Sentences with phrase «white residents»

At the same time, two - thirds of white residents believe race relations are good.

45 % of white residents rate the schools highly.

Since 1948, thanks to thousands of health histories collected from the mainly white residents of Framingham, Mass., epidemiologists have learned how blood pressure, smoking habits, cholesterol and a few other quantifiable factors can forecast heart disease and stroke, two general conditions comprising cardiovascular disease (CVD).

An Indiana University study found that white flight from one suburban neighborhood to another occurs when white residents move away from «ethnoburbs,» suburban neighborhoods that attract a growing number of middle - class minority residents.

Bedford - Stuyvesant is now 60 percent black, down from 75 percent a decade ago, as white residents move into the gentrifying section of Brooklyn, a change the Times calls even more striking than in Harlem.

Ms. Rose, whose diverse district includes many minorities, many white residents, and many police officers, quoted Marvin Gay's «What's Goin» On,» and said she was set to meet with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Staten Island this afternoon.

New York, San Francisco, and Chicago also saw the proportion of white residents leaving for other communities drop over this period.

White residents make up 76.5 percent of the population followed by Asian residents at 13.4 percent.

Between 2000 and 2010, Troy's population changed as the number of minority residents grew and the number of white residents declined.

Most upper - and middle - class white residents moved out of East St. Louis by the 1960s.

However, my research shows that despite their distinct middle - class character, ethnoburbs have lost a steady flow of white residents over the past 20 years,» said Samuel Kye, author of «Revisiting White Flight and Segregation: The Consequences of Ethnoburbs.»

While ostensibly the story of white residents like Gilles, who splits his year between Iqaluit and Montreal, much of the film focuses on the Inuk residents — especially Noah (Natar Ungalaaq), a friend of Gilles who grows close to Carmen.

[There are approximate 10,000 school - aged white residents of the city, two - thirds of these are not enrolled in the city's public schools.]

These insidious, racist perceptions range from intimidation and harassment of blacks moving into white neighborhoods in the 1950s to the usage of racial covenants to ensure that neighborhoods would remain white, to the common practice of «white flight» in which white residents will flee from a neighborhood they fear is «becoming black» (Massey, p. 38).

Other white residents of Forsyth County got wind of the plan and promptly organized a counter-protest rally to intimidate them.

It unfolded in different ways and under different pretenses depending on the town, but in general the Great Retreat looked like this: Some incident sparked racial tensions, and then white residents rioted, burned blacks people's houses to the ground, and chased established populations of their neighbors away with deadly violence.

In some cities, white residents responded to the arrival of black families with riots, home bombings, and cross burnings.

White residents who didn't mind black neighbors found their home values decreasing as the government refused to insure mortgages for new buyers.

With city data indicating that African - Americans have been charged with marijuana crimes twice as frequently as white residents, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously in March to allocate 50 percent of medical marijuana and cannabis sales permits to people affected by the war on drugs.

For instance, the proportion of white residents leaving Los Angeles dropped from 78 percent to 41 percent between 1985 and 1995.

That between Black and White residents in New York City is over 80.

When Baby V began sprouting teeth, I hopped online to figure out how to handle the new sharp, white residents of her mouth.

Newly released city data shows over the past two decades African - Americans have been arrested for pot at a disproportionate rate compared to white residents, even though the two groups make up a similar percentage of the population.

In addition to pitting the party heavyweights against each other, Peralta said his new district also loses about 20,000 Asian residents in exchange for 20,000 white residents.

Currently, white residents, 53 %, are more likely than African American, 25 %, and Latino, 37 %, adults to say the homeless situation has become worse.

African American adults and Latino residents are more likely than white residents to approve of how Mayor de Blasio is approaching these issues with one exception.

Most astonishing of all, Britain's tabloids, and the white residents of «middle England» who read them, have woken up to the realities of racism and racist violence.

Prior to the Massachusetts reform, black and Hispanic residents had significantly higher rates of preventable hospitalizations than white residents.

«Although a higher percentage of black and Latino residents than white residents gained insurance under the reform, a higher percentage remains currently uninsured than white residents.»

«The relationship is also stronger for counties with relatively high proportions of white residents.»

Use this guide to help students examine a powerful documentary about the responses of black and white residents to the violent murder of a black man in their town.

The New Orleans Advocate Jefferson School Board's upcoming vote on new Metairie attendance zones divides black, white residents

When the white residents of Dillon vote to turn the area into a town park, the residents of Freedom realize their loss is a foregone conclusion.

Chuck Blackburn, a white resident of Cumming in Forsyth County, proposed a unity march both in memory of the 1912 events and in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.

Admittedly Sunday's rather busy rash of visitors to the popular but small beach meant that only one little black and white resident was bold enough to brave the crowds in the main cove of Boulders.

Admittedly Sunday's rather busy rash of visitors to the popular but small beach meant that only one little black and white resident was bold enough to brave t...