Any climate plan that fails to transition those workers to new «green energy» jobs threatens to widen
the racial economic divide.
Not exact matches
While he ran on a somewhat distasteful platform of
racial, gender - based and
economic divide, a few of his ideas seem popular with investors.
The range of concrete materials with which the conference deals is suggested by the titles of the five sections into which the delegates were
divided for simultaneous sessions of intensive discussion: «The Church and the Community» (meaning by «community» what the Germans mean by Volk, society in its larger units viewed with reference to its cultural and
racial coherence rather than its political organization); «Church and State»; «The Church and the
Economic Order»; «Church, Community and State in Relation to Education»; «The Universal Church and the World of Nations.»
Levine, who is running for the 7th district seat, offered to help bring together an uptown community that is
divided among various
racial, religious and
economic lines.
More urgent matters took priority, though, with features screened on topics as current as gun control (Surviving Sandy Hook), the war on drugs (Cartel Land), sexual abuse on university campuses (The Hunting Ground),
economic disparity (The
Divide),
racial tension (3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets), and climate change and its continued denial (Merchants of Doubt).
Outwardly, the two men are on different sides of a great
racial divide that stems not only from personal animus (though there is plenty of that to go around), but also from an entrenched system of social, psychological and
economic oppression.
Most of the reports about the digital
divide center around
racial and socio -
economic differences (a 2010 study confirmed that household income is the greatest predictor of Internet use).
Most parents say they value
racial / ethnic and
economic diversity in schools — but they're
divided on its actual benefits, and interest wanes if it means a longer trip to school.
«They didn't give east of the river [the Anacostia, one of the major
racial and
economic dividing lines in the city] any consideration,» one resident complained.
From academic achievement to relationships that span
racial and
economic divides, our responsibility is to ensure that our children become true citizens of the world.
Hobart is just another example of how
economic and
racial divides affect tens of millions of people in the United States.
The nation lost a truly remarkable individual whose wit, tenacity, and vision captivated us and inspired people across
racial, gender and
economic divides.