Sentences with phrase «raising issues of race»

While James T. Green also uses language and image to critique the dominant culture, he concentrates on the perception of «the other,» often raising issues of race through familiar and accessible technologies.

People were raising issues of race and equity as solutions to our schools» challenges, as priorities.

Not exact matches

He is concerned about the issue of childhood obesity in the U.S., and raced to raise $ 1 million for the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, which helps schools develop and improve programs focused on food and nutrition (Lawrence's website is still accepting donations).

But this was no ordinary year for Silver, thanks to his handling of Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez's sexual harassment scandal, which the Republicans used as a fund - raising tool and made a key issue in several races.

Plus, I figured a political race that would raise the issue of how crime is dealt with in the City of Albany would be beneficial.

If Charlie Barron really wants to raise awareness of the issues facing the state's black constituents he should drop out of the race and endorse Paladino.

COBA isn't the only union to back Mr. Liu, but what raises eyebrows was Mr. Seabrook's first choice in the mayor's race: NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, a polar opposite of Mr. Liu's when it comes to policing issues.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In the mayor's race for almost two weeks, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis has raised few of the myriad issues that Staten Islanders deal with on a daily basis, but she plans to do so, she said, while trying to appeal to a broader citywide voter pool.

She said her support for the increase didn't become an issue in her primary race, where candidates were vying to represent one of the most expensive parts of the country: «Nobody attacked me for it — I think almost every single person was supportive of having a pay raise»

The voters surveyed had a variety of views on some of the big issues in the race, including the Affordable Care Act, immigration reform and whether the federal minimum wage should be raised.

The issue of whether Cameron used drugs was first raised in a public interview by The Observer's chief political commentator, Andrew Rawnsley, early in the party leadership race.

Recorded over 12 years of the boys» journey from kindergarten through high school graduation, this film explores issues of race, class, and opportunity in America and raises provocative questions.

In Massachusetts, the political battle over whether to raise a cap on the number of charter schools has come to center around the issue of race.

Well - prepared leaders, Spence said, will strive to assure that «every single action [they are] engaged in supports that strategy,» marshaling resources to raise students» achievement, to close the gaps in achievement, and to address effectively issues of race and identity that lie at the heart of urban systems» achievement gaps.

This weekend, my high school debate students will be tackling many of the issues raised by Race to the Top.

Many issues raised, some solutions, but mostly it was nice that the conversation was even happening, with input from some of the only travel bloggers I know who talk about race candidly: Oneika the Traveler, Girl Gone Travel, Farsighted Fly Girl, and my full - on travel decolonialist rockstar VONA sister, Bani Amor.

Stephen Shames has worked as a photojournalist for over forty - five years, using his photography to raise awareness of social issues, with a particular focus on race and child poverty.

Punchbag added further complexities to questions of raced, gendered and cultural identities raised by Glenn Ligon's Skin Tight: Muhammed Ali Text (1995)[Figs.85 - 86], a punchbag and text piece which specifically sought to address «how black men have used boxing to confront issues of black American identity» and «the construction of masculinity in relation to questions of violence, the commodification of black subjects, sexuality and resistance.»

One of the most important and celebrated contemporary American artists, Carrie Mae Weems has for over thirty years investigated issues of race, gender, and class, and her artwork continues to raise important questions about cultural identity and the politics of representation.

Issues raised by the exhibition include the representation of the roles of women and men, social class, race, and same - sex marriage.

Other programs speak to and animate the myriad issues she raises in her work, including several screenings, among them, Ava DuVernay's film «The 13th,» which links the legacy of slavery, the criminalization of African Americans, and the mass incarceration boom; book discussions about the new graphic novel «Black Panther» by Ta - Nehisi Coates; and a panel conversation about «Art, Activism, Race, and the Law.»

Since its opening in March, the exhibition has been widely heralded for its «political charge» (see for example reviews by Peter Schjeldahl in The New Yorker and Jerry Saltz in New York Magazine), for its impressive diversity of artists included (though I wish this still was not so rare as to be newsworthy), and the controversies surrounding Jordan Wolfson's ultra-graphic Real violence (2017) and of course the Dana Schutz's painting of Emmett Till, Open Casket (2016), which not only raised highly problematic issues around race and its representation in contemporary American art, censorship, and quite interestingly to me at least, the role of abstraction, also had the unfortunate side effect of overshadowing so many stronger inclusions in this year's iteration.

With the presidential primaries still moving along, it's time for another roundup of news on the legal issues raised during the race and on the two remaining lawyer - candidates competing for the Democratic nomination.

Below are some of the issues raised by Clinton's departure from the race, as well as an analysis of how yesterday's Supreme Court ruling recognizing the right of Guantanamo detainees to avail themselves of habeas corpus procedures is impacting the campaign message of the remaining two candidates.

Since the ban has raised issues of paternalism, obesity, the «nanny» state, agency creativity, over-regulation, poverty, and race, there has understandably a huge kerfluffle, with the New York Times, the Huffington Post, Rick Hills and Ethan Leib at Prawfs, Aaron Saiger at Concurring Opinions, and Mark Bittman all weighing in.

If that isn't staggering enough, says Williams, consider that the $ 2.7 million figure represents only 30 percent of the money raised by RPAC in this two - year election cycle, with the rest going to state and local races and issue campaigns.