Sentences with phrase «of systemic racism»

The report proposed 13 recommendations to address the issues of systemic racism within the legal profession.

Some of us in our little community have planted seeds in that garden in the belief that growing food can help transform our culture and help heal decades of systemic racism.

They also warn about the health impacts of systemic racism and discrimination, including where that leads to high arrest and incarceration rates.

I see all of these things as problematic, and as markers of systemic racism.

Others were not shocked, which shows the incredible depth of the problem (a combination of systemic racism, bad laws, and gun culture).

The impacts of systemic racism and other forms of injustice are real.

This gave rise to the final report to Convocation in 2016, Working Together for Change: Strategies to Address Issues of Systemic Racism in the Legal Professions, which found that forty per cent of racialized licensees identified their ethnic / racial identity as a barrier to entry to practise, while 43 per cent cited their ethnic / racial identity as a barrier to advancement.

After EagleWoman submitted her resignation, she said she'd been a «victim of systemic racism» at the school, which led her to leave the position of dean after two years in the role.

The Law Society is saying something completely different, i.e., that there is systemic racism in the professions, that we are racist, you and I. Is there any other way to interpret a finding of systemic racism?

Formal slavery was quickly replaced by a Jim Crow system that was slavery in all but name, and many of its vestiges (mass incarceration of people of color, voter disenfranchisement, and all manner of systemic racism) remain alive and well today.

A recent Law Society of Upper Canada report highlighted the prevalence of systemic racism in the legal profession.

While his participation may not seem as overtly outrageous, his act of solidarity etched in history a model for people who embody «whiteness» to engage in practices of public peacemaking against the struggle of systemic racism in their local context.

January 24: Join Wee the People for Little Voices, Big Changes, an exploration of systemic racism through stories, activities, and social justice mentoring (Boston)

To me that is a result of systemic racism, which may be unconscious (but ingrained).

The effect one white American Olympic participant had on another may not be as substantial a story to take up the 24 - hour news cycle as the issue of systemic racism highlighted by the Rodney King beating and the O.J. Simpson trial, which happened before and after the main events of this film, but it works to sell one of the film's notable points.

The poetry of the film found in the natural world and the quiet moments of trust and love put in sharp contrast the senseless cruelty of systemic racism; both experiences are powerful and meaningful because these worlds existed for hundreds of years.

Am I any closer to understanding the complex ethics of protecting and concealing an island of African prosperity from a world in the throes of systemic racism, including its victims?

Also, as the first openly gay person of color in Congress and someone from a family who experienced the ugly face of systemic racism when his grandparents and parents were removed from their respective homes and sent to Japanese American Internment camps during World War II, Takano has a consistently progressive social justice ethic that is evident in his strong voting record in support of immigrants, low - income families, affordable housing, veterans, and workers.

However, as a Pacific Educational Group's (PEG) Courageous Conversations about Race Affiliate Practitioner, Nicole grounds her work in the theoretical and historical underpinnings of systemic racism and Critical Race Theory.

Despite the setbacks of systemic racism and discrimination, black excellence flourishes regardless of the white gaze.

While the simultaneous Mandarin and English translations provide a literal underscore to Cheng's experience of foreignness, it is in pieces like The Bridge (2016), where a young black man traverses Hell Gate Bridge while repeating, «I do not turn around», that we are reminded that the maddening forces of Otherness and isolation are as much a homegrown effect of systemic racism than that which is lost in translation.

The Law Society debate, set for December 2, 2016, is the most significant acknowledgment of the obligation to address issues of systemic racism within the Ontario legal profession to date.

When asked to respond to the allegations of systemic racism, it provided the following statement:

In it Rancourt took exception to St. Lewis» criticism of a 2008 student - commissioned report that found the University of Ottawa guilty of systemic racism.

As in the case of systemic racism as defined by Dr. Wortley, this would have nothing to do with the propensities of the individual officer.

The alternate argument will be that if the Statement of Principles is an infringement of Section 2 (b), that the infringement is minor, causing little or no real harm to licensees but an essential part of the cure for the scourge of systemic racism, the evidence of which is briefly outlined below.

In fact, I did engage in a substantive analysis of the «St. Lewis» criticism of a 2008 student - commissioned report that found issues of systemic racism at the University of Ottawa».

Young Indigenous people continue to pay the price of systemic racism and poverty, and to suffer the effects of colonialism.

But it was absurdly naive to think that a simple regulation could cure decades of systemic racism in Ontario's police forces.

In April, Angelique EagleWoman — the first Indigenous dean of law at a Canadian school — resigned from her position leading the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay.After EagleWoman submitted her resignation, she said she'd been a «victim of systemic racism» at the school.

on Working Together for Change: Strategies to Address Issues of Systemic Racism in the Legal Professions

The Working Group's final report, titled Working Together for Change: Strategies to Address Issues of Systemic Racism in the Legal Professions, contains 13 recommendations that fall within five broad categories of action: measuring progress, accelerating culture shift, educating for change, implementing supports and operations of the Law Society.

US Attorney Preet Bharara's office has filed a scathing lawsuit against the NYC Department of Transportation, accusing it of systemic racism under its previous commissioner.

US Attorney Preet Bharara's office has filed a scathing lawsuit against the city's Department of Transportation — accusing it of systemic racism under its previous commissioner.

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.

The first approach works to obscure issues of systemic racism, whereas the latter highlights such issues.

With his distinctive style of figuration, Colescott laid bare issues of systemic racism and the omission of black subjects within the genre of history painting, offering up a disturbing yet poignant critique of male chauvinism, sexual misconduct, and interracial relationships.

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