years, according to the nationally representative study published in the APA journal Health Psychology.

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Much of the new mystique of the racial minorities comes from the fact that they are alleged to have retained a sense of community missing among whites.

To recall the set of propositions that opened this article, one can make justifiable judgments here: Some people were advancing causes of racial minorities and women better than liberal Protestants or Christians in general.

In the US, I think that about 25 % of the population consists of racial minorities and if you include ethnic minorities you get something closer to 50 %.

The phrase racial gerrymandering refers to the practice of drawing electoral district lines to dilute the voting power of racial minority groups.

They've divided pockets of Democratic voters (sometimes this amounts to breaking up pockets of racial minorities, as on Long Island) among different districts, diluting their power.

Those studies could involve systematic or structural discrimination, such as school and neighborhood segregation, or internalized discrimination, which refers to when members of a racial minority absorb the racist messages they hear, resulting in self - hatred or hatred of their minority group.

Other research has associated colorblind racial attitudes in whites with fear of racial minorities and greater levels of racial and gender intolerance, the researchers said.

«There was a sharp decrease in the uninsured, but the proportion of the racial minority patients undergoing cancer surgery through Medicaid — about 25 percent African American and 13 percent Hispanic — did not change,» explains Al - Refaie.

Closing Gaps: Compares test scores of racial minority groups and white students statewide and also students with disabilities, English language learners, and low - income students and their complementary comparison group statewide.

At the crux of the debate are questions about who gets to speak on behalf of racial minorities and low - income children, and what school accountability should look like in the age of Donald Drumpf.

A couple of racial minorities perhaps?

The underrepresentation of racial minorities is the result of systemic discrimination.

925 (1974); Posner, The DeFunis Case and the Constitutionality of Preferential Treatment of Racial Minorities, 1974 Sup.Ct.Rev.

Studies in Canada show that members of racial minorities view the criminal justice system as biased.

And a few anecdotes noting the existence of a person who is a member of a racial minority somewhere nearby:

Section 504 and these regulations constitute a striking recognition of the civil rights of America's handicapped citizens, just as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and their companion regulations, are critical elements in the structure of law protecting the civil rights of racial minorities and women.

King's problematic representation of racial minorities in his novels is inescapable and unforgivable.

(Swartz, 2012) Several studies conducted on the impact of coordinated community response to DV validate that minority populations are overrepresented in shelter populations; meaning that the current wave of interventions indicate little to no accommodation to the needs of racial minorities.

While the report suggests the numbers of racial minorities in charters should be higher, it's more important for charter schools to support socioeconomic integration and for students to be exposed to other students from all racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Another possible explanation is that many of Hartford's suburbs also have a high percentage of racial minorities.

Previous studies suggest that people with strong colorblind racial beliefs are more likely than those who acknowledge that racism and racial differences exist to have problematic interactions with members of racial minorities, Hunter said.

White middle class people often take the attitude that if only criminals, members of racial minorities, welfare recipients, Third World peoples, behaved like us and shared our values, they would not have the problems that they do.

The congressional lines require pre-clearance by the federal Department of Justice to ensure the rights of racial minorities are not abridged.

Currently, LATFOR's districts must not dilute the representation of racial minorities; it is required to draw districts that are «compact and contiguous,» and try to keep whole counties, towns and villages.

In comparison, 7 percent of racial minority heterosexual women and 7 percent of white sexual minority women said they had received medical fertility assistance, while 1 percent of racial minority lesbian and bisexual women said they had.

The U.S. Supreme Court last week weighed the constitutionality of the practice of drawing voting - district lines to boost the election prospects of candidates who are members of racial minorities.

As a result of recent educational research, urban public elementary schools are now, in my judgment, legally obligated for the first time to effectively educate in basic skills substantially all of their students, regardless of the percentage who are poor or members of racial minorities.

To make out a case under sections 1981 and 1982, a party must show that the party is the member of a racial minority, that another had an intent to racially discriminate against the party, and the discrimination either involved a contract or the sale or leasing of property.