Sentences with phrase «racial incidents»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he has directed the New York State Police to create a hate crime investigation unit, in response to a number of racial incidents reported around the state since the presidential election Nov. 8.

The national crusade for civil rights, a struggle still incomplete; the rise of student activism, spurred by the Vietnam war; and a couple of violent racial incidents in Ames ripened the atmosphere for the students of Iowa State to champion Trice, who had given his life for the school.

A majority of high - school students have witnessed or heard about racial incidents with violent overtones, and nearly half would either join in or approve of the action, according to a recent poll by Louis Harris and Associates.

More than half of the 1,865 10th - to 12th - graders surveyed by the polling firm had knowledge of violent racial incidents; about one - fifth said such incidents happened «very often,» and 36 percent said they happened «once in a while.»

«Montgomery County — it's not the kind of place where racial incidents happen, but since last Tuesday they've been increasing in number.»

In releasing stellar quarterly earnings, Starbuck's CEO vowed Thursday that the company will learn lessons from the ugly racial incident that occurred at one of its stores earlier this month.

CNN's main purpose anymore is to create racial incidents where there are none by being dishonest with and manipulating facts and inciting black people to violence.

My Father was a victim of NUMEROUS racial incidents growing up in Myrtle Beach S.C..

Rochon has faced criticism over his handling of recent racial incidents and accusations of top - down leadership.

WCPSS officials concerned racial incidents are «beginning to define» district.

A series of racial incidents at a high school in Evergreen, Colo., has drawn the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and sparked concern among students, school officials, and community residents.

Topics range from using racial incidents as teachable moments and responding to the «n - word» to valuing students» home worlds, dealing daily with achievement gaps, and helping parents fight ethnic and racial misconceptions about their children.

Shamir talks to blacks and Jews in New York's Crown Heights neighborhood, the site of an ugly racial incident some years ago — and discovers both shrewdness and ignorance.

President Tom Rochon has faced criticism and protests for his handling of racial incidents and what some call top - down leadership.

The hockey program's healing isn't complete: In addition to having to come to grips with the implications of the racial incident, the Black Bears won't have a full complement of scholarships available until next season.

It's not the first time that racial incidents have been reported in Russia following cases involving Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure in particular during a Champions League group game against CSKA Moscow in 2013 [via Mirror Sport].

They say he has a long history of unresponsiveness to racial incidents.

As you watch film about the Attica prison riots, which may have been touched off by a racial incident, the segment goes on way too long and seems to stray from the notion of a Black Power movement.

Arc of Justice «tells the true story of a racial incident in 1925 Detroit that put African American doctor Ossian Sweet on the stand for murder.

Arc of Justice «tells the true story of a racial incident in 1925 Detroit -LSB-...]

Microaggressions tend to be a popular topic to give name to racial incidents that occur for students of color.

But when the neighborhood's newfound calm is disturbed by a series of racial incidents, Sepha may lose everything all over again.