Sentences with phrase «of victim status»

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Two arguments have also been sketched to suggest that St Thomas's theology of the Real Presence precludes in principle the attribution of victim status in the strong senseto the Blessed Sacrament.

There is, hidden in this desperate assertion of victim status by blacks to an increasingly skeptical white polity, an unfolding tragedy of profound proportion.

It is important to distinguish here between the socio - economic consequences of the claims that are advanced on the basis of the victim status of blacks (such as the pressure for racially preferential treatment) and their symbolic, ideological role.

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To that end, the Los Angeles Police Department's Special Order 40 limits police inquiry into the immigration status of crime victims, witnesses and suspects.

We can model and teach the skills that will equip them to lead themselves and others in this hyper - competitive world, or we can allow them to fall victim to the kind of thinking that makes them slaves to the status quo.

After all, targeted harassment is usually a means of asserting control and defending status on the part of the harasser, to leave victims «afraid, despairing, utterly alone, and complicit,» as Catharine A. MacKinnon wrote in her 1979 book «Sexual Harassment of Working Women: A Case of Sex Discrimination.»

Some even saw Holmes as a victim of the status quo, as she saw herself when the story first broke.

«When the question was raised about Haitians, for example — we have a group that have temporary protected status in the United States because they were the victims of crises and disasters and political upheaval.

These claims have been based, above all else, on the status of blacks as America's historical victims.

Blacks think we must cling to victim status because it provides the only secure basis upon which to press for attention from the rest of the polity to the problems of our most disadvantaged fellows.

In a thematic introductory sentence, he states that «the claim to the exclusive status of being an owed victim constitutes one of the great moral nihilisms of this century.»

Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

It aims to amend the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to provide assistance for a recovery period of 45 days and for a further period of twelve months following confirmation of their status as a victim of modern slavery.

Or lives defined by victim status, as in one of those blacklisted during the 1950s.

If the reaction is negative («homophobic»), marginalization is achieved, which brings with it both the desired victim status and a vindication of one's claim that this is an intrinsically hate - full and oppressive society.

It is ironic that the very activists who emerged from this new environment developed the strategy of claiming victim status through the use of such symbols as the pink triangle.

Why don't we give Tutsis, Cambodians, Bosniak Muslims or any other victim of numerous genocides the same status for retributive justice accorded to Nazi holocaust victims, (which of course includes Jews, Romany, gays, etc).

The NCC usage — intending to absolve of America's sins those who possess victim status — excludes minorities from the definition of «we Americans.»

This new critical awareness of society on the part of oppressed peoples previously restricted to the status of victims brings them to a fresh reading of scripture in which the word of God is heard speaking clearly to their situation of structural oppression, and they are moved to deep reflection (theology) directed to a new praxis of social transformation.

The legal institutions, which existed were to protect the status and power of the ruling Yangban class; therefore they functioned punitively turning the people into the victims of the local magistrates, who were the administrators in judicial and other areas.

She quotes McIlwain, a researcher, who says: «Our national ideal of who is vulnerable — and who holds victim status — are those who are white and female.»

So the enemy being ourselves that's interesting and helpful, is it not, if the alternative is to put ourselves in some kind of status as a victim?

What O'Connor hopes to find in both the passages from the Summa is the use of language which can be taken to imply that the Real Presence has the status, or inner nature, of a wounded victim.

In fact two lines of argument found in St Thomas's writings appear to rule out the notion that the Real Presence could have victim status in this strong sense of the term.

Have we created a culture in which the status of victimhood is sufficiently desirable that many young men and women will go to remarkable lengths to establish an online victim identity?

In the case of Russians, it's particularly galling when they play the victim in their former colonies, claiming it's unfair for them to be expected to learn the local language, while demanding that the Russian language be given official language status.

Victims» groups welcomed that move, and the investigation of MI5, but many were angry at the decision only grant «interested person» status to families of victims and the emergency services, but not actual surVictims» groups welcomed that move, and the investigation of MI5, but many were angry at the decision only grant «interested person» status to families of victims and the emergency services, but not actual survictims and the emergency services, but not actual survivors.

Immigration minister Brandon Lewis said: «The government has been clear that our priority is to ensure that victims of this tragedy get the access they need to vital services, irrespective of immigration status.

Victims of crime avoid the police because they know they can be detained due to their status, so are effectively denied security.

The dynamic of the Nagorno - Karabakh conflict can be compared to the Titanic; despite a continuous stream of victims, there is the (dangerously misleading) impression that the relatively stable status quo of «neither peace nor war» will last forever, but sooner or later a collision will occur.

Whereas, New York State is a leading voice for women's equality and has raised that voice in action through such significant achievements as passage of the historic «Women's Equality Agenda» in 2015 - eight laws that advance women's equality in New York State by helping to achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and ending pregnancy discrimination in all workplaces; other measures further safeguard and promote women's interests and help improve their status in settings where they live and work; and

He will reportedly use part of the # 40,000 in damages paid by News Group Newspapers over his status as a phone - hacking victim to fund his campaign, Sky News reported.

In response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from Politics.co.uk, the Met admitted passing on details of both victims and witnesses of crime if there were concerns over their immigration status.

Our elected officials should want people to report crimes no matter if they're a victim, witness, regardless of their immigration status.

The government has been accused of abandoning victims of domestic violence because of their immigration status.

The agency's Healthy Relationship Training Academy sponsors workshops on dating violence for adolescents and young adults, Palacio said, while the city's Family Justice Centers offer free and confidential legal and social services victims of domestic violence, elder abuse and sex trafficking, regardless of immigration status.

This prohibition against inquiring into status includes, but is not limited to, when an individual approaches a law enforcement officer seeking assistance, is the victim of a crime, or is witness to a crime.

The law also prohibits asking about the «immigration status of an individual, including a crime victim, a witness, or a person who calls or approaches the police seeking assistance, unless necessary to investigate criminal activity by that individual.»

Victims of the Las Vegas shooting are suing manufacturers of bump fire stocks, accusing them of negligence and seeking class action status.

For example, 28 percent of US - born Latinos said they are less likely to contact police officers if they have been the victim of a crime because they fear that police officers will use this interaction as an opportunity to inquire into their immigration status or that of people they know.

I also asked that the court take into account the breaches of trust in this case - Hall carried out some of these offences in places where the victims were entitled to feel safe, he used his celebrity status to invite them to attend the BBC, and he also displayed an element of planning and premeditation.

«Victims of these scams not only stand to lose large sums of money, but also are likely to suffer harm to their immigration status.»

As a result of the success of these events, the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women, local domestic violence advocates and community volunteers worked together to plan and create a Tribute Garden - a permanent, public tribute honoring fallen victims and survivors, while also raising awareness.

On September 26, 2015 as part of the 6th Annual Break the Cycle Bike - A-Thon and walk, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined at Isle View Park in Tonawanda by members of the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women, Chairman of the Buffalo and Erie County Greenway Fund Standing Committee Alan J. Bozer, members of the Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry, WNY domestic violence agencies and community partners, victims of domestic violence and their families, and community members committed to ending domestic violence to cut the ribbon and officially open Erie County's new Tribute Garden honoring domestic violence victims and survivors.

Topics included his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statement that he is not planning to approve a specific amount of pre-K funding set forth in the state senate proposed budget, how confident he is of pre-K funding, the status of his administration's review of the city's Sandy relief programs, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statements on mayoral control of the city school system and charter schools, the current status of site clearing and the investigation into the cause of the East Harlem building explosion, whether New Yorkers should be concerned about gas leaks, his reaction to a tweet yesterday by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito critical of Governor Cuomo's reaction to the East Harlem building explosion, how the church services he attended this morning for victims affected him personally and the relief efforts being led by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the Mayor's Fund for NYC.

It will increase the knowledge available to victims» family members about the status of loved ones.

To find out more about how the harassment came to light and what could be changed going forward to improve how these cases are handled, Clery spoke with «Joan Schmelz, chair of the American Astronomical Society's... Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy for 6 years until she finished her second term in August, [who] played a key role in identifying victims of Marcy's activities and letting them know they were not alone.»

Writing in a linked Comment, Alyssa Rheingold from the Medical University of South Carolina in the USA says, «Research suggests that risk factors among patient victims such as substance use, low socioeconomic status, type of psychopathology, and engagement in behaviours that increase risk could be targeted.

«Physicians are uniquely able to help victims of torture and trauma secure asylum status by providing a comprehensive evaluation,» write Lipoff and co-authors Jenna M. Peart, MD, of Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver and Elisabeth H. Tracey, fourth - year medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine.