Sentences with phrase «recent race riots»

Referencing the ways that landscapes have been politicized through historical events — from the violent expansion of the American West, colonialism, war, and abolition, through to more recent race riots and social protests — Mehretu began by combining photographs from these events with nineteenth - century landscape paintings.

There was also a high vote for British National Party leader Nick Griffin in Oldham, in the wake of recent race riots in the town.

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The recent debate over Muslim women wearing full face veils could see a return of riots as seen in Barnsley and Oldham in 2001, Britain's race watchdog chief has warned.

Speaking of race, writes Imani Perry in Race and Rioting: «Yesterday was the first time that I heard race or immigrant status mentioned on broadcast television with respect to the recent uprisings and protests occurring in poor and working class suburbs across Frarace, writes Imani Perry in Race and Rioting: «Yesterday was the first time that I heard race or immigrant status mentioned on broadcast television with respect to the recent uprisings and protests occurring in poor and working class suburbs across FraRace and Rioting: «Yesterday was the first time that I heard race or immigrant status mentioned on broadcast television with respect to the recent uprisings and protests occurring in poor and working class suburbs across Frarace or immigrant status mentioned on broadcast television with respect to the recent uprisings and protests occurring in poor and working class suburbs across France.

Recent examples of our work in discrimination law include suing an immigration detention centre for racial discrimination, challenging the police for stopping and searching people based on race, challenging discriminatory bail conditions applied to people wrongly arrested during the London riots, failing to protect a homosexual prisoner from assault by homophobic inmates and persuading a school to apologise and train relevant staff after it excluded a pupil with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.