Sentences with phrase «of racial minority»

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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 religious opposition to the Vietnam War was certainly more effective than the opposition of those who spelled America with a «k.» And if we have made some significant progress with respect to the place of racial minorities in our society in the last twenty years, it is due mostly to religious leadership.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

All are low income, and nearly all are 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?

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.

Measuring adverse experiences is important for urban economically distressed children, who, in addition to experiencing poverty as an adversity, may be subjected to the experiences of abuse, neglect, and family dysfunction, along with a host of other stressors, including community violence, discrimination, and peer victimization.9, 37 The large percentage of racial minorities comprising low - income urban populations makes having an understanding of cultural norms key to conceptualizing adversity in these communities.

(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.

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In addition to gender, black women see obstacles to racial equality: three - quarters of black women workers say there are still significant hurdles holding back minorities.

While a majority of those surveyed believe that the pay gap is real for both women and minorities, not everyone understands that black workers — specifically women — see more obstacles to racial equality and barriers in the workplace.

Start Small is a charity focused on underserved communities, and its first focus will be Ferguson, Missouri — now infamous for the racial unrest that followed the fatal shooting of Michael Brown and a long pattern of prejudicial police treatment of minorities — and is located outside Dorsey's hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

This was largely because of the diminished job prospects awaiting less - educated Americans, particularly men and racial minorities.

At present, the board of Amazon.com, Inc. includes no racial or ethnic minorities, according to data from Institutional Shareholder Services, and just three women.

According to Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev, organizations with diversity managers, task forces, and intentional mentoring structures report improvements in the representation of women and racial minorities.

Initially, much will depend on the speed of developments in the deliberations and actions of three major constituencies within the church: the liberal institutionalists, the racial and ethnic minorities, and the conservatives.

hey hey hey, let's not forget all of the wonderful atheists, jews, pagans, muslims, and racial minorities the christians «martyred» when the shoe was on the other foot

Together these leaders — long identified with the struggle for racial and economic justice — demand a test of vouchers with one basic criterion in mind: «Do public scholarships help or hurt our poorest children and the children of ethnic minorities?

Also, 84 percent of white American believe racial and ethnic minorities face discrimination, so there's a lot of ground to cover here.

There has been a lot of conversation in recent years about the rise of racial and ethnic minorities in America.

These men and women have fought for the abolition of slavery (Wilberforce), established orphanages for abandoned children (Mueller), advanced civil rights for racial minorities (King), fought against HIV / AIDS (Koop), provided human touch, restored dignity, and shelter for the poor (Mother Teresa), created places of belonging and contribution for people with disabilities and special needs (Tada), and fought against the sex trade and human trafficking (Caine).

If SB 1146 were to pass, it would deny students» ability to participate in state grant programs — programs that exist to help low - income students, and which are overwhelmingly used by racial minorities — at schools that are found in violation of the bill.

We all know of instances in which racial minorities, women, and colonized countries — as soon as they have gotten into a position of independence and power — have become more oppressive than those who had oppressed them.

There are some in the churchwomen, gays and lesbians, racial and ethnic minorities — who have experienced what it is like to suffer at the hands of the civic and religious establishment.

Given the history of medical experimentation and the lack of access to medical resources for certain groups of people, we must be especially concerned that women, racial and ethnic minorities, prisoners, and the poor are not exploited as a result of this research or of human cloning itself.

He was, it seems, acknowledging a social truth about race in America during the 1950s, namely that racial minorities did not matter much to the goings - on of mainstream society.