Sentences with phrase «racial economic inequality»

They also suggest that any economic changes that improve prospects for all low - skilled workers will have the important side effect of reducing racial economic inequality.

Not exact matches

To hit this point home further and to commemorate the nation's annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, who spoke fervently against racial and economic inequality, here's a sampling of his thoughts on the subject:

We actively seek to expand our role in advancing public policy and producing resources for Northwest leaders and community partners that tackle issues of racial and economic inequality.

«The report released today by the Council of Economic Advisers shows how conflicts of interest, backdoor payments and hidden fees are hurting average Americans, exacerbating income inequality and widening the racial wealth gap.»

This selective «colorblindness» is a mighty convenient approach to race in America for white people, for it allows us to paper over America's troubled (and decidedly anti-Christian) history, to discount racism as a thing of the past for which we are no longer responsible, and to ignore persistent racial injustices like mass incarceration, police brutality, voting rights issues, white flight, and economic inequality, all while consistently benefiting from an oppressive system we claim we can not even see.

«There is genocide again in Europe [No there isn't, unless one debases the term to mean perennial ethnic and religious conflicts]; there is economic inequality at home [There always will be; the question is whether there is greater economic opportunity]; civil rights are not assured for all Americans [Sullivan's particular campaign is for same - sex marriage]; civil liberties have had a terrible decade [I'm not sure what he means; perhaps new and intrusive antiterrorist laws in the Clinton era]; the racial question remains and festers [Undoubtedly true, although it is currently festering below fever level].»

Ask teens how they would address problems in their community, including economic inequality, racial tension or homelessness, to open the door to a dialogue around social justice.

Nothing gets my goat more than privileged white NCB advocates who think a problem of racial and economic inequality is all about THEM.

But, he outlined three threats to American democracy — economic inequality, racial divisions and the retreat of different segments of society into «bubbles», where opinions are not based on «some common baseline of facts».

Morelle said his campaign will focus on issues like universal healthcare, women's right to choose, gun violence, economic opportunity for working families, the opioid epidemic and racial inequality.

He stated at the launch: «questions of economic inequality are central to race questions [and that] in the United States in particular, there is a racial dimension to redistribution.»

Nixon prioritized ending economic and racial inequality during her speech at the Bethesda Healing Center in Brownsville, and blamed Cuomo's corporate interests for widening the gap between rich and poor New Yorkers.

Cuomo has called the NYCHA issues a public emergency caused by bureaucracy and racial and economic inequality and has pledged not to sign the state's budget if it didn't improve the NYCHA situation.

And we know from our history that segregation, whether it's economic or racial, breeds inequality.»

«New Yorkers are looking for new and bold leadership to fix our unequal schools and broken infrastructure; invest in good jobs and health care for all; and address economic and racial inequality.

Buffalo News columnist Rod Watson wrote today that the protest has the potential to «be different from underwhelming rallies of the past... because the national focus on both income inequality and whether black lives really matter has underscored the economic dimensions of racial exclusion.»

She said Mr. Barron's brash rhetoric is still admired in his own district, where low - income residents a sluggish 3 train ride away from Manhattan revere an elected official willing to shout bluntly about economic and racial inequality.

While de Blasio has taken up many important social issues — racial profiling, early childhood education, housing, and others — it remains to be seen if he can with the limited power of a mayor really affect the issue of economic inequality, that is the overwhelming power of capital in the world's preeminent financial center.

From 6 to 8 p.m. at Fordham Law School, The Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center and the Women's City Club of New York will host «This Bridge Called My Back: Women of Color and the Fight for Economic Security», on «how gender intersects with economic and racial inequality in New York CityEconomic Security», on «how gender intersects with economic and racial inequality in New York Cityeconomic and racial inequality in New York City.»

Black people in the USA live with the pain of racial and economic inequality every day.

Cuomo called NYCHA and the city's jail system glaring examples of racial and economic inequality.

Cuomo doubled down on his attacks on the city's public housing and jail systems — calling both glaring examples of racial and economic inequality.

Nixon also called on the governor to increase education funding, and said she would «commit to ending racial and economic inequality in this state.»

Though we may try to live healthy and vital lives, the fast pace of an urban, globalized and internet - driven world and the systemic social, economic, racial and gender inequalities therein can cause severe wear and tear on the body, mind and heart.

O'Neil argues these models can have discriminatory effects, exacerbating racial, economic, gender, and geographic inequalities.

It's here that the critics of single - sex education begin to sound like opponents of another kind of separation: the racial and economic segregation in American public schools documented by Savage Inequalities author Jonathan Kozol and others.

Many view the election of Trump as a slap in the face, the latest in a long line of refusals to acknowledge historical inequalities, as well as systemic racial and economic injustices.

Helping raise the Hispanic college graduation rate is an urgent goal, given the persistently high rate of poverty among Hispanic families, growth of the Hispanic population to account for one in five college - age Americans, and mounting concerns about racial and economic inequality.

Rogers also co-leads the «Learning About Inequality» project that examines how high schools across North America engage students in lessons about economic, social, and racial iInequality» project that examines how high schools across North America engage students in lessons about economic, social, and racial inequalityinequality.

Education policymakers working to address the impacts of growing economic and racial inequality on students often look to community schools as an effective approach for supporting students and their families in communities facing concentrated poverty.

Their «theory of change» is that schools fail kids, not a society grossly hamstrung by racial and economic inequality.

The sense of urgency around racial justice and economic inequality is as strong as it's been in decades.

Here is something worse than the current racial tensions in New Orleans and other cities: The outcomes caused by racial biases in our policing, schooling practices and stark economic inequality...

Here is something worse than the current racial tensions in New Orleans and other cities: The outcomes caused by racial biases in our policing, schooling practices and stark economic inequality between black and white families.

Both are motivated by a genuine desire to make headway against racial and economic inequalities in learning and achievement, and to improve prospects for disadvantaged children.

They merely highlight and then reflect economic and racial inequalities.»

Inequalities of wealth and income have risen steadily for three decades, racial segregation continues, class segregation has deepened, and middle and working class families are fracturing in the face of this economic onslaught, but rather than face these fundamental realities politicians keep pandering to the public and putting forth an endless stream of quick fixes that don't cost any money and don't require real change & mdash as if cosmetic changes in schools are somehow going to offset decades of disinvestment in the public sphere and rising concentrations of poverty.

In particular, we actively seek the voices of the individuals who share the racial and economic backgrounds of students most impacted by pervasive inequality, because they can bring an essential perspective to education policymaking that has traditionally been underrepresented.

Connecticut's property tax system makes residents in poor communities pay more, stifles economic development, and exacerbates racial inequalities.

«At a moment in our history when we confront significant economic inequalities, distressing racial tensions, increasing segregation and crucial questions about immigration, the passage of tepid legislation that addresses none of these issues is not a cause for celebration.»

Violence, injustice, explosive racial conflict, gender inequality, economic and political instability?

Referencing medieval Schandmaske, or shame masks, Black's video Credits (2016) correlates different social stigmas while alluding to lending practices that tend to deepen existing racial and economic inequalities.

Having lost overall population and remaining mired in economic inequality along racial lines, New Orleans still grapples with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

The issues of profound social inequality affecting South Africa seem to reach an apex in the so - called «Mother City», where economic and racial segregation are at their most acute.

Employing a broad array of materials and processes, their work explores some of the most pressing issues of our time, including the immigrant experience, transgender rights, the housing crisis, racial and economic inequality, global warming, and Confederate monuments.

She invites the public to explore the origins of racial inequality, but also the vast social and economic inequalities that persist in America.

NY2NO works in solidarity with those most affected by the social, racial, and economic inequalities.

Education policymakers working to address the impacts of growing economic and racial inequality on students often look to community schools as an effective approach for supporting students and their families in communities facing concentrated poverty.