Sentences with phrase «when people of color»

What's worse, when people of color are included in stories as oppressively white as Stardew Valley's they run the risk of being viewed as tokens, regardless of whether it was intended or not.

Often, however, when people of color are brave enough to name bias in schools, they hear that they're «too emotional» or «making things up.»

There was a time when people of color, or women, were not allowed to vote or hold public office.

This was true even when people of color earned the same amount of money as white loan applicants, wanted to take on the same size loan or buy in the same neighborhood.

In the past, when people of color were treated with indignity and disdain for simply existing, most responses from company leaders involved an approach of firing an employee, a feeble apology, and business as usual once the event faded from the headlines.

Not exact matches

«There's an opportunity to tell more stories, because that's what really moves people, within photography, and we really want to go into the depths of that when it comes to people of color,» Kissi says.

When she first started talking about how the school needed to become more diverse, she says, «I was surprised to find out the meme around Harvey Mudd was that we are a merit - based institution and bringing in more women or people of color would mean lowering our standards.»

«When the support group comes from other people of color they can validate the fact that you aren't crazy and what you are experiencing is legitimate,» he adds.

While this is but one study of many, the isolation effect should be kept in mind when testing color palettes to create contrast in your web design and guide people to important action areas.

On a Spring afternoon, I'm gazing out the window of an office building on the outskirts of Estonia's capital, Tallinn, watching people stroll below, when a cream - colored plastic container mounted on black wheels rounds the corner and begins maneuvering its way among the pedestrians.

When people ask about tests, they're usually thinking of A / B - style tests, looking for the low hanging fruit like «I changed the button color to a slightly lighter shade of blue and conversions increased 4,576,435 %.»

It just makes me crazy when I hear executives say that they can't find people of color to hire, and they are part of the solution.

It celebrates meritocracy and deplores credentialism, but when it comes to hiring a woman or person of color for a technical role, Silicon Valley erects fences to ensure they don't» lower the bar.»

One of the challenges many people find themselves in when it comes to diversity is in trying to not see color or gender.

Another study of VR's empathetic powers by Stanford University's Jeremy Bailenson showed that participants were twice as willing to help a color - blind person when they experienced seeing the world through reduced pigment vision.

When Banks looked at the above diversity data for senior executives at 16 Fortune 500 companies, she was careful to point out that it need not be a depressing reminder that women and people of color — and other marginalized groups that aren't counted on the EEO - 1 Report — struggle to make it to the upper echelons of corporate America.

That's when «you take a series of actions that ensure you don't get applications from people of color,» he said.

When it did lend in neighborhoods where the majority of residents were people of color, most of the loans still went to whites.

«When I walk in a room and I'm the only woman, or the only person of color, I don't for a second forget that,» Saintil said.

«When we did a private beta, we saw a lot of people asking the bot about its personal life or who the president was or what their favorite color should be,» he says.

The arrest comes at a national moment when the way people of color are treated by police in public places is under intense scrutiny, following the April 12 arrests of two black men sitting inside a Philadelphia Starbucks on charges that they were trespassing.

When looking at Uber's nearly 6,000 U.S. employees, Uber faces an uphill battle trying to diversify a homogeneous workplace, where people of color tend to hold the jobs at the lowest rungs and are shut out of more lucrative and respected jobs in technology or leadership.

From golden arches to red bulls, color is fundamental to our recognition of familiar brands and color affects the way people react when they first encounter a company.

Its a sad day when our young black men do nt have the freedom to walk through certain neighborhoods without being harrased are mudered, no one has the right to just take a life just because of the color of your skin we as a people has to stand up to injustices such as this no one wants to hear the truth there is still a racial devide in America and our justice system create laws so that this kind of injustice can continue to happen rather u want to admit it are not our young black men are the prey.

When, in 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., declared his «dream» — that we Americans should one day become a society where a citizen's race would be an irrelevancy, where black and white children would walk hand - in - hand, where persons would be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character — this seemed to many Americans both a noble and attainable goal.

I told my children this when they were small — he was the color of the person looking at him for salvation.

The big Jesus statue was definately an the unfortunate color of butter when you saw it in person.

What it tried to teach me when i was a kid, people of color were punished by god, women could only go to heaven if their husband invited them, there's alot to the mormon religion that has not been let out, makes one wonder.

People of color have voted and will continue to vote for Barak Obama... The only thing he has done for people of color is be of color and be the elected POTUS... When Obama's eight years is at an end the person who runs against the next democrat will only have to campaign by stating repeatedly «I am a Republican»... Whatever doesn't go right in his administration will be blamed on Obama just as he blamed his failures on Bush... His signature health care program exempts Muslims, Scientologists, AmishPeople of color have voted and will continue to vote for Barak Obama... The only thing he has done for people of color is be of color and be the elected POTUS... When Obama's eight years is at an end the person who runs against the next democrat will only have to campaign by stating repeatedly «I am a Republican»... Whatever doesn't go right in his administration will be blamed on Obama just as he blamed his failures on Bush... His signature health care program exempts Muslims, Scientologists, Amishpeople of color is be of color and be the elected POTUS... When Obama's eight years is at an end the person who runs against the next democrat will only have to campaign by stating repeatedly «I am a Republican»... Whatever doesn't go right in his administration will be blamed on Obama just as he blamed his failures on Bush... His signature health care program exempts Muslims, Scientologists, Amish etc..

But when the snubs consistently and disproportionately affect women and people of color over the old white male guard, one is forced to reckon with the fact that for all its chest thumping, Hollywood remains decades behind the times.

But Leroy, when you ask whether folks think people of color have been mistreated where they live, what about white Christians who really don't have relationships with African - American brothers and sisters?

So if we refuse to see color when we look at the eyes, hair, and skin of another person, we are inherently acknowledging that something is wrong about our gaze.

Yet when most people are reading their Bibles (and they have their spiritual - colored glasses on), and read about some sort of sin that brings death, they put a spiritual twist on it, and think it is referring to spiritual death, or losing your eternal life, or something like that.

Or when Colin Kaepernick and other NFL athletes took a knee during the national anthem in protest of police brutality against people of color.

When you're networking or looking for young people to mentor, be intentional about looking for people of color you can connect to opportunities and other people who can help them succeed.

It is by no means clear that this is much of an achievement, especially when «people of color» is now but one category in an endless catalogue of victimizations and entitlements.

It's so silly that people are debating the color of skin when discussing the fairy tale of both Santa and Jesus.

Religion is supposed to, and I say SUPPOSED TO, teach us tolerance when it comes to people of other races, creeds, colors and even other religions.

When Obama won for President, droves of people were out there all ethnics, creeds, and colors, but when the dog, and pony show was over, everyone reverted back to what they always do ignore what is truly going on around them, in difference, hate, injustice, greed eWhen Obama won for President, droves of people were out there all ethnics, creeds, and colors, but when the dog, and pony show was over, everyone reverted back to what they always do ignore what is truly going on around them, in difference, hate, injustice, greed ewhen the dog, and pony show was over, everyone reverted back to what they always do ignore what is truly going on around them, in difference, hate, injustice, greed etc..

But the reality is that «there are just too many negatives» when the state is given the power to kill, including, as we have seen in the United States, the growth of a «bureaucracy of death» that targets the poor and people of color.

They are not at home in America, but they wish to be, and they write about people who are nostalgic for a time when smaller - town values, continuity, tradition and a sense of duty and public virtue presumably colored common life.

It was when modern Western imperialism began to explore and exploit the colored peoples of Africa, Asia and America that the beginning of segregation and discrimination based on color and race was initiated.»

So, if the mass murder at the Sikh temple is not referred to as an act of «terrorism» by virtually every member of our American media and sociopolitical elite, the only message that this will send to millions of people of color across America is that the term «terrorism» has been co-opted and shall apply only when brown bearded men are the shooters, not when they are the tragic victims.

If not, we send millions of people of color around America the message that the term «terrorism» has been co-opted, that it shall apply only when brown bearded men are the shooters and not when they are the tragic victims.

They KNOW that most people like myself are woefully incapable of resisting candy when it is dipped in pastel colors.

When these cupcakes came out of the oven I thought the blue color was a little off - putting, but to my surprise people loved these cupcakes!

You can know one another for years via computers, smart phones, and social media and get to know each other quite well, yet not know the little everyday details you might know about a friend when you know them in person — like their favorite color or what kind of car they drive or where they were born or the fact that you carry almost identical pink and white iPhone cases.

But as well - intended as Jenkins» words may have been, they fell short of the unequivocal standard Kaepernick set when he spoke about his actions and said, «I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.»

When people hear the name Earl Woods, many immediately think of Tiger and some also think of Earl's breaking the color barrier as a college catcher, but I think of him as Lieutenant Colonel Woods, U.S. Army, a decorated Green Beret who commanded men in Vietnam and served his country.

Kaepernick began a movement in the NFL during the 2016 preseason when he began to sit and later kneeled during the national anthem as a way to show support for people of color who are being oppressed in the United States, and to take a stand against police brutality.