Sentences with phrase «where black residents»

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One officer is notorious for harassing local black residents, to the point where he has been given a street nickname of «Bro Stupid,» said Burnell Williams, who works with at - risk youth and ex-prisoners for the nonprofit group Against All Odds.

The hurricane was still dumping rain overnight Wednesday in Puerto Rico, where crumbled red roof tiles lay scattered across many roads, and curious residents sidestepped and ducked under dozens of black power lines still swaying in heavy winds.

Facilities were divided into two categories: 1) those in zip code areas where the percentage of black residents was > 12.2 % (the national average during 2007 — 2011)(6) and 2) those in zip code areas where the percentage was ≤ 12.2 %.

The results of that analysis indicated that facilities in zip code areas where the percentage of black residents was > 12.2 % (the national average during 2007 — 2011) were less likely than facilities in zip code areas where the percentage was ≤ 12.2 % to meet five of 10 mPINC indicators for recommended practices supportive of breastfeeding and more likely to implement one practice; differences for the other four practices were not statistically significant.

Many Harlem residents are asking that question, as the neighborhood loses its reputation as a place where black leaders are groomed for national greatness.

Cops arrest more people for marijuana offenses in predominantly black and Latino neighborhoods than in mostly white areas where residents complain about the drug at similar rates.

Wilmington is actually one of the few cities in the US where black people make up the majority of residents.

Ten women to every man, a black market in Viagra, and a «thriving swingers scene»: Welcome to The Villages, Florida, where the elderly residents down Sex A while back on ROK, my colleague Donovan Sharpe penned an article that shed some well - needed light on the phenomenon of white girls dating black men.

(In English, French and Arabic with subtitles) Red Hook Black (Unrated) Slice - of - life drama set against the backdrop of the Brooklyn waterfront where we find residents dealing with issues ranging from incest to sibling rivalry to the economy.

With its dark humor and complicated characters and themes — a mother out to avenge her daughter's rape and murder, a suggestion of police brutality against black residents — «Three Billboards» made an early splash with critics and audiences at the Venice Film Festival in September and then at the Toronto International Film Festival in October, where it won the audience award and was hailed by some as one of the year's best.

Most of D.C.'s black pre-K students attended schools where African - American student enrollment was 90 percent or higher, although D.C. school officials point out that the city has one of the nation's highest concentrations of black residents.

Robinson is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he works on education policy issues including choice in public and private schools, regulatory development and implementation of K - 12 laws, the role of for - profit institutions in education, prison education and reentry, rural education, and the role of community colleges and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in adult advancement.

Following the ridges all the way down to 30m, advanced get to experience a unique part of the dive site know as «Jack Point» where a huge resident school of Jacks are known to stay circling overhead, as well as having a good chance of seeing black and white - tip reef sharks and numerous blue - spotted stingrays.

Curated by Alice Sebrell and Connie Bostic Zola Marcus (1915 — 1998), long - time resident of New York and abstract painter attended the 1953 Summer Institute at Black Mountain College where he studied painting with Joe Fiore and Esteban Vicente.

In a society where Black Lives Matter angrily shouts that police are illegally killing civilians, do you really think it is a good idea to send police into everyone's home on an unrestricted license to search, confiscate, and kill if the residents are not cooperative?

Sundown towns are places where founders, law enforcement officials, and residents used a combination of violence, coercion, and unconstitutional ordinances to exclude black people (and sometimes other minorities).