Sentences with phrase «outright racism in»

Philip, who is African American, has so far managed to avoid outright racism in his career, but he believes his progress has been stymied in subtle ways mostly unrelated to race.

Not exact matches

The rationalization of southern baptists is truly mind boggling — the idea that each church is «autonomous» as justification for outright racism is pitiful in this day and age — if the Southern Baptist convention had come out strongly and adamantly against this kind of behavior, I'd have at least a measure of respect for them — but to shrug off a blatant act of discrimination as the «work of the devil» and ignore the deacon's cowardice in wanting to avoid «controversy» is laughable — if it weren't for people having the courage to fan the flames of controversy, women and african american would not have the right to vote today — more evidence of the ignorance of most bible thumpers, and Mississippi in particular

A stigma on racism, for instance, would hopefully exist even in a libertarian paradise, but it draws a great deal of its potency from the fact the American government has spent the last 40 years actively campaigning against racist conduct and racist thought, using every means at its disposal short of banning speech outright.

At the same time I can see outright instances of racism in Russia and be disgusted by them.

It hasn't all been plain sailing - and we're not done yet - but in general outright racism has been hammered down to a minimal level.

There is no way to change racism in dating without changing it outright in every way, he says.

He condemned «outright sexism and racism» in some online comments, and said some articles with «racial undertones» had crossed the line.

All the characters are products of their time and place, and instances of racism in the book run from Pappy's outright bigotry to Laura's more subtle prejudice.