Sentences with phrase «predominantly white communities»

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

The Consumer Federation of America reviewed quotes from the five largest insurers by ZIP code and found that, on average, predominantly African American communities are quoted premiums that are 70 percent higher than similarly situated drivers in predominantly white communities ($ 1,060 vs. $ 622).

But too often, low - income neighborhoods and communities of color get picked as sites for polluting factories, while wealthier, predominantly white communities are left alone.

[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.

But these days, the connections between low - income enrollment and lower achievement are being enacted at scale in predominantly white communities with the same depressing regularity as they have been for years in low - income communities of color.

«The data... make it clear that rising concentrations of low - income households have depressed achievement more consistently in predominantly white communities in central and southern Illinois than in other parts of the State.

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

Using Census and other educational data, Frankenberg found that just a few years later, starting in 1959, residents in predominantly white communities began to leave the county's school system, despite Jefferson County being under a desegregation order.

She is studying how the settlement of the nation's most successful immigrant groups in privileged, previously predominantly white communities shapes the nature of racial boundaries, beliefs about success and achievement, and youth cultures.

«The way people are responding to predominantly white communities is notable: Whose movement is more valuable to support?»

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.

Living in a predominantly white community means that my child is not often exposed to children or families of color, thus I spend time thinking about diversity as it is represented in other sources of «input,» like books and media.

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Even more disturbing, an updated report by the Center for Responsible Lending on payday lending in Colorado found that even in affluent communities of color, the likelihood of a nearby payday store is greater than in low - income, predominantly White areas.

Churches tend to take on the cultural influences and traditions of its members and community, but how many predominantly white churches own a white identity and name its culture as being white?

The most virulent opposition came from the predominantly white district of East Meadow, and it looked eerily similar to the resistance of white communities in the South to integration a generation earlier.

How do you think we walk the line so predominantly white churches don't just go into a community and say, «We're coming to help,» but really integrate and come under leaders of color?

He left all that behind in August 1986 to attend Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley and Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco (MCC - SF), a predominantly white church in a denomination that ministers to the lesbian and gay cCommunity Church of San Francisco (MCC - SF), a predominantly white church in a denomination that ministers to the lesbian and gay communitycommunity.

Just under 300,000 in population, predominantly white, rural and lower income, the 46th Senate district cobbled together farming communities, depressed industrial towns and affluent Albany suburbs.

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.

After White, his wife Cheryl (Maria Bello) and their two daughters move into a new community, they realize how sorely they stand out in the predominantly Latino community.

It is located in the predominantly white Mount Greenwood community on the city's southwest side.

However, when they get to college, most find themselves for the first time in an environment of predominantly white students from higher - income communities.

The findings suggest a need to understand parents» experiences and engagement within and across both school and community contexts, particularly for parents of color in predominantly White settings in which schools may mirror or compound the microaggressions they may experience in nonschool settings.

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.»

The school's students are predominantly white (consistent with the North Shore communities it serves), with females accounting for about 60 percent of the total enrollment.

Wilkinsburg, which lies just east of Pittsburgh, was once a predominantly white, middle - class community with well - regarded public schools.

Elements primary, which plans to open in September 2015, will serve an area of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, with a «predominantly white working class community», where more than half the pupils will be expected to be eligible for free school meals.

If the power of solidarity is going to reclaim our schools, more affluent, predominantly white activists will need to develop an anti-racist understanding of the movement against standardized testing and the barriers that communities of color face to joining — including the very real fear from parents of color that their children's schools will be shut down if they don't encourage them to score well on the tests.

Narrowing the achievement gap will require housing desegregation: voiding exclusionary zoning, placing low - and moderate - income housing in predominantly white suburbs, and ending federal subsidies for communities that fail to reverse policies that led to racial exclusion.

District C is located in a predominantly white, lower - middle - class, suburban community and was the largest of the four, serving more than 10,000 students.

District D serves a predominantly white, working - class community of approximately 7,000 students.

District C is located in a predominantly white, lower - middle - class, suburban community and was the largest of the four participating districts, serving more than 10,000 students.

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.

CFA also found that drivers living in predominantly African American communities pay substantially higher premiums than those living in largely white communities.

Not long afterward, from 1949 to 1955, a group of predominantly white male artists in New York called The Club met several nights a week at a community space on Eighth Street to discuss important concepts such as Zen.

Washington, D.C. — Good drivers living in predominantly African American ZIP codes are charged significantly higher premiums than similar drivers in largely white communities, even after accounting for population density and income levels, according to a report released today.

In February, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office published an analysis concluding that drivers living in the state's predominantly minority communities are charged higher auto insurance premiums than similar drivers living in majority 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.

Bringing ten years of experience with CBRE prior to joining ORION Commercial Partners, Gil White predominantly works with the downtown Seattle business community and is known best as a commercial real estate market observer -LSB-...]