Sentences with phrase «social privilege by»

Candyman deals with transgression: the interracial romance; the intrusion of the white woman from the ivory tower into the ghetto of poor, inner - city blacks in their industrial oubliette; and eventually the invasion of institutions of economic and social privilege by a vengeful wraith from America's colonialist past.

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For too long, I think, we have counted on our social privileges as a religious monopoly and maintained that by the suppression of alternatives.

Work was carried out largely through a system of slaves, so that the privilege of play and the obligation of work were mutually exclusive social functions performed by two distinct groups in society.

Even where it is, I take it as a very minor compensating disadvantage for the huge degree of social privilege we get just by being male.

The church has set up programs of social justice, preached utopian ideals, adopted resolutions, urged charity, proclaimed good will among men; but neither the progressive impoverishment of the life of the many nor the growth of the privileges of the few has been stayed by its efforts.

On this basis we must oppose all social systems that create wealth and privilege for some by impoverishing, degrading or eliminating other people, whether they be the systems of domination that repress or assault women, or the systems that plan nuclear annihilation in a futile search for security based on competitive world power.

But the history of the voting privilege in the twentieth century shows that it takes the combined power of mass movements, economic pressures, and the Federal Government with its military force to give even a relative assurance that this requirement of justice will be realized.3 It seems, therefore, that when we move from the perspective of love to concrete issues of social strategy and political power, justice is accomplished by a confluence of historical forces and humane considerations which indeed may be enforced by love, but which must have other sources.

Although the empowerment of its own members is an important goal for every marginalized social group, by claiming an authority based in epistemic privilege the group reinscribes the values and practices used to socially marginalize it by excluding its voice, silencing it and commanding its obedience to the voice of the dominant group.

If you don't think that the essence of Trump's support from a not - so - small chunk of his base comes from those who feel that their «white privilege» is being threatened by an increasingly multi-cultural society that will confer fewer and fewer relative social benefits from just being white, then I don't know what to tell you.

Susan Newman, social psychologist and author of «Little Things Long Remembered: Making Your Children Feel Special Every Day,» said parents should discourage bad behaviors by taking away privileges such as dessert, or setting an earlier bedtime.

And I am not suggesting that tweets from the chamber should be protected by parliamentary privilege... But in this age of immediate crowd - sourced mass communication, the idea that the Commons chamber can cut itself off from modern technology and social media is as doomed as when written reports of Commons debates were banned in the 18th century, or when discussion of current Commons business on the radio was not allowed until the 1950s, or, indeed, as obsolete as the ban on television itself before 1989.

IQ and other standardized tests produce results that can be skewed by background cultural knowledge, language learner status and racial and social privilege.

Erin has worked extensively with administrators, teachers, mental health professionals, parents and students in the field of Social and Emotional learning and continues to be inspired by the dedicated people she has had the privilege to work with.

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Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead (Knopf) Shipstead's debut novel is a social satire set on a private New England island, as a father prepares to give away his (already pregnant) daughter, and other wedding guests and family members face lust, old rivalries and obligations that come with privilege.

His work reveals the concept of value as a cultural construct borne through hidden ties to morality and privilege, by exposing the cultural and social techniques employed in value construction.

And as for relating to institutional art world structures, she sees the work of public folklorists concentrating in the arts as having anticipated «relational aesthetics» and «social practice,» but «done so on its own terms and by privileging the voice of the artistic tradition - bearer rather than the curator or artist / interpreter.»

The writer argues in his letter that (i) the evidence does not support the conclusion that there is systemic racism in the legal professions, (ii) the claim of systemic racism vilifies lawyers and paralegals by labelling them as racist, (iii) the 13 recommendations are a form of unauthorized social engineering, (iv) racism and bullying are just part of life and should be simply be endured and overcome by racialized licensees as others have done before them, (v) the true problem is economic class not race, (vi) white privilege is a ridiculous concept as it relates to white and racialized lawyers and (vii) racialized lawyers who join legal associations based on race or ethnic origin can not complain that they are not treated equally.

[30] Someone who makes a statement to the police about a suspected crime is protected by qualified privilege; he or she is discharging the social duty to help in the detection of criminal activity.

Guided by feminism - inspired «social context» courses they take at the National Judicial Institute, unaccountable family - court judges with no expertise in children's best emotional and psychological interests privilege mothers» rights in hugely disproportionate numbers.

Erin has worked extensively with administrators, teachers, mental health professionals, parents and students in the field of Social and Emotional learning and continues to be inspired by the dedicated people she has had the privilege to work with.

«I am a English / Spanish bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the psychotherapy privilege granted by the New York State Office of the Professions.

By privileging the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from across the country, and taking a strengths - based, solutions - focused approach, the book reveals the depth of knowledge, social and cultural capital, and leadership among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

It was also situated in the transformative paradigm, which assumes that knowledge reflects power and social relationships within society and seeks to improve the social world by privileging oppressed peoples» voices, rather than silencing or overlooking them.

«It shall be unlawful for any Federal, State or local government agency to deny to any individual any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law because of such individual's refusal to disclose his social security account number.»