Sentences with phrase «of white peers»

While Lewis did find success during his lifetime — in 1955, he was the first African - American artist to be awarded the Carnegie International Award in Painting, and New York's respected Marian Willard Gallery represented and exhibited his work — he did not get the same recognition many of his white peers enjoyed.

And then in 1957, as many of his white peers were developing a following, Lewis earned a New York City taxi license that he used to supplement his income through the late 1960s.

The biggest gaps in graduation rates in the district exist between African - American and white students, with 59 percent of black students graduating in four years compared to 90 percent of their white peers.

The largest achievement gap in elementary school reading exists between African - American and white students, with 18 percent of black third -, fourth -, and fifth - graders passing their reading MAP test in the last school year compared to 70 percent of their white peers.

The 5th grade scores of black students who enter school with average math and reading skills are one - half a standard deviation below those of their white peers and place at the 20 — 25th percentile of the white distribution.

As discussed above, the performance of black, Hispanic, low income, and ELL students is below the average for all students collectively and lags behind that of white peers as a group.

While no student population is showing levels of achievement we should feel satisfied with, just 34 percent of Latino students met standards compared with 66 percent of their white peers.

The RESPECT campaign argued that the schools our children deserve would replace zero tolerance disciplinary procedures, which have resulted in African American students being suspended at five times the rate of their white peers, with restorative justice models designed to help students solve their problems collectively.

Certainly this is nearly double the 5.9 percent of white peers in Ferguson deemed special ed cases in the top five categories.

The need of black conservatives to gain the respect of their white peers deeply shapes certain elements of their conservatism.

Not exact matches

Mr. Thiel has long stood out in Silicon Valley for his vocal libertarianism, but he drew heavy criticism from many tech - industry peers — including fellow Facebook board member Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Inc. — when he backed Mr. Trump's presidential campaign and later served as an adviser on his White House transition team.

«In this system, female employees and employees of color are systematically undervalued compared to their male and white or Asian American peers,» the lawsuit says.

In an exchange with reporters between sessions at the U.S. trade representative's office across from the White House, Freeland said she and her peers are now down to the finest details on auto rules of origin.

And while these illnesses are consistent across demographic lines, people of color are more sensitive to the stigma of a diagnosis and are less likely to get the same level of care as their white peers.

The white paper outlined the concept for a peer - to - peer version of electronic cash that would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another, anonymously and without counterparty risk or intermediation from financial institutions.

Blockchain technology is the technological basis of Bitcoin, first described by its mysterious author Satoshi Nakamoto in his white paper «Bitcoin: A Peer - to - Peer Electronic Cash System», published in 2008.

«In this system, female employees and employees of color are systematically undervalued compared to their male and white or Asian American peers,» the lawsuit claims.

Anthony: I think it's important to note that this whole thing started about a decade ago with a white paper about a peer - to - peer, digital cash payment system, but over the past decade, people have realized that this underlying technology has a ton of applications, not just in financial services and payments, but in other industries such as health care, supply chain and so on.

Recent school safety proposals introduced after Parkland — like potentially arming some teachers and staff — also ignore that students of color, especially black students, are more likely to face discipline and punishment in schools than their white peers, and that many of these disparities could be exacerbated by recent proposals to arm teachers or increase school security.

It was shortly after the housing crisis, when in October of 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto released an academic «White paper», titled, «Bitcoin: A Peer - to - Peer Electronic Cash System», to a small cryptographic community's web space.

Even as I was being chosen by my peers and coaches and teachers to be the captain of sports teams and academic clubs, even as I was embraced as a best friend and confidant, a very clear «Whites Only» sign still hung boldly over the «family room» in the white American house.

Western countries, especially America, may be targeted for critiques of overconsumption, but white students lead the charge and through it find camaraderie with their black, Hispanic, and Asian peers.

Although Malcolm was an outstanding student and extremely popular among his peers, he dropped out of school when his white eighth grade English teacher discouraged him from becoming a lawyer and suggested carpentry as a more «realistic goal for a nigger.»

Late at night, splashing my face and neck, through sounds of water running I hear cruel cuts like pencil points fine sharpened snapping against a smooth white page.Quick rinsing, covered now and tense, all stiff, peering alarmed from broken privacy, I for a moment harden, with nor one clue, against....

Hushed to a sort of humming pax, My peers on kneelers proved they weren't too proud To flood the pews with something close to love — And sparge the solemn nave with grade - school titters When schadenfreude saw its perfect chance: Lace sleeves grew from his chasuble; the host Rose pale amidst the tabernacle's glitters, White ghost on gold.

The blanket of white that greeted me was an unexpected shock as I peered through the kitchen...

The mass audience will not be able to relate to him, to assemble an image of him, to measure him against his peers as they do the white player.

The tall se √ ± ora, dressed in slacks and a sport shirt and missing absolutely nothing as she peered through a pair of white - rimmed sunglasses, led the way carefully into a shady glade and up a cliff to the edge of a small natural pool.

When we make our children aware of our experiences with racists, we scare them and deprive them of their innocence and opportunity to forge a resentment - free relationship with their white peers.

Currently crossbench peer Lord Hylton, who sports a long white Santa style beard, is competing at the top of the poll with Labour backbencher Ian Murray who only stopped shaving in the summer.

The small group of attendees, which included a mix of long - time supporters and curious onlookers, spent the evening sipping free glasses of red and white wine — presumably courtesy of Mr. Spitzer — as reporters and tabloid photographers peered in at them through floor - to - ceiling window glass outside.

CM Eric Ulrich of CD 32 in Queens, covering Howard Beach and the western (white) end of the Rockaways, is popular in his district and well - regarded by his peers.

Many of them already find the odds stacked against them: the poor white boys who struggle through school; the young black men who are twice as likely to be unemployed as their peers; the children growing up in the poorest neighbourhoods.

Blair's second Queen's speech was dominated by the question of Lords reform, mention of which by the monarch resulted in «an unprecedented ripple of disapproval from peers, calls of «Shame» mingling with «Hear, hears» from assembled MPs», as Michael White reported.

The white paper calls for 20 % of peers to be elected by the public and the axing of the 92 hereditary peers.

The most recent state testing data showed that the percent of Erie County black students considered proficient in English was 31 percentage points lower than their white peers, compared to a 20 - point gap statewide.

In the UK, Sebastian (now Lord) Coe went from leading track - and - field athlete to Conservative politician and life peer in the House of Lords, while former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell was once known as «the fastest white man on the planet» and held the British 100m record.

«THE STUDY FOUND THAT BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS HAVE HALF THE NUMBER OF ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES compared to their white and Asian peers, according to data from 353 high schools in the 2011 - 2012 academic year.

Standardized test results for the last school year showed slight growth at the state and local levels in both English and math, and a slight narrowing of the gap between black and Hispanic public school students and their white peers.

Paul White - the Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield - is accused of «dishonestly» submitting claims «for expenses to which he knew he was not entitled» - including overnight stays in London.

On January 12, AAAS responded to a Request for Information by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on public access to peer - reviewed publications resulting from federally - funded research.

When Nadeau entered the looming white building and peered into the barracks, she saw children piled onto rows of Army - style bunk beds — and among them, adults who had seeded the outbreak and were crowded out of their own quarters.

Yet the report notes that a longitudinal survey of freshmen finds «underrepresented minorities aspire to major in STEM in college at the same rate as their white and Asian - American peers, and have done so since the last 1980s.»

AAAS Comments on Public Access On January 12, AAAS responded to a Request for Information by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on public access to peer - reviewed publications resulting from federally - funded research.

Peering deep into the Milky Way's crowded central hub of stars, Hubble researchers have uncovered for the first time a population of ancient white dwarfs — smoldering remnants of once - vibrant stars that inhabited the core.

The CIC contributes to the creation of white papers, response documents, and peer - reviewed publications advancing novel outcomes from workshops that seek practical solutions to today's challenges in cancer immunotherapy development.

A newly published research paper in the peer - reviewed Journal of AOAC International titled «Measurement of β - Glucan in Mushrooms and Mycelial Products», by Dr. Barry McCleary, CEO of Megazyme Ireland International, confirms testing results from the Nammex White Paper by Jeff Chilton, Redefining Medicinal Mushrooms, published in February, 2015.

It's a black - and - white issue for the Veep, who attends the Television Academy's Performers Peer Group celebration of the Emmys in Beverly Hills wearing a simple color - block Narciso Rodriguez sheath.

In an ideal world that would be the case, however, because of social stigma, racist ideologies, and peer and familial pressure, black girls often avoid dating outside their race in general and white men in particular.

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