Sentences with phrase «on racial mixes»

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Most of the war death in the 20th century was caused by nationalism, with a few other factors in the mix — greed, pride, alliances, border disputes, racial prejudice and so on.

Not because any biological inferiority results from a mixing of racial stocks, but because in the present state of society tensions are more often increased than abated by it, intermarriage is on the whole a step away from the solution of the race problem rather than toward it.

It goes on to say that «the Department has received concerns from two parents surrounding the treatment of their mixed - race child at a Steiner school, including racist abuse by other pupils which the school allegedly failed to act upon despite repeated complaints, and the use of racial epithets by teachers.

The UK is becoming a racial melting pot with a surge in the number of relationships and marriages across ethnic dividing lines in the last decade, according to official figures.But while the number of people from black, Asian and mixed - race backgrounds settling down with someone from another group have all risen, white people remain by far the most segregated on the domestic front.

Along the way, he falls for a former slave named Rachel (Gugu Mbatha - Raw) and tries to establish a mixed - race community in Jones, despite deep racial divides on both sides and no support from the Union.

It is possible that assigning students to schools with an eye to equalizing the socioeconomic, rather than the racial, mix across schools may confer benefits on children that outweigh any additional transportation costs.

Why a Good Racial Mix May Also Create a Sense of Comfort at School (The Christian Science Monitor) Lee Teitel weighs in on integration in schools and how there is a need to focus on what is happening in schools, not just the demographic make - up of its students.

The software will import real demographic data on a school district's student performance, personality, racial makeup, and even social characteristics to generate a realistic classroom mix.

While conventional wisdom, at least in some circles, holds that people judge schools on the basis of something other than academic quality — most odiously, the racial mix of their student body — here we have reassuring evidence that people evaluate schools on the basis of academics.

Tracking, as it became known, quickly took on the appearance of racial segregation, said Oakes, a professor of education at the UCLA and one of the most vocal advocates for mixed - ability classrooms.

This chapter focuses on three important topics related to context: the socioeconomic and racial mix of students who come to the school, characteristics of the community and the district, and the school «s size and complexity.

Due to racial harmony and the religious tolerance of its diverse residents, all of these cultural elements have mixed and blended successfully both in Belize and on Ambergris Caye, resulting in Belize having gained a widespread reputation for its friendly people and tolerance.

Other highlights of the exhibition include Robot Bodies, Piper's 1988 seminal interactive digital work — updated and re-programmed for this exhibition — in which the robot, android and cyborg are examined as metaphorical carriers of contemporary anxieties around racial difference; and a series of mixed media works on un-stretched canvas, «future projected history paintings of the present», that reference 19th century history painting and have been commissioned by Bluecoat and Iniva.

The abstract works echo the industrial city's abundance of brutalist architecture, suggesting aestheticized takes on labyrinthine housing projects, while the two canvases featuring Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., and Marcus Garvey allude to his hometown's racial mix through reference to other times and places.

Other highlights of the exhibition at Bluecoat include Robot Bodies, Piper's 1988 seminal interactive digital work — updated and re-programmed for this exhibition — in which the robot, android and cyborg are examined as metaphorical carriers of contemporary anxieties around racial difference; and a series of mixed media works on un-stretched canvas, «future projected history paintings of the present», that reference 19th century history painting and have been commissioned by Bluecoat and Iniva.

Build on the traditional strength of New Orleans neighborhoods, encourage mixed uses and diverse housing options, and foster communities of varied incomes, mixed age groups, and a racial diversity.

Berman is pleased that the media is «giving lots of attention» to the report, linking to this article from the New York Times, States Are Growing More Lenient in Allowing Felons to Vote (10/12/06), which focuses on the racial component of felony disenfranchisement laws, while this article, Mixed Picture on Felons» Voting Rights (Washington Post 10/11/06), discusses a Rhode Island ballot referendum that proposes to amend the state constitution to allow felons to vote upon release from prison.

The projected increase in costs will be based on the current rate of heart disease adjusted for changes in the overall age of Americans and the anticipated racial mix of patients.

Even as she was just getting her clinical practice off the ground, she ran a program at New York's 92nd Street Y about cultural identity, with a special focus on helping couples in mixed marriages handle racial, religious, and cultural differences.

The reasons for negative attitudes towards and rejection of «mixed» couple relationships are largely based on deep - rooted assumptions and stereotypes about «mixed» families, and limited knowledge about other people's racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds.

Some «mixed» couples find that viewing their racial, ethnic and religious differences as strengths, and focussing on the things they share in common are also good ways to strengthen their couple relationship and to help them cope with negative attitudes from others.

Erkut's research on children and adolescents included a research program on raising confident and competent girls, Puerto Rican youth development, the effects of sports on girls» and boys» development and sexual behavior, evaluating youth - serving agencies» science and math programs for girls and children of color, and a study of racial / ethnic identification among adolescents from mixed - ancestry backgrounds.

This paper reviews current research on the mixed ancestry experience and proposes a mixed ancestry racial / ethnic identity development model that incorporates Rockquemore and Brunsma's (2002) work on mixed ancestry identity types, Cross and Fhagen - Smith's (1996, 2001) life - span model of Black identity development, Cross's (1991) Nigrescence theory, Phinney's (1989) Ethnic Identity Development Model and Erikson's (1968) and Marcia's (1980) work on ego identity development.

Being in one of the very few mixed - race schools in the country at the time, allowed Sandile to form a perspective on racial issues that many of his generation — irrespective of colour — are still grappling with.

Americans also placed more value on community diversity than in 2011 as 53 percent thought living in a community with a mix of people from various racial backgrounds was important (up from 42 %), 48 percent thought living in a community with a mix of income levels was important (up from 42 %) and 66 percent thought living in a community with people at all stages of life was important (up from 60 %).