Sentences with phrase «of the black male»

«Given the inefficiencies of what DC laughingly calls the criminal justice system, I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal.»

The Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys held its first hearing, titled «The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong...

According to a study in the Journal of Crime and Delinquency, 50 percent of black males and 40 percent of white males have been arrested by the time they are 23 years old.

(About 19 percent of black male graduates from HBS had attained similar positions.)

3c) so that along with a certain conception of black male identity, it helped the gangsta - rap scam get going

I have suggested previously that the academic witch - hunters are responding to a catastrophic outcome among minority students: «Little more than a third of black male college students obtain a bachelor's degree (ideally a four - year program) after six years of university attendance.

He wants to see them do five things: «Initiate a focused approach to the claims of Islam; make a political and cultural analysis of the unique impact of the Islamic evangelization of black males; approach Islam on theological and evangelical levels; assess the geopolitical and strategic implications of Islam in Africa and South Asia, since the fortunes of black people in the U.S. are informed by what happens to blacks elsewhere In the world; and, mount a major effort to investigate the success of Islam in prisons.

«Given the inefficiencies of what DC laughingly calls the criminal justice system, I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal.»

At the extreme, they charge the NCAA with racism — at a time when enrollment of all black males at colleges and universities is declining — and insensitivity to the underprivileged.

Simpson argued in the complaint there is no «legitimate reason» why McEneny didn't return his calls or contact his reference between April 21 and May 21, and points to the city's lack of black males in various departments, including police and fire.

When Mr. Bloomberg ran for a third term in 2009 against Bill Thompson, who is black, his performance in minority communities was staggeringly low: just 22 and 23 percent of black male and female voters supported Mr. Bloomberg, exit polls showed.

It's a major issue,» Radford said of the lack of black male role models.

Protesters carried banners disavowing the characterization of some black males as thugs (Photo: Will Bredderman).

«This mass incarceration of black males for nonviolent crimes perpetuates the myth of black inferiority and makes Albany County one of the most racially disparate sentencing districts.»

In this brief, artsy clip for Mercedes - Benz Style Profiles, London breaks down the tenets of his personal style — spoiler alert: he's never been seen without a hat — and the continued influence of black males in the style and music world.

Her graduate collection, titled «Afrique» and shown in 2014 on a cast of black male models, won the L'Oréal Professional Talent Award.

Her work explores representations of black male sexuality and identity, through exceptional craftsmanship and embellishments.

Ready availability of black males Recent studies conducted in the US found that the white female - black male relationships are high compared to white males - black females relationships.

Five percent of black male college graduates married.

There are thousands of black males and girls waiting online to meet their black partners.

An ambitious but shapeless mix of road movie, romance and critique of black male - female relationships.

Echoes of Trey Styles can be seen in subsequent depictions of black male characters, most recently Jason Mitchell's ambitious Brandon on Showtime's «The Chi», who similarly struggles to break out of the cycle of violence after the agonizing murder of a loved one in Chicago's South Side.

Jordan Peele pushed boundaries with his depiction of black male violence in Get Out.

The study, issued last week, argues that a substantial increase in the number and rate of traditional - age white women attending college in the 1970's and 1980's has created the appearance of a sharp drop in the college - enrollment rate of black males.

El - Mekki was also a Principal Ambassador Fellow at the U.S. Department of Education under Arne Duncan, and he is the founder of Black Male Educators for Social Justice, a fellowship dedicated to supporting and recruiting more African American men into the teaching profession — a critical component, El - Mekki believes, in creating more equitable schools.

The 2008 Schott Foundation report on high school graduation among black males found that only 19 percent of black males in Indianapolis, 20 percent in Detroit, 27 percent in Norfolk, Virginia, 29 percent in Rochester, New York, and 47 percent nationally were graduating from high school.

And of those black males, many feel isolated and need support.

More than a quarter of black males (28 percent) completed no more than four years of schooling, compared with less than 9 percent of white males (see Figures 1 & 2).

For more information on building a school environment where Black males thrive, read Building on Resilience: Models and Frameworks of Black Male Success Across the P - 20 Pipeline, forward by Tim King.

The grim statistics are well known but bear repeating: In Chicago, close to 60 % of young Black men do not graduate from high school; only 6 % of Black males in the ninth grade will earn a bachelor's degree by age 25; and nearly half of Black males between the ages of 20 and 24 are both unemployed and out of school.

... sports participation has a negative effect on the educational attainment of white male student athletes, a positive effect on the educational attainment and earnings of black male student athletes, and a positive effect on the educational attainment of white female student athletes.

Nationally, only about one third of Black males attain a bachelor's degree within six years of enrolling in college.

The Schott Foundation for Public Education has issued the numbing finding that «nearly three - quarters of the black male students (in the MPS) fail to graduate with their (9th - grade) cohort.»

While crack did not disappear altogether from American cities by the end of the century, it ceased to have a large impact on the graduation rates of black males because stabilization of markets reduced homicide rates markedly.

La Vonne Neal, dean of the college of education at Northern Illinois University, pointed out that the pool of teaching candidates is automatically limited by the fact that only 52 percent of black males and 58 percent of Hispanic males are graduating high school at all.

The Schott Foundation for Public Education, which tracks the educational progress of black males, plans to step up its efforts to see that graduation - rate gaps are closed.

I plan to change the current conversations regarding strategies on narrowing the achievement gap and create more opportunities for the academic and social advancement of black male students.

John H. Jackson, the head of the Cambridge, Mass. - based foundation, said last month that the organization was issuing a challenge to school districts to promote a 50 percent increase in the graduation rate of black males in the next five years.

Sixteen percent of black male elementary school students in the classrooms of white female teachers received exclusionary discipline in North Carolina during our study period.

We also invited white educators, because it is rare for them to be in a space full of Black male educators and they need to hear our voices.

On the other hand, schools with higher clusters of black male teachers tend to be among the hardest to staff, economically disadvantaged, and lowest performing schools.

We have schools in New York City where less than 13 % of Black males are graduating and can read on grade level.

It challenges us to see the importance of removing the stereotypes of Black males.

Pulling wisdom and tactics from his ASCD book of the same title, Kafele will equip attendees with strategies to address the plight of the black male learner through the climate and culture of the school and classroom.

Indianapolis has the fifth worst graduation rate in the country; only 25 percent of black males earn a high school diploma.

In that role, she says, «We continue to bring forward the issue of Black male recruitment and retention to NEA leadership.»

Conceivably, in two years, we could experience large swaths of black males missing from the state's accountability framework.

Even better, 80 percent of black male students now graduate within six years, which is slightly higher than the rate for black females and an improvement of 18 percentage points.

Of those who enter teacher education programs and earn degrees, only 23 percent of Black males choose to teach, studies show.

«We as Minnesotans have a monumental task to design and implement a new state education plan that will replace the most significant civil rights education law in the U.S. in the past last fifty years,» said Marika Pfefferkorn, director of the Black Male Achievement Network.