Sentences with phrase «of racial tolerance»

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Why, asks John Leo in U.S. News & World Report, is his own constituency so willing to bring him down with protests, disrupted basketball games, and boycotts, when Pres. Lawrence worked so hard to make Rutgers a campus that «bristles with the enforcement tools of diversity: a speech code, real courses replaced by «multicultural curricular change,» diversity awareness «training» in lectures and freshman orientation sessions, a tolerance for ethnic and racial segregation in dorms («a self - affirming environment,» as Lawrence puts it), and professors who learn not to raise unapproved ideas about race, gender, and the campus power system built around multiculturalism»?

Tolerance has been a by - word of the enlightened approach to ensuring that women, disabled, racial groups etc have been able to participate fully in society and been suitably accommodated.

One wonders: do the authors of the Platform themselves agree about whether the «dignity of all persons» is offended by abortion, whether racial quotas honor or violate the principle that «discrimination is abhorrent,» or whether the virtue of «tolerance» requires putting up with obscenity in the music of rock and rap?

Major universities (for example, Dartmouth and the Universities of Michigan and Massachusetts, all of which have been the scene of recent demonstrations and violence) are struggling with overt examples of racial prejudice among their students, whose education has stressed success for oneself and tolerance of others.

As the two men work together, they also help the members of the Titans learn tolerance, cooperation, respect and even love for those on the opposite side of the racial divide.

It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.

As public schools are increasingly threatened by a view of education that supports privatization, zero - tolerance discipline policies, less funding, and high - stakes standardized tests, AROS is fighting back with a broad vision of American public education that prioritizes racial justice, equity and well - resourced, world - class, public community schools.

The American Federation of Teachers also took action following the death of 25 - year - old Freddie Gray, forming a Racial Equity Task Force to outline how the union could move schools away from zero - tolerance policies, reform discipline practices, and create more supportive environments for youth, especially young black men.

The national group, Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, issued a statement explaining: «As public schools are increasingly threatened by a view of education that supports privatization, zero - tolerance discipline policies, less funding, and high - stakes standardized tests, AROS is fighting back with a broad vision of American public education that prioritizes racial justice, equity and well - resourced, world - class, public community schools.»

The pain of the race riots of the mid 1960s probably shaped some of the education policies to foster racial inclusion and tolerance, and those memories are likely at the root of some of the current emphasis of the curriculum on the development of cross-cultural competence and global citizenship.

Research has consistently demonstrated vouchers and school choice increase high school graduation rates, college attendance rates, achievement test scores, parental satisfaction, school safety and discipline, tolerance of other cultures, racial integration, and civic engagement.

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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand carries within its deceptively charming pages a fully realized morality tale, a study of modern manners vs. well worn tradition, racial and cultural issues, religious tolerance, and the power of love to overcome all obstacles.

Due to racial harmony and the religious tolerance of its diverse residents, all of these cultural elements have mixed and blended successfully both in Belize and on Ambergris Caye, resulting in Belize having gained a widespread reputation for its friendly people and tolerance.

Due to racial harmony and the religious tolerance of its various Christian peoples, all of these different elements have mixed and blended successfully, and Belize has gained a widespread reputation for its friendly people.

In a kind of parody of tolerance, the Reagan - era culture wars attacked artists across gender and racial lines.

Also in the exhibition will be Bernstein's copy of «Romeo and Juliet» — the basis for the musical — in which he writes a plea for racial tolerance.

As creative collaborators, they co-opt space and futuristic themes to tell a story of tolerance in racial tensions and to demonstrate sensitivity and empathy.

«During my years in our Multicultural Garden of Eden,» he wrote, «I have often marveled at the odd strategies that some of the more strident racial factions of the student body employ in their attempts to «heighten consciousness,» «build tolerance,» «promote diversity» and otherwise convince us to partake of that fruit which promises to open our eyes to a PC version of the knowledge of good and evil.

The Australian Racial and Religious Tolerance Act of 2001, as interpreted by professor Eugene Volokh.

Disparate constitutional tolerance of such classifications well may serve to exacerbate [p299] racial and ethnic antagonisms, rather than alleviate them.

Article 7 obliges the states parties to undertake measures to combat prejudices which lead to racial discrimination and to promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among racial and ethnic groups and I think that that's where we started with the discussion that the honourable Minister gave us of the reconciliation process and its varied programs that are being put in place, the way in which it is trying to be innovative, et cetera...

The periodic reporting process can therefore assist in the fulfilment of Article 7 of ICERD to promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among racial or ethnic groups, as well as to promote the purposes and principles of the Convention among society.

More generally, we should start with committing to a zero tolerance of racial discrimination across all legislation and policies.