Sentences with phrase «racist policies of»

Like Cry Freedom, A World Apart dramatizes the evils of Apartheid and the racist policies of the ruling government through the story of white South Africans, in this case journalist and activist Diana Roth (Barbara Hershey) and her husband Gus (Jeroen Krabbé), who is seen fleeing the country for his safety in the opening scenes.

The present brutal, repressive and racist policies of the State of Israel would suggest another exile on the horizon rather than a restoration....

Learning that the council had pursued a racist policy of allocating the best housing to white working - class families, Livingstone went public with the evidence, which was published in the South London Press.

Not exact matches

Breitbart is known for supporting what some refer to as the «alt right» movement in the United States, a loose affiliation of politically conservative groups that include overtly racist organizations such as Richard Spencer's National Policy Institute, which advocates for something it calls «white nationalism.»

Some of the lawmakers who won't attend will instead host an alternative State of the Union — a meeting «to talk about our opposition to these racist policies that are being put out of the White House and to make sure we put out our own aggressive vision of what our America looks like as we take it back,» according to Jayapal.

And they will be helped along by the policy stances and racist rhetoric of Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

But it represents a rising wave of overtly racist political action in the U.S., with scheduled speeches from alt - right leaders including National Policy Institute head Richard Spencer.

According to a number of news reports, users who have been banned include Pax Dickinson — a former Business Insider executive who was let go for making racist comments — as well as Richard Spencer, who runs a so - called «alt - right» organization called the National Policy Institute, which advocates for racial separation.

This is a racist policy - discriminating on the basis of race is the very definition of racism.

Nevertheless, if I dare to criticize the president» on the policies, the passivity, the professorial condescension, the pea - eating lectures or on the general over-ratedness that I and many others counted, in 2008, as weaknesses rendering him unsuited to the Oval Office» my friend becomes «concerned» about me; my complaints «trouble» him in unspecified ways, but he no longer flings the cheap, easy and inaccurate epithet of «racist» my way, because he has learned that one can legitimately find Barack Obama underwhelming in the extreme, without any underlying motive.

They have seen themselves pilloried as «racists» by civil rights lobbyists for taking the opposite side of legitimately arguable policy debates.

Questioning policies of Israel does not make one anti-semitic, just as questioning Obama's policies does not make one a racist when race is not brought up in the subject, however many Jews call out anti-Semitism where there is none.

His «skin color» has been used as a protective shield by the mainstream media, against any scrutiny, criticism of his policies, ideology, or governance, at the risk of being called a racist.

I love how ANYONE that makes a joke about Obama, or disagrees with him or any of his policies is a racist..

All of it points to an appallingly racist past that has left a racist legacy that manifests itself in policies and systems that disadvantage and oppress specific people groups.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent legislation, executive policy, and judicial expansion mobilized the power of the state to effectively crush racist practices, especially in the South.

A new PSA by the National Women's Law Center shows young black girls standing up to the racist policies and stereotypes that often see them pushed out of school.

The national policies of Turkey are not racist, for Islam forbids Muslims to think only of one's own race or to despise or discredit other races.

It is only very recently that conservative Biblicists have openly expressed regret for their long support of racist policies and practices.

Those words accounted for South Africa's ostracism from the Games for 21 years because of its racist policies.

«Please note that, at its meeting in May 2017, the FIFA Council emphasised that member associations and referees should be ready to adopt a strict policy to deal with incidents of racist nature.»

Isn't Trump demonstrating that he's nothing but a racist and pursuing a policy of «Make America White Again»?

But within those limits, we have a chance of pushing for an end to austerity and racist immigration policy.

Stern notes that these people are not «anti-zionists» but rather object to the way they perceive that Zionism (as they understand it) is used to justify expansionist policies in Israel, displace indigenous people, and racist propaganda from the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

As Trump threatens our core values, Carlos has been at the forefront of key battles to take on wrong - headed, racist, and misogynist policies and rhetoric,» Simon said.

The difficulty for Farage is that while many voters approve of Ukip's immigration policies, there are many more for whom Ukip's reputation as a racist and nasty party remains a major turn - off.

For example, the Israeli West Bank Barrier is called Geder Ha «hafrada, it means separation fence; and separation as a word is synonymous with segregation and this usefully points to another historical situation that casts some light here: the racist segregation policies of the USA concerning their black minority, particularly in the Deep South before they began to be dismantled during the era of the Civil Rights struggle under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luthor King.

Apartheid is a word describing the racist segregation policies of South Africa before these policies were abolished by the ANC under the leadership of Nelson Mandela in the 90s; it is a word that the white minority themselves used to describe their system of control, domination, subjugation and humiliation of the indigenous black African majority.

«All too often people feel powerless when faced with this kind of racist policy - making,» Alan Monroe, a teacher and member of ABC, says.

Continue reading «James Bethell: Soon to be free of a racist membership policy, Nick Griffin must not have the opportunity to turn the BNP into a popular, nationalist party»»

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon on Wednesday in a video called for the legalization of marijuana in New York, a move she said would end a racist drug policy that disproportionately impacts black and Hispanic people.

Long Island Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin said he could argue President Barack Obama «is a racist» because of his policies and rhetoric, but called Donald Trump's attack on a judge because of his Mexican heritage a «regrettable mistake.»

The helpful analogy between extreme Islamism and far - right extremism, made by Quilliam in its publication «In defence of British Muslims: A response to BNP racist propaganda», is useful for understanding the problems that Islamist extremists can pose and in drawing up government policies in response.»

Racist EU immigration policy means we are FORCED to have as many unskilled people as reach our border from the EU, but we are forced to limit those from outside of the EU who have the skills our economy needs.

She added: «It was only when I was reviewing the papers of the Stephen Lawrence case, the tribunal, and looking at what the description of institutional racism is, and as I've been reading and listening to all of the stories around Windrush, it occurred to me that the policies that this Prime Minister - and it lays only at the door of Theresa May - that her policies where she wanted to create a hostile environment, has actually created an environment that disproportionately affects and discriminates people of colour and therefore could be classified as institutionally racist.

Trump has taken his signature agenda of racist immigration policy, naked corruption, and mindless belligerence on the world stage to new heights.

Also, some of the comments offensive and racist giving a rational and the necessity for Latinos in positions of policy - making in the Cuomo administration.

«The Tories had a lot of racist policies so it was easy not to vote for them.

The former NYPD commissioner is said to be fuming over the cop - bashing policies of Mayor de Blasio, frustrated that the Rev. Al Sharpton has been given semi-official status in City Hall and disappointed that stop - and - frisk has been repudiated as racist.

In their first feature effort, Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown chronicle the history of the African - American roller - rink community, including the not - so - subtle racist policies they have fought against.

The development of keyword policies (including adult content, self - harm, counter-radicalisation, sexting, grooming, suicide, cyberbullying, racist language, LGBT derogatory language, violence and weapons and much more) is a priority, and we work with leading charities and young people to develop and maintain the terms and phrases associated with each safeguarding risk.

Housing ghettos are born of racist housing policies that rob the black community of opportunities to amass wealth.

We believe that building solidarity among parents and teachers, supporting social movement teacher unionism and fighting racist school policies is key to building a high quality, equitable, and just public school system for all of Chicago.

Black educators can not be the janitors for racist policies while hundreds of millions of dollars are poured into building up white institutions for us to clean up.

IN THE ERA OF BLACK LIVES MATTER, the movement that has spotlighted racist policies afflicting black Americans, a new national focus on school discipline disparities has taken hold.

As the discussion of Paul Vallas's time in Chicago continued nationally, it became clear that our previous publications about Vallas's racist policies in Chicago had not been read by many, here or elsewhere, so after talking with the man who wrote the analysis below, we've decided to — again — reprint as what may become one of several stories about the reactionary and racist career of Paul Vallas and the myths of the «Vallas method.»

We cover topics such as Betsy DeVos» fake smile and bad policies, the bi-partisan nature of corporate school reform, the process Diane went through to switch from supporting corporate reform to opposing it, how the language of school «choice» is rooted in a racist history, the wave of educator strikes around the country, and advice for Bill Gates about how to not destroy our schools.

We believe building solidarity among parents, teachers and the teachers union and fighting racist school policies is key to building an equitable, just and quality public school system for all of Chicago.

While it is not our belief that Mr. Kayser personally harbors racist views, the implications of his policies have by no means been race - neutral.

For example, just since September 1st he has used his twitter account to call someone a racist or a supporter of racist policies on nearly 50 occasions.