Sentences with phrase «people of color need»

Just as people of color need to lead their own movement, so do trans people.

People of color need to be more than props featured in photos from that visit to the cigar factory in Cuba or on the corners of Cartagena.

Just as people of color need to lead their own movement, so do trans people.

Just as people of color need to lead their own movement, so do trans people.

«All people of color need to come together to combat this no matter what your ideology is,» Johnson says.

Not exact matches

When she first started talking about how the school needed to become more diverse, she says, «I was surprised to find out the meme around Harvey Mudd was that we are a merit - based institution and bringing in more women or people of color would mean lowering our standards.»

Eleven entrepreneurs, all from founding teams including women or people of color, made their cases for innovations that would help bring more real - world experience into classrooms, help teachers track the progress of special - needs students, or help underserved people find jobs, among others.

Products that speak to the specific needs of people of color can sometimes be scarce.

Beyond being an incredible song, its chorus became a rallying cry of protesters in the United States — «a kind of comfort that people of color and other oppressed communities desperately need all too often: the hope — the feeling — that despite tensions in this country growing worse and worse, in the long run, we're all gon» be all right,» as Slate culture writer Aisha Harris put it.

He would soon leave to start Walker & Company, a health and beauty startup dedicated to the needs of people of color.

When Banks looked at the above diversity data for senior executives at 16 Fortune 500 companies, she was careful to point out that it need not be a depressing reminder that women and people of color — and other marginalized groups that aren't counted on the EEO - 1 Report — struggle to make it to the upper echelons of corporate America.

Deborah Owens, is the founder of Corporate Alley Cat, an organization that helps and supports the needs of people of color in their corporate careers.

You only need to look at paintings in the pyramids to ascertain the approximate color of people in that area at that time.

But the statement itself devalues me as a person of color, and it does not foster the racial reconciliation and healing that is currently needed within our churches and the broader culture.

After all, you are part of a system that allows you to walk into stores where you are not followed, where you get to go for a bank loan and your skin does not count against you, where you don't need to engage in «the talk» that black people and people of color must tell their children.

Few people are willing to share so that communities can provide the physical well - being and spiritual care needed by all our country's citizens (male and female, white and of color, rich and poor) Too often we take the easy way out and pass responsibility to the next generation.

It does not mater what color he was, and you people need to stop parroting «racism» every time something happens and one of the colored people gets caught at something that gets him / her in trouble.

So the book of MORON teaches this fool that god makes hurricanes to show us that we need to stockpile food, Indians / black people are bad because god made them that color for not listening to his warnings about warring with other tribes, and the garden of Eden is in Mi (sery) souri.

Women (and people of color, and LGBTQ +, etc) are sub-classed and their needs unmet, specifically in Church.

By placing yourself under the leadership of people of color who are your mentors, teachers, supervisors, or pastors you may find it hard to fall into a savior complex; instead you will be constantly listening, learning, and being guided by someone you need... rather than someone who «needs» you.

The savior complex first makes people of color hopeless, helpless and in need of a savior.

If there is an underling attitude that people of color are inferior (less capable, less creative, less intelligent, less knowledgeable) and therefore in need of a savior... that sounds like a clear hierarchy of race.

We need to understand the legacy of lynching more honestly and carefully, we need to even revisit segregation and the legacy that it's created if we're going to make progress I think there is a continuing presumption of dangerousness and guilt that gets assigned to people of color, I think it would break Dr. King's heart to know that black youth in New York are getting stopped and frisked, that this police violence that has been such a problem for over a century continues, that we haven't made the commitment to overcoming bigotry and race discrimination in the way we need to.

The Kingdom of God is an inclusive and open reality, seeking to include people irrespective of their sex, race, age and color; willing to reflect on and respond to needs and ideas beyond the Christian community and thus entering into dialogue and service with all.

Churches that invite black people and people of color into their «multicultural» worship spaces, but implicitly ask black singers to leave gospel music behind, ask black musicians to leave their hammond B - 3 behind or suggest that black preachers need to leave the fire of their «hoop» or preaching passion behind is a sunken - place theology.

There are many chefs deserving of profiles on bonappetit.com, and we have chosen to feature primarily women, many of them people of color, first and foremost because they're extremely talented people we think our readers need to know about.

People who live their lives in a rage because guys like Bennett, Jenkins and Kaepernick use their platform to point out institutionalized racism need to read stories like the one above, and be HONEST with themselves about whether 1) this is happening EVERY DAY to people of color in this country, and 2) whether this kind of activity is actually OK forPeople who live their lives in a rage because guys like Bennett, Jenkins and Kaepernick use their platform to point out institutionalized racism need to read stories like the one above, and be HONEST with themselves about whether 1) this is happening EVERY DAY to people of color in this country, and 2) whether this kind of activity is actually OK forpeople of color in this country, and 2) whether this kind of activity is actually OK for them.

Like him or not, this is a huge moment — WWE's history of people of color winning their primary championship is a list short enough that you don't need all your fingers to count it, despite the fact the belt dates back to 1963.

It's certainly not how marriages were throughout history, and while I'd be the last person to get all rose - colored glasses nostalgic over the way marriage was, there were historically some things that actually worked for couples — they relied on people other than their spouse to fulfill some of their needs.

Democratic candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon announced a platform in favor of legalizing recreational use on April 11, arguing that the state needs to «stop putting people of color in jail for something that white people do with impunity.»

«If you have been a person of color and you stood out on the sidewalk and a taxi passed you by, if you are someone that is trying to figure out how to make ends meet from our communities, and «I just need a job to make sure I have an opportunity for my family,» if I'm just trying to figure out how to have more justice in my communities, that's why you stand on the side of Uber,» he said.

Workers, women, immigrants, people of color and environmentalists need their own party and that remains the Green Party,» Hawkins said in a statement.

He also spoke of a need for unity in New York City, where the privileged and disadvantaged alike are given a fair shot at economic success, good schools, affordable housing, and safe neighborhoods, and where people «don't have to worry about being stopped and frisked because you happen to be the wrong color.»

New York Needs to Desegregate Housing in Order to Improve Schools Astorino Clearly Not A Supporter of Fair Housing for People of Color (White Plains, NY) Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, said today that improving access to affordable housing was critical to improving education in New York State.

Mayor Byron Brown has done a lot of talking about the need to provide job opportunities for people of color.

In a follow - up email, Cianciotto elaborated, writing, «Any plan to end AIDS, from New York to California, needs to address the root causes — the socio - economic, cultural, institutional, political, and legal drivers of the epidemic — that concentrate HIV infection among young transgender people of color.»

«We need more young people; we need more women; we need more people of color,» Letitia James, NYC public advocate, said.

«This project is not the best project in the world, but in the immediate near future, it is a project that will give us jobs, that will give us the possibility of jobs going forward, that will open doors for people of color, and women businesses, to do the work that needs to be done, that they've never had the opportunity to do before,» Ervin said.

«Housing young people, mostly young men of color, in adult facilities exposes them to dangerous influences instead of the services and support they need to become productive members of society in the future,» the Rev. Al Sharpton, a Cuomo ally, said in a statement.

Workers, women, immigrants, people of color and environmentalists need their own party and that remains the Green Party,» noted Hawkins, a Teamster from Syracuse.

A former college drop - out, Baskin is conscious of the systemic challenges many women, people of color, and impoverished communities experience in attaining the education credentials needed for economic advancement.

Voter fraud fear - mongering is a right - wing smokescreen designed to not only disenfranchise the poor and people of color, but thwart efforts to deliver sorely needed electoral reforms in New York and across country.

«LGBTQ young people, particularly LGBTQ communities of color, are more vulnerable to becoming homeless and need our support,» said Department of Social Services Commissioner Steven Banks.

Out of curiosity, De Vries tested the daughters of one subject and observed that even though they were not color - blind — they seemed to distinguish red and green as well as anyone — they needed more red in their test light than normal people to make the match precise.

What most people know about the inheritance of eye color is that brown comes from a dominant gene (needing one copy only) and blue from a recessive gene (needing two copies).

This year's focus was on the need for more people of color in science and how people with disabilities are involved in STEM.

Also, I felt that in order to thrive in my new environment, I needed to be around people of color who were doing what I was setting out to do.

«Further, understanding how to manipulate skin tone without the need for harmful ultraviolet radiation or toxic chemicals could have a significant impact on the cosmetic industry, as large numbers of people around the world currently spend billions of dollars in often unsuccessful or potentially dangerous attempts to lighten or darken their natural skin color.

I was told that as a person of color in academia, I was needed as a role model.

The Skin Cancer Foundation says Marley's tragic death serves as a reminder that people of all skin colors need to be aware of skin changes.