Sentences with phrase «of racial strife»

Dial's assemblages at this time invoked representations of tigers — avatars for African Americans making their way through the South's jungle of racial strife and exclusion.

Between the World and Me is a riveting meditation on the state of race in America that has arrived at a tumultuous moment in America's history of racial strife.

White Material (Unrated) Post-colonial drama, set in a war - torn African country in the midst of racial strife, about a French coffee farmer (Isabelle Huppert) who refuses to flee like the rest of the whites whose plantations have been nationalized.

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A final set of juxtapositions is focused on contemporary events: racial strife, poverty, the press, political power, Jesus mania, and money are among the issues dealt with.

Both are from areas with histories of BNP activity fomenting racial strife.

In the wake of unrest over a grand jury's decision not to bring an indictment in the Eric Garner case and the murder of two police officers, Mario Cuomo, who had governed during the days of strife in Benonshurst and Howard Beach, had become concerned with division in the city along racial and class lines, Mr. Cuomo said.

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.

The trend has not been affected by the racial strife of recent years

Unfortunately, Bigelow and «Hurt Locker», «ZD30» screenwriter Mark Boal spend an inordinate amount of time on the quest for stardom of the The Dramatics, whose dream of landing a Motown record contract is derailed by the racial strife in the city.

Success vs. selling out debates follow, as do takedowns of corporate exploitation, billionaire bros, mass media, wage - slave labor, the celebrity co-opting of activists, racial strife, pretentious performance art, our viral age and anything else that wanders in to the movie's crosshairs.

In a time of continued racial strife exasperated by tiresome leaders, the cinematic fantasy of an African hero from an African nation, all in the backdrop of the familiar «MCU,» will be oxygen in a suffocating cultural climate.

Gook (Unrated) Racial strife saga, set in South Central L.A. in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, revolving around the attempt of a couple of Korean - American brothers (Justin Chon and David So) to protect their shoe store from rioters with the help of a street-wise, 11 year - old black girl (Simone Baker).

The Dallas school board has become mired in scandal, racial strife, and lawsuits — mostly as a result of tape recordings of its members» own words.

Soon after Brown's federal desegregation orders, North Carolina's lawmakers developed the Pearsall Plan, which, according to the North Carolina Division of Non-Public Education's website, «was essentially a voucher program to provide funding for student attendance at non-public schools in order to avoid anticipated racial strife envisioned as a result of the public school integration mandate.»

President Kennedy's assassination in November 1963 had already cut deeply into the optimism, hope and anticipation of the early 1960s, and the subsequent escalation of the Vietnam War and racial strife in the cities tore that quilt of dreams wide open during the following year.

In her artist statement, rendered reluctantly, Walker asserts she is «tired of «being a role model»» and a featured member of «my racial group and / or gender niche,» her weariness stemming from «standing up, being counted... «having a voice»» in the face of current political strife and ever - present racism in the U.S. as revealed in white nationalist and white supremacist rallies and violence.

NO STRANGER TO RACIAL DIVISION and political strife, Jack Whitten's abstract canvases tackle weighty issues, confront hard truths, and consider the insights and sacrifices of important cultural figures.

Breath / Breadth aims to be intentional about revealing diversity, while also making reference to recent racial strife embodied in the concept of «breath» as it refers to the now very charged quote «I can't breathe» resonating with the current dialogue over how we identify and value black lives.

A tour of the show's paintings should include the Fine Art Society, where you'll find three canvases by Walter Sickert — most outstandingly the war - themed 1914 «Tipperary» — along with lively floral still lifes, all from the 1920s, by Ivon Hitchens, Christopher Wood and William Nicholson, Britain's genius of light At Jonathan Boos, the centerpiece is «The Pigeons,» from 1948 - 49 by the Magic Realist Henry Koerner, which encompasses income inequality, childhood fear, racial strife and romance, all on a pink marble stair shown to be made of brick.