Sentences with phrase «systemic racism»

The report proposed 13 recommendations to address the issues of systemic racism within the legal profession.

The process also serves as the foundation for examining systemic racism in schools and improving student achievement.

The report found unfair practices and systemic racism at the university in relation to its procedures for plagiarism and academic fraud.

It explores how systemic racism manifests in yoga communities, and the names the basic fact that the people who need yoga practice the most can't access it.

In the spring semester of last year I was a legal intern for a team of community - based lawyers who work to eradicate systemic racism within the legal system.

The three fit neatly into three generations of black female artists concerned with both identity and the social issues affected by systemic racism.

Instead, he argued that police are forced to to take on responsibilities that should be spread across multiple social agencies to deal with issues arising from systemic racism and white privilege.

There is no question that systemic racism continues to infect many of our public institutions.

It allows us to bear witness to things like systemic racism and violence in a way that was never really possible before.

To prove systemic racism would require evidence that would survive the most rigorous scrutiny.

Identify, promote and build on good practice initiatives to prevent and reduce systemic racism.

Key barriers identified to this were the technical issues involved with measuring a more complex form of accountability and systemic racism throughout government and the health system.

This film uses some important historical moments to learn about the context of current systemic racism and to inform current right action as helping professionals and citizens of the world.

Some of us in our little community have planted seeds in that garden in the belief that growing food can help transform our culture and help heal decades of systemic racism.

These include increased stress, mental ill - health and suicide, systemic racism in education, sports, justice and the public sector.

Develop a public Anti-Racism Strategy with specific, objective and measurable targets aimed at addressing systemic racism in the province;

We can go even further back to 1993, and the Commission on Systemic Racism in the Ontario Criminal Justice System, which described a widespread and prevalent prejudice against blacks as follows:

This story of two families united by circumstance and, as the title suggests, bound by their debt to the land, is a micro version of a larger story about systemic racism in America — a mighty force that will not simply yield to a handful of the «good ones.»

(King's message read, in part, «Dear @Starbucks, what we are seeing is that your stores have a problem with systemic racism and discrimination.»)

Ending systemic racism requires contributions from us all, especially, especially those of us who haven't experienced it ourselves.

While Premier Wynne and Minister Coteau have made a public commitment to address racism in all its forms - stated in the ARD Mandate Letter as «Combat Systemic Racism Including, but Not Limited to, Indigenous Racism, Anti-Black Racism and Islamophobia» - the Government has not yet released any concrete strategy nor has it developed the necessary statutory framework to support the work of the Directorate.

These include the legacy of Wet nursing during slavery, as well as systemic racism in the American healthcare system that does not offer adequate support to African - American breastfeeding mothers.

I have encouraged our members» attendance at SERC's Dismantling Systemic Racism Conferences on Race, Education and Success.

He has battled systemic racism in both local communities and institutions, suffering the loss of a home, a career and threats against his life and family.

Nova Scotia has used cultural assessments in a small number of cases, and van der Meide stated that courts in Ontario have recognized that black people have faced systemic racism for decades, but this has always been done without a formal mechanism.

Affirmative action opened the door to higher education for the pan-Asian community in the aftermath of the Chinese Exclusion Act — which was in force from 1882 to 1943 — and Japanese American internment during World War II, at a time when systemic racism barred our grandparents and parents from accessing a better life for themselves.

In 2013, Sho Baraka veered away from the Christian hip - hop («CHH») playbook and dropped Talented 10th, an album that broke new ground for a faith - based rapper by challenging systemic racism...

After Iron Fist was rightly criticized for racial insensitivities, using the character's well - established comic book friendship with one of Marvel's most prominent black superheroes to directly confront systemic racism is a bold, smart move.

January 24: Join Wee the People for Little Voices, Big Changes, an exploration of systemic racism through stories, activities, and social justice mentoring (Boston)

US Attorney Preet Bharara's office has filed a scathing lawsuit against the NYC Department of Transportation, accusing it of systemic racism under its previous commissioner.

She notes that 58 percent of the money in question is «owed to black and brown students,» adding: «(T) he failure to provide the funding perpetuates systemic racism in education.»

These predominantly African American co-workers discuss systemic racism, presidential side chicks, Obama's performance in office, and the age - old divide between good girls and hoes.

Themes our Peer Leaders have taken action on in the past include systemic racism, homophobia, and bullying.

The contention began when St. Lewis, as the director of the university's Human Rights Research and Education Centre, submitted an evaluation of a student - produced report alleging systemic racism at

The only «evidence» I have seen LSUC point to was a survey that had a low response rate, and that 60 % of respondents said that they had not experienced systemic racism that prevented career advancement.

Peele — better known for his comedy work in Comedy Central's Key & Peele — astutely taps into systemic racism that persists in America through the eyes of a young black man (played by Daniel Kaluuya) whose visit to the family home of his girlfriend (Allison Williams) turns tragic.

The effect one white American Olympic participant had on another may not be as substantial a story to take up the 24 - hour news cycle as the issue of systemic racism highlighted by the Rodney King beating and the O.J. Simpson trial, which happened before and after the main events of this film, but it works to sell one of the film's notable points.

Directors: Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis Why it's relevant: A grassroots look at fighting systemic racism.

Just a few years ago, public condemnations from him of police brutality and overall systemic racism in the country were few and far between, with Jay's frustrations and reflections over his tough childhood limited mostly to his music, including «Politics as Usual» from his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt.

The President will bring personal and professional experience that centers race with a clear commitment to tackling systemic racism in the United States.

His book, Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism challenges people to consider systemic racism and a response from a Christian, theology - based perspective.

We have witnessed systemic racism and economic oppression that has rocked our public education system.»

Jay - Z has been in this mode at various points, but never in such concentrated, enlightened form, whether the subject is his mistakes as a husband, the struggles of his long - closeted lesbian mother, the effects of enduring systemic racism, or the assertion of his supremacy.

Hollywood probes the mysterious murders of the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur with a Johnny Depp — starring treatment, Netflix covers systemic racism, and a new military drama starring Chris Hemsworth gets a production date.

(Why would you invoke the horrific systemic racism of America's police if all of your main characters are going to be white?)

Are you equating systemic racism and the betrayal black America has suffered to Hillary Clinton losing the election?

Blog post by Laurie Townshend with extension activities by Michelle Solomon The U.S. Civil Rights Movement reached a peak in the 1960's with widespread reactions to systemic racism boiling over into protests that were both violent and non-violent.