Sentences with phrase «white peers took»

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They do join gospel choirs and (like their white peers) take part in fundamentalist movements, but these involvements call for action, not for reflection.

Doby wasn't just the second black major leaguer; he was the first in the American League, meaning that, like Robinson, he took the field among all white peers.

Now, it appears the Thai government has assigned him his final resting place, as death waits to strike like a cobra at any second; his laughing, maniacal peers in this prison all desiring to take a piece of his white flesh as a souvenir.

Compared to their white peers, they take and pass fewer Advanced Placement (AP) exams, and are less likely to attend four - year or out - of - state colleges.

Commissioned by the Charleston, W.Va. - based Education Alliance, the report found that African - American students rated their schools significantly lower than their white peers did in seven out of eight categories: academic expectations, instruction, course - taking, counseling about education options, respect, mentoring and caring relationships, and fairness.

«Yet, at the same time, Connecticut has taken steps that prevent these poor and minority children from having viable public - school alternatives — knowingly depriving low - income and minority schoolchildren of the vital educational opportunities available to their more affluent and predominantly white peers.»

Thirty percent of black high schoolers in St. Louis took Algebra II, double the 15 percent rate for their peers in Ferguson; 33 percent of St. Louis» white students took Algebra II, also double the 18 percent rate for peers in Ferguson - Florissant.

The installation and exhibition design for Wide White Space aim to take on the challenges inherent in presenting any show on graphic design: how to make it possible for visitors to directly engage with the materials on display; how to gather and present a breadth of historical and contemporary pieces, which take the form of both original physical objects and restaged exhibition projects; and how to speak to both peers within the design community and a broader audience.

Bitcoin has gone from being a white paper named Peer to Peer Electronic Cash which caught the fascination of the Techie community in November 2008 to being taken very seriously by Governments, Investors and Consumers as the value increased and continues this upward trend.