Sentences with phrase «of racism in our country»

«The current state of racism in our country is almost like humidity at times.

«In the days and weeks following the tragedy in Charleston, many in the white evangelical community wanted to do something to fight the plague of racism in our country and churches,» stated Birdsall.

It's not as racist as America, but there's a lot of racism in this country.

In February, DeVos referred to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as «real pioneers when it comes to school choice,» failing to mention that these institutions emerged to serve black students who were being shut out of institutions of higher education that were discriminating against them.70 And President Trump has also shown a lack of appreciation for the history of racism in the country.71

In short, the historical record clearly shows that Democrats, not Republicans, have been the party of racism in this country.»

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Just a few years ago, public condemnations from him of police brutality and overall systemic racism in the country were few and far between, with Jay's frustrations and reflections over his tough childhood limited mostly to his music, including «Politics as Usual» from his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt.

As for the «evangelicals» who hitched their wagon to the blasphemous Romney thinking that Jesus would have voted for someone who openly denies His Diety and sovereignty, and who hijacked the discussion of faith in this country to hide their actual agendas of hate, racism, division, and greed, the election result is another lesson to them to not drag Holy God down into the vile realm of man's political systems.

America is too tough and racist to be living as an eastern christian now a days.You have to be white to be living as a Christian in US, in a bid to accomodate all the religions of the world, America has been a failure of its assimilation of Eastern Orthodox Christians in this country who are faced daily with intense bigotry, racism and total denial of their own existance.

it's also unbelievable to me that in one of the most advanced countries in the world (as we like to claim U.S. to be) in the 21st century there is still talk about racism.

What I don't get is, being critical of Zionistic policies, agenda or people is quickly labeled as «anti-semitic» and is even considered illegal in countries like Germany, yet a bigoted person like Geert Wilders (who has not once consulted any expect or scholar on Islam) can make a video which literally embodies everything that hate, racism, and ignorance is about, and yet get away with it where the court recognizes it as «denigrating» but not «illegal»!?

But by the time my semester came to an end, I learned some wholly unexpected lessons about the transformative power of prayer in a jail setting; about the effects on the body of such personal transformation; and about this country's systemic racism and how it is in some ways coterminous with the attempt to prevent or repress such transformation.

The theological question that presses, then, is this one: How can that original Calvinist vision of Christ's voluntary substitution be reactivated in a country that not only condones but almost invisibly re-instantiates punitive racism through its judicial system?

One of the results of unemployment in industrial countries is the growth of racism against immigrants.

The exact time they opened their 1st Temple in a country primarily populated by people carrying the mark of Cain (melanin), they backed off their previously virulent racism.

As my father related the story to me, I thought of the ugly arguments I have had with colleagues and friends who angrily deny that racism is a problem in this country, or imply that it is all our fault for being here in the first place.

A Black Ministry Convocation in the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, not one of the country's more radical bodies, has voted overwhelmingly for a separate black district (a district is an LCMS diocese, so to speak) because of the «institutional racism» blacks have experienced in the church.

We find ourselves with not only more than two primary cultures and traditions trying to live in harmony, but there is an extensive history of pain caused by racism in our country.

A University of Washington task force on ethnicity declined to confer ethnic group status on Jews or on Italian and Irish - Americans, and it excluded anti-Semitism from a required course on racism in America because «anti-Semitism is not institutionalized in this country.»

Rev Burton urged people to support one another in speaking out against anything that resembles racism, xenophobia or intolerance for others based on ethnicity, skin colour or country of origin.

In addition to these concrete demands are general demands, of which the most important are: emancipation of women; radical agricultural reform; general reduction in working hours; disarmament; the rejection of all forms or racism; the creation of a planned transfer of wealth from the countries of the North to the countries of the South to compensate for the pillage which these peoples have been and still are subjected tIn addition to these concrete demands are general demands, of which the most important are: emancipation of women; radical agricultural reform; general reduction in working hours; disarmament; the rejection of all forms or racism; the creation of a planned transfer of wealth from the countries of the North to the countries of the South to compensate for the pillage which these peoples have been and still are subjected tin working hours; disarmament; the rejection of all forms or racism; the creation of a planned transfer of wealth from the countries of the North to the countries of the South to compensate for the pillage which these peoples have been and still are subjected to.

It is the ideology of individualism, and in this country it exists to protect racism, sexism and the class system of capitalism.

I am an Independent and VERY PROUD of my fellow Americans who rejected this subtle racism in disguise of «Take our country back».

People who live their lives in a rage because guys like Bennett, Jenkins and Kaepernick use their platform to point out institutionalized racism need to read stories like the one above, and be HONEST with themselves about whether 1) this is happening EVERY DAY to people of color in this country, and 2) whether this kind of activity is actually OK for them.

A top Russian official — who adjudicates in racism cases in the country — has sensationally claimed that black players are not victims of racism, if they respond to the abuse with an offensive gesture, according to the Guardian.

Although football in Europe's largest country is on the up, it is not without it's problems, particularly with racism, where a number of ethnic minority players have found themselves the subject of taunting from the stands.

The incident at Betis needs to be Spain's watershed moment and the country should rally and appreciate that the issue of racism in football has to be addressed.

Why is talk about racism in another country always and already the turning of a blind eye to racism in the US?

Which of the two countries do you think a random libertarian would prefer to live in, 1950s USA sans segregation / racism; or 2000s France?

This uncompromising opposition to the appalling displays of racism and xenophobia witnessed across the country in the last week, is exactly the kind of leadership we need from the head of the Labour Party.

Research by YouGov found 91 % of football fans in England think racism exists in the beautiful game in their country - more than in Holland, France, Germany, Scotland or Spain.

The message must go out from all of us in the House: we will not tolerate any form of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia or racism in our country.

Clive Francis, who plays the dictatorial army chief, Major Rice, is spectacularly unnerving — his thinly veiled racism adds to the atmosphere in his confrontations with the black people of the unnamed country.

Ms Hanson, who has faced regular allegations of racism in her own country, made the comments after finishing a ten week tour of Europe.

«At a time when racism is still a very serious and real problem in this country, it is appalling that an assistant principal would raise false charges of racism in order to distract from the serious issues his own conduct has raised,» Dinowitz said.

Charleston in particular has exposed an additional area of weakness in our country, what Mayor de Blasio aptly called, «the intersection of racism and guns».

«With the confederate flag still flying on the grounds of the South Carolina State Capitol, we clearly have not dealt with the legacy of slavery and racism that persist in our country,» said Councilmember RORY I. LANCMAN.

Their fears are not allayed by last week's poll showing that the bankers» cheerleader with a history of casual racism is now the most trusted politician in the country.

So I ask if there is anyone living in a country, who dates interracially, that doesn't a) have a history of slavery, b) any instances of overt racism against Black people, and c) any instances of covert racism please inform us!

Dear White People doesn't aim to condemn the fools who believe racism in America has ended, but rather open a vast discussion of how the subject of race — and merely identity — in our country has evolved.

Released in the year of so - called «race - themed» movies, Fruitvale Station explores not this country's past history of racism, but its very real present.

Although slavery has been abolished in this country, and we are working on eradicating racism and poverty, in the 21st Century, African - American females face one of the most difficult hurdles we have ever had to face: a severe lack of self - respect.

But «Hostiles» is no spoof; it's a deadly serious examination of the strained relationship between white men and Native Americans in this country, one that acknowledges the racism and brutality the U.S. Army showed to frontier tribes, while giving a bigoted cavalry officer played by Christian Bale a chance to redeem himself.

In a film that does this much to expose the ugly undercurrent of homophobia, racism, and xenophobia in this country, it's no great surprise when New York subway riders threaten to kill Borat for kissing them on the lips in exuberantly misguided greeting — and the reactions of these Big Apple commuters strike me as refreshingly honesIn a film that does this much to expose the ugly undercurrent of homophobia, racism, and xenophobia in this country, it's no great surprise when New York subway riders threaten to kill Borat for kissing them on the lips in exuberantly misguided greeting — and the reactions of these Big Apple commuters strike me as refreshingly honesin this country, it's no great surprise when New York subway riders threaten to kill Borat for kissing them on the lips in exuberantly misguided greeting — and the reactions of these Big Apple commuters strike me as refreshingly honesin exuberantly misguided greeting — and the reactions of these Big Apple commuters strike me as refreshingly honest.

When the authorities decide to return Khaled to the ruins of Aleppo he opts to stay illegally in the country and disappears into the streets of Helsinki, where he meets racism as well as pure kindness.

And it's set at a time in our country when there was a lot of turmoil and racism and poverty and the Depression.

Steeped in Australia's brutal colonialist past and evoking other contemporary classics such as The Proposition and The Tracker, Sweet Country continually defies and undermines genre expectations with its masterful command of film style and its confronting tale of racism and injustice.

Released at the height of the African - American struggle against Jim Crow segregation, the book played a pivotal role in raising the country's awareness of racism while simultaneously serving to shame the South about its disgraceful legacy of lynching, oppression and discrimination.

But the film's true power comes from Rees» vision of this world, as her wide angle shots frame the full scale of prejudice and injustice and reframe the larger issue of systemic racism that is as deeply rooted in this country as the McAllan's cotton crop.

He's producing the Spike Lee thriller Black Klansman; a TV drama about Nazi - hunters in America in the 1970s called The Hunt; an adaptation of a novel for HBO that interweaves the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft with racism in the U.S. during the era of Jim Crow called Lovecraft Country; and a Tracy Morgan comedy show for TBS called The Last O.G., about an ex-con who returns to a now gentrified Brooklyn.

While the film's aim is to illustrate the glory of Owens overcoming racism in two countries and defeating Hitler's racist world view, it also seems to gloss over some hard truths.