Sentences with phrase «white supremacist violence»

However, it should be noted that Schutz's painting turns a very real (and famously photographed) example of white supremacist violence into a gestural abstraction — effectively obscuring the evidentiary purpose and power of its source material.

And white supremacist violence was used to dissuade black Americans from starting their own ventures or moving out of the rural South where persecution was most vicious.

When the cotton market collapsed, white supremacist violence declined.

She has since slammed Trump's actions on the Paris climate accord, white supremacist violence, and immigration.

Not exact matches

A decision not to impose tariffs would have capped an incredible turnaround for Cohn, who just last year was in Trump's doghouse for criticizing the president's divisive comments blaming people on «both sides» for violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

In a follow - up statement, CEO Brian Chesky said «The violence, racism and hatred demonstrated by Neo-Nazis, the alt - right, and white supremacists should have no place in this world... Airbnb will continue to stand for acceptance and we will continue to do all we can to enforce our community commitment.»

US military leaders have roundly rebuked the deadly violence that unfolded at the white - nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend, and a US Marine general specifically called out a former service member believed to be involved with a white supremacist group.

Merck chief executive Ken Frazier set off a parade of departures from Donald Trump's CEO - packed jobs councils — and Trump's subsequent decision to disband those groups before even more business leaders could leave them — following the President's widely criticized response to white supremacist attacks in Charlottesville, Virginia in mid-August blaming «many sides» for the violence.

Frazier's decision to step down from the council came after President Trump failed to immediately condemn head - on the white supremacists whose rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend led to violence — including the brutal death of a 32 - year - old counter-protester.

I have already made clear my abhorrence at the recent hate - spawned violence in Charlottesville, and earlier today I called on all leaders to condemn the white supremacists and their ilk who marched and committed violence.

But Tillerson changed his tune when he was asked about Trump's values and the president's reaction to Charlottesville following his repeated decision to blame «both sides» for the violence and equate white supremacists with leftist protesters.

Pressure to leave the groups has built following a press conference Trump held in New York Tuesday where he placed partial blame for the weekend violence on demonstrators protesting a gathering of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.

After Trump made equivocal comments about who was to blame for violence at rallies held by white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville over the weekend, Ken Frazier, the chief executive of pharmaceutical giant Merck, resigned from Trump's manufacturing council Monday.

On Monday, Mr. Trump declared, «Racism is evil,» adding that «those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the K.K.K., neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.»

Following criticism, the president was more specific on Monday, saying: «Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.»

The condemnation descended on the president a day after he told reporters in a defiant news conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan that «alt - left» demonstrators were just as responsible for the violence in Charlottesville last weekend as the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who instigated protests that led to the death of a 32 - year - old woman, struck down by a car driven by a right - wing activist.

President Trump apportioned blame «on many sides» after violence broke out at the Charlottesville white supremacist protest.

If they denounce in stronger terms, not just the disproportionate and murderous violence of some, but the violent ideology at the heart of the white supremacist protest.

... To some who track the movements of white supremacist groups, the violence was not a total surprise.

In 2008 they gave up their farm and were forced to disband the community due to continued violence and political pressure from local White Supremacists.

White supremacist groups have been threatening violence against protesters.

After he was widely criticized for only knocking violence from «many sides» at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Trump delivered a statement explicitly condemning the «KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.»

Thousands of people in New York City and Washington D.C. gathered yesterday to protest President Trump's response to the deadly violence that broke out at the white supremacist rally.

A Florida hospital foundation is canceling a fundraiser luncheon at Trump's Mar - a-Lago club, becoming the 18th charity to do so after the president's comments on the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.

The Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society has joined a growing list of charities and organizations to cancel events at Trump's exclusive Florida resort, Mar - a-Lago, following his controversial comments about violence at a white supremacist rally.

Trump condemned «this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides» in Virginia after a car driven by James Alex Fields Jr., 20, plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting the white supremacist rally.

A statement yesterday — issued more than 36 hours after the protests began — condemned «white supremacists» for the violence that led to one death.

The White House, under siege over Trump's equivocal response to the incident, on Sunday condemned «white supremacists» for inciting the violence that led to one dWhite House, under siege over Trump's equivocal response to the incident, on Sunday condemned «white supremacists» for inciting the violence that led to one dwhite supremacists» for inciting the violence that led to one death.

«Somebody has to be the figure to stand up and say this is right, this is wrong,» Howard Dean, the one - time presidential candidate and former Vermont governor, said this week in a discussion of President Donald Trump's reaction to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., following a white supremacist rally there.

«The statement in and of itself is something I definitely agree with and that is we can't have violence on either side whether it's trying to stop speakers or white supremacists, whether individuals who are just trying to stop a program the federal government is trying to put in place,» he said.

In an interview with The Hill, Khan said that he's motivated by events like the fatal violence at a white supremacist rally last August in Charlottesville, Va..

After supporting white supremacist groups speaking in Virginia, the ACLU is wrestling with its long - standing support for free speeches versus the racial violence unleashed by the groups this weekend.

«Given the events of this week, including the violence and terrorism perpetrated by white supremacists in Charlottesville and the resulting emboldening of the voices of Nazis and white supremacists, I now strongly urge the U.S. Army to reconsider its decision and I call on them to rename these streets,» Cuomo wrote to Acting Secretary Ryan McCarthy.

AFL - CIO president Richard Trumka became the latest member of President Donald Trump's manufacturing to resign following the president's equivocal response to violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.

De Blasio announced plans for the 90 day review of monuments on city property in the wake of violence in Charlottesville, Va., sparked by white supremacists who were opposing the removal of Confederate monuments.

In Coogler's debut, Fruitvale Station, Jordan plays Oscar Grant, a real - life Oakland victim of police violence within a white - supremacist system.

Redband clip for punks - vs - skinheads thriller features blood, violence, and «X-Men» icon as white supremacist

There's no denying the sad, scary timeliness of Akin's subject matter; although the film is set in Germany, it could easily be relocated to America or any other Western country currently experiencing a spike in violence committed by white supremacists.

Robbie's firm is also currently suing more than two dozen Neo-Nazis and white supremacists who coordinated the violence that took place in Charlottesville, VA in August 2017.

I couldn't help being struck that so many of the participants in the violence were so young, like 20 - year - old white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr., who drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters, injuring dozens and killing 32 - year - old Heather Heyer.

Dear EP Fellows, Alumni, and Friends, The brazen acts of hatred, bigotry, and violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville last weekend disgusted me personally, and were a horrific reminder of how much work we must do to break down the systems and structures in our nation that perpetuate inequality, inequity, and racism.

So, the events of the past few years — among them the violence of white supremacists in Charlottesville, the church shootings in Charleston, the national debate over Confederate flags and memorials — certainly shaped the book, especially as they emphasize the extent to which the history of our country is built around the armature of slavery and the Civil War, and how far we still are from putting those issues behind us.

In her artist statement, rendered reluctantly, Walker asserts she is «tired of «being a role model»» and a featured member of «my racial group and / or gender niche,» her weariness stemming from «standing up, being counted... «having a voice»» in the face of current political strife and ever - present racism in the U.S. as revealed in white nationalist and white supremacist rallies and violence.

At the time of writing, Google was still listed at the domain registrar in a whois search for the Daily Stormer, which is best known for espousing a violence - tinged anti-Semitic and white supremacist worldview.

In May 2017, FBI and Homeland Security officials reportedly said in an intelligence bulletin that white supremacist groups «likely will continue to pose a threat of lethal violence over the next year.»