Sentences with phrase «predominantly black communities»

[1] Home values in predominantly black communities also have a tendency to be much lower than home values in predominantly white communities, which means that the typical homebuyer in such a community can expect to spend less on a conventional mortgage payment than the typical homebuyer in a white community.

In addition, the plan to accept transfer students from low - income, predominantly black communities at mostly white suburban schools was, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported, «met with acrimony.»

In the 2016 New York presidential primary, Hillary Clinton won the greatest portion of New York City's Democratic vote share by a better margin than pundits expected, substantially increasing her votes in predominantly black communities from 2008 and also receiving solid support from a number of traditionally white, liberal areas.

Let me briefly delineate these ingredients from the perspective of a theological school preparing women and men for pastoral ministry in predominantly black communities of America.

She paints a picture of a broken system — calling out both Alabama environmental officials and the EPA for allowing Uniontown, a predominantly black community, to become a dumping ground for toxics without giving residents information about the hazards.

After a pause at a security gate, the car drove through an upscale, predominantly black community, past typical suburban scenes — teenagers shooting hoops, people taking out their garbage, men working on their cars.

This year also marks the second year of the CruisIN» the D', a cruise event that takes place south of 8 Mile Road in Detroit, offering the predominantly black community an alternative to the mostly white gathering in the suburbs to the north.

Section IV discusses the incongruities between the concept of joint custody as advocated and the realities of a predominantly black community in which poverty defines the lives of a significant segment of the population.

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-- hang with Holly and others who are in Raleigh learning from the predominantly black and Latino Christian Community Development Association about organizing and peacemaking.

This is for everyone who stayed home from church yesterday — for every mom of a special needs kid, every survivor of sexual assault, every black or brown body in a predominantly white community, every son or daughter of an immigrant, every defender of the marginalized who just couldn't bring yourself to stand and sing «Great Is Thy Faithfulness» alongside the people you feel sold you out this week, the Christians who supported Donald Trump.

It's all new territory for this historically complacent community in southern Virginia, where the closest thing to a big city is Norfolk, 20 minutes away, and the major claim to fame is predominantly black Hampton University.

The Fleetwood - Jourdain Community Center in Evanston, located in a predominantly black, working - class neighborhood, offers karate, a special coed leadership program for teens, a class that studies plants and leaves, and a full roster of sports.

«What is not encouraging is that girls living in predominantly high - poverty non-Hispanic black communities have HPV vaccination rates that are lower than rates for Hispanics,» added Henry.

Despite its name, Brandeis served a predominantly poor and working - class black and Latino population (at that time schools were named without paying much attention to the culture and history of the surrounding community).

59 % are in predominantly Black and Brown communities as opposed to 4 % of predominantly white communities.

Many of these schools are schools where the student population is predominantly black or brown with a school community of black and brown leaders.

,» «I Quit for Teach for America,» «I Almost Quit Teach for America» — raised reasonable concerns about the difficulties of teaching in predominantly black and Latino, low - income communities: the inadequate training, the poor classroom conditions, the inability to maintain work - life balance.

In many North Side communities, 80 percent or more of households have high - speed internet, but in some predominantly black parts of the South and West sides, that drops to 40 percent or less, according to 2014 Federal Communications Commission data.

While Question 2 supporters cited polling showing strong support in black and Latino communities, the predominantly black and Latino voters in Roxbury's Ward 12 rejected the measure 68 percent to 32 percent.

In articulate and impassioned pleas at public meetings, the Cherry Hill community — which is predominantly poor and black, and has experienced a dearth of educational options — said they wanted to work with the system to make the school better.

Leigh's fifth floor installation drew on the history of local herbalists and wellness centers opened in the black community (predominantly by black women) as a means to address gaps in an inadequate, inaccessible and uncaring health care system.

According to one study, predominantly black neighborhoods have noticeably higher levels of air pollution than other communities.

Both theories are used to understand the experiences of black women growing up in predominantly white communities.

Inclusive Communities alleged that the Texas Department of Housing and Community affairs had violated the federal Fair Housing Act by allocating too many tax credits to housing developments in predominantly black inner - city areas and too few in predominantly white suburban neighborhoods.