Sentences with phrase «white families»

A number of white families left the public schools in these communities in the 1960s and 1970s to start these small, private academies, many of which still thrive.

It was very rare for black and white families in the south at that time to live that close together.

The black and white family photos on the wall add a personal touch perfectly in keeping with the scheme.

Many white families left city schools for nearly all - white suburban districts when integration plans were put forward.

It looks great in our blue / creamy white family room.

In a simple white hallway, hang black and white family photographs for a stunning display.

Perhaps delaying kindergarten entry, which is more popular among white families, could explain things, for example.

That is, young adults from wealthy white families hold significantly less debt than their less affluent counterparts.

First off, when have wealthy white families ever been ignored?

In addition, in the late 1960s real estate agents have continued to played upon the racial avoidance of white families through block - busting tactics to make more money for themselves.

Another double standard that makes no sense to me is that white families let black slaves raise their children, but still considered the blacks to be dirty and otherwise undesirable.

This bright white family bathroom has been given a touch of monochrome with black and grey accessories.

However, many of these early public institutions limited enrollment to male children of white families; girls and people of color generally were barred.

By 1988, many white families had left the school district, and many Asian families had moved in.

A collection of black and white family photographs creates a chic monochrome display on one wall of this kitchen diner.

Owens found that neighborhood racial segregation across the country appeared to be driven largely by white families with children who are choosing, consciously or not, to move to neighborhoods and school districts with fewer minorities.

I am not saying that the black people do not have family values, they do have but if you compare them with white families then you will found that that white people have more family values.

And the dirty secret is that the district itself is aggravating segregation by allowing white families who live near Connors to travel across town and enroll in other schools.

Meanwhile, evangelical private schools in many southern states were attracting more students, as white families fled desegregated public systems.

The adaptation of Hillary Jordan's novel focuses on a black and white family living and working together in the segregated South.

Not only does Gillespie's rationale for encouraging more Aboriginal children to be adopted into white families not stack up, his proposed solution — to effectively recreate the policies of the Stolen Generations — has also been thoroughly debunked.

«I talk to a lot of upper - class white families who were able to take their kids out and send them to private school.

The cost of busing, the harm that members of all racial communities feared that the Seattle Plan caused, the desire to attract white families back to the public schools, and the interest in providing greater school choice led the board to abandon busing and to substitute a new student assignment policy that resembles the plan now before us.

«Finally,» Ms. Rodriguez said, «I get white families coming to my school, and I didn't want to discourage them, but I told them, O.K., we'll get back to them.»

The politics behind the coup and the culpability of certain foreigners are mentioned and then dropped, the better to keep you sympathizing with one white family over the hordes of locals lying dead around them.

Schools slowly began to diversify and many white families fled to suburbs to escape the «poorer and blacker» schools.

Lots of affluent, mainly white families have been moving into new condos in the waterfront area called DUMBO, and the local elementary school is getting overcrowded.

But dig into the numbers and a clearer picture appears: White families averaged $ 142,000 in wealth, Latinx households came in at $ 13,700, and black families brought up the rear at $ 11,000.

A recent article in The Hechinger Report pointed out that in New Orleans, public charter schools are «proving to be formidable rivals,» to public and parochial schools, and more white families are opting for charters.

Several incidences have also been reported where white families have opposed Interracial marriages, particularly with the blacks.

Yes, it definitely helps when white families forbid their daughter to bring home a black man, since the relationship instantly becomes taboo and Little Miss Sunshine can now stand up to her bigoted parents and fight for civil rights!

She implores Lt. Ducharme (Val Kilmer, who lives near the shoot and, according to Howard, called up and asked to appear for his three minutes, just because) to help her find Lilly, and is duly deflated but also educated by his indifference, as he watches his men loot the home of a butchered white family.

Bob and Dave, and the entire White family really, have been big fans of Spring Mountain after buying their new C6s in 2005.

As black homeowners, Asare and Jean - Charles are exceptions to the national trend: While most white families own a home, a majority of black and Latino families do not.

In Hoboken, choice allows white families to flee from Connors, making segregation worse.

And that is the real question in the ongoing debate about education reform in Philadelphia: School choice is a fact of life for wealthy, mostly white families in Philadelphia.

The current plan has kept white families happy — and out of the all - black East Side High School — even though they're in the minority in the district.

The report explains how «studies show that even middle - income black families tend to live in low - income neighborhoods where residents have fewer resources than typical low - income white families.»

And, sure enough, «Black and Latino families have a poverty rate that is twice as high as non-Hispanic white families.»

If you saw this holiday season's hit movie The Blind Side, you may think you know all about Michael Oher, the young black man who was taken in by a well - off white family and eventually became a star left tackle on his high school football team, then for Ole Miss, and now for the Baltimore Ravens.

Many white families left cities to move to the suburbs — white flight» — though there is some debate about how much of this was caused by Brown and the racial integration of schools.

When Rachel and Abraham Edbus move to Brooklyn in the early 1970s, they're one of the only white families in the neighborhood.