Sentences with phrase «on racial injustice»

The father and son's differing opinions on racial injustice tear a rift in their relationship.

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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has taken on gun control, advising customers in an open letter to leave their nine - millimeters at home, and more recently, racial injustice in the United States.

It seems that, in the midst of black Christian outcry in 2013, the majority of white Christians pressed the snooze button on racial justice, sleepwalking into their churches where an individualistic gospel that doesn't call them to say or do anything about racial injustice is preached, where white culture, rather than Christ, reigns supreme, and where the problems and perspectives of black people are ignored.

Indeed, it was Fosdick's influence, along with that of Walter Rauschenbusch and other advocates of the social gospel, that led me to experience considerable alienation from the evangelical community during my years of graduate study on secular campuses in the 1960s, when I joined protests against racial injustice and marched against the Vietnam war.

Any condition of social injustice, economic deprivation, political tyranny, or racial discrimination has a deleterious effect on the self - esteem of the victims.

In part two of a series on racial issues and Ferguson, Missouri, Pastor Leonce Crump shares his thoughts on systemic injustice and asks when white Evangelicals will address this issue.

The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) voted 684 — 46 during this year's general assembly to defer action on a resolution that apologizes for «involvement in and complicity with racial injustice» during the civil rights era.

On August 26, before a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, the 49er's quarterback sat down during the national anthem in protest against racial injustices in America.

In part two of this series on racial issues and Ferguson, Missouri, Pastor Leonce Crump shares his thoughts on systemic injustice and asks when white evangelicals will address this issue.

He's publicly spoken out about a backlash he received from fans regarding activism centered on ending racial injustice and has battled depression.

And while racial prejudice creates the most obvious form of discrimination, a Christian conscience must be on guard also against economic injustices caused or perpetuated by family status, social stratification, political «pull,» or even by church connections.

We talked to Trillia Newbell, a speaker and author whose books include United: Captured by God's Vision for Diversity, about how Christians can have productive conversations and take action on issues of racial injustice.

On August 26, before a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, the 49ers» quarterback sat down during the national anthem in protest against racial injustices in America.

She's never seen athletes not only speak freely about ending police violence and racial injustice, but also throwing their livelihoods, money, and bodies on the line for the cause.

In wake of the on - field protests that swept the NFL, when players knelt during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial injustice, the NBA released a memo to teams that recommended ways to support community activism while reminding them of a league rule that enforced players standing during the anthem.

Congrats to Roger Goodell and Shad Khan on making the cover of SI for pretending to care about racial injustice enough to make more money

[This attitude] creates a context in which people raising claims of racial injustice are always on the defensive.

Her repertoire included jazz, folk and American musical standards, as well as original compositions on racial and social injustice.

Doubtless in the coming weeks many will muse on the impact of a blockbuster primarily focusing on struggles within the black community instead of racial injustice, but even in the superb recent series by Ta - Nehisi Coates and the artist Brian Stelfreeze, the Panther's principal concern was the welfare of Wakanda.

Rather, «hombre» is deeply ambivalent and possibly vengeful, wearing the racial injustice of his mother's people on his sleeve.

This is a movie about injustice and racism, that wears its country's most uncomfortable legacies of racial injustice on its sleeves.

We are obviously meant to regard Troy as a symbolic black man sacrificed on the altar of racial injustice.

As far as how to work on the problems of social inequities and racial injustices, Collins believes in the power of interventions and education that re-examine the relationships and concepts of color, and redefine community.

Professor of Ethical Leadership at Boston University School of Theology, urges educators to «take a stand of moral courage» by speaking out on issues of racial injustice and teaching students about the history of race in America.

It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»

Regenerative Finance has the goal of shifting the economy by control of capital to communities most affected by racial, climate, and economic injustice, and you can read about their work, philosophy, and action on their blog.

Frequent educational and dialogue - driven programs around the map focus on issues this project has raised, such as racial injustice, displacement, and gentrification.

This presentation is a video installation in which RODNEY MCMILLIAN casts himself as politician and recites a historic 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson speech laying out his domestic agenda focused on eliminating poverty and racial injustice: «Untitled (the Great Society) I,» 2006 (single channel video, color and sound, 15:48 minutes, looped; Edition of 5 and 2 AP).

Working with veterans, military, and civilian communities, the company will also continue to broaden programs focused on veterans» affairs, police and community relations, racial injustice, gun violence, and mental health.

That's now obviously elevated, but even early on artists were talking to us about their concerns with racial injustice and violence and the like.»

Raised on a black cotton farm among eleven siblings, Binion's minimalist painting practice is deeply steeped in the hard - scrabble life and the racial injustices of the Deep South.

Cox picked up on this reference, turning Nubia into Raje — a sexy black superwoman who rids the world of racial injustice.

Situated on a site in Montgomery, Alabama where enslaved people were once warehoused, the museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice are part of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

We work to reform the criminal justice system's overreliance on incarceration and to dismantle systems of racial injustice.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,