Sentences with phrase «white upper middle»

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In the 5th century BCE, a Greek physician named Ctsesias described the Unicorn: «the body is white, the head is dark red, the eyes dark blue; the base of the horn is white, the upper part crimson, the middle section black.

The disorder also seems to afflict white middle and upper - middle class boys more than other ethnic groups, such as Asian - Americans.

In his writings, which are strongly autobiographical (and thus oriented to the white, upper - middle - class male), Keen first asks how we overcome the «dis - ease» of humankind.

According to Rah, «fifty years ago, if you were asked to describe a typical Christian in the world, you could confidently assert that person to be an upper middle - class, white male, living in an affluent and comfortable Midwest suburb.

There is this tendency within certain sectors of Christianity to assume that if our theology «works» for relatively privileged (often for white, upper - middle - class American men), then it should work well enough for everyone else, and everyone else should conform to it.

Never once taking into consideration that many of the upper - middle class white collar crowd sitting in your pews are some of the most despicable hypocrites you ever want to meet.

The 1960s ushered in many changes, one of which was the end of the broad social consensus, call it bourgeois morality, that held sway among white Americans of all classes, upper, lower, and middle.

One might think that our white, upper - middle - class, nothing - but - the - best youngsters would respond positively to such concepts as «fairness» and «egalitarianism» — but apparently the best lesson we parents taught them was how to say No.

There was some diversity, though the overwhelming majority of attendees were white and appeared to be upper - middle class.

The Democrats are acting crazy thanks to racial politics — specifically, the angry racial politics of upper - middle - class white liberals.

I believe that when people espouse the values of a mother or wife exclusively being a homemaker, they are longing for a perceived simpler and easier time as opposed to truth, elevating a nostalgic look at motherhood from the standpoint of the post-war American dream of the white, upper - middle - class rather than Scripture.

I know of many groups who are very exclusive, meaning they exclude anyone who does not meet their standards, such as you need to be at least upper middle class, white and live in a good neighborhood to be part of the group.

We can choose now to retreat once again into those echo chambers or begin to listen more attentively to one another — to love our neighbors by learning about them and their needs and perspectives whether black, white, Asian, or Latino / a; whether Christian, Muslim, or none; whether upper, middle, or working class; whether voter or one of the nearly half of eligible voters that sat out this election.

«In white neighborhoods — middle - class, upper - class ones like this one — everybody has the pool in the back, the grill in the back,» he said.

While there are a few who are vocal, like Against Equality, there is «a generation of upper - middle - class white lesbians and gays» who are «already enamored by the idea of marriage,» says Laurie Essig, a professor of sociology at Middlebury College, in the Salon article Will marriage change gay love?

Hmmm... I think by «American parenting», they might mean American upper - middle - class - and - probably - white - and urban - as - well, parenting.

It certainly did not have the cachet it has now for middle and upper class white women.

But when we talk about which women are able to breastfeed and why, it's important to note that there are a ton of societal issues at play — and many of them favor upper middle - class white women.

This is the bougie, upper - middle class white person's guide to questioning the status quo of marriage.

The Campaign Finance Institute found in New York City, the system multiplied the number of donors, and expanded diversity beyond the traditional white, upper middle class and wealthy who normally give money.

(Oh... wait... I forgot... Liberals only believe in abortion for African - Americans and poor people, not upper - middle class married white folks.

It's that time of year again, when upper - middle class white parents get worked up about tests in school.

The WAMC event drew a stereotypical public radio crowd — upper middle class, upper middle - aged, and overwhelmingly white — but sprinkled in the former bank lobby that hosted Bharara's stage were representatives of the Business Council of New York State, several other longtime lobbyists, Albany County executive Dan McCoy and Assemblyman John McDonald, a Democrat from Cohoes.

In 2006 Pierre agreed to participate in a small world experiment with Watts and ABC News that addressed two of the criticisms of small world research: that no studies had ever been played out in real time, and that the people who had participated in the chains tended be educated, white, and middle or upper class.

While socioeconomic status is a major contributor to the greater burden of heart disease and stroke in African Americans, the statement notes that among the growing middle - and upper - class African American community, health outcomes are still poorer in African Americans, even when their socioeconomic status is comparable to white Americans.

The bad news: Only 1.5 people are eating the «ideal» healthy diet, and, of those who are eating better generally, most are white and middle to upper class.

Basically what you're doing is creating three cat eye looks, using a black liquid liner along the upper lid, a white liquid liner in the middle, and then a colored liquid liner to top it all off.

Jazz grew out of the Civil War in New Orleans, and by the early 1900s it was linking white middle and upper classes to black entertainers.

A white, upper - middle class man should not have been appointed to lead the Grenfell Tower inquiry, a Labour MP has said.

The general public follows in the midth century, the need to advertise for a husband or wife was still considered a «failure» and associated with deviant behavior for many judgmental straight, white, middle - to - upper class people.

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Telling the tale of a real - life botched heist by a band of upper - middle class white college guys, director Bart Layton (in his feature debut) injects his film with interviews of the film's real - life protagonists, to an overwhelming degree.

Allen has never been the most acute observer of the class system in America, perhaps because almost all of his movies have centered on the neurotic contortions of white upper - middle - class New Yorkers.

Instead of dealing with the borderline perverse anxieties of upper middle - class white intellectuals, we have a story abou...

Claustrophobically sexual, the tale involves a young, upper - middle - class woman named Helen (Virginia Madsen, in a career - best turn) who, in the course of studying the customs of the tenement - dwellers of Chicago's Cabrini - Green housing development, finds herself the inamorata of the Candyman (Tony Todd): the manifestation of an Urban urban legend, a black man lynched in another time for having the temerity to fall in love with a white woman.

Worst - case scenario: The movie is little more than 90 minutes of self - congratulation, glossing over the problems with the magazine's «smug white upper - middle - class male» POV.

The film opens as the interracial couple are getting ready to travel up to her family home in a lily - white, upper - middle - class enclave.

Moonrise Kingdom Year: 2012 Director: Wes Anderson At the time of making Moonrise Kingdom, after seven features, Wes Anderson became unmistakable: white, upper - middle - class dysfunctional families deadpan wry dialogue amid meticulous mise - en - scène to an eclectic soundtrack.

This practice works best as a response to gaps in cultural learning and representation that happen when curriculum is perceived to have too narrow a focus on a white, middle - to - upper - class, male - dominated view of the world.

We still are talking about the majority, when the president of Harvard spoke on my campus last week, she was saying, there's still a big gap between kids of color and upper middle class white kids, that the majority of upper middle class kids, the top quarter, the majority get a college degree.

How to Raise More Grateful Children (Wall Street Journal) «In some communities, specifically among the white middle and upper - middle class, there's good reason to believe that kids are less grateful than in the past,» says psychologist Richard Weissbourd, faculty director of the Making Caring Common initiative at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.

At these rapidly changing schools, mostly white, middle - and upper - middle - class families are pushing out poor or working - class «out of boundary» minority families.

Many of these new schools are focused on solving one of our society's most intractable problems: how to close the achievement gap between low - income minority students in our nation's inner cities and their white middle - and upper - class contemporaries in the suburbs.

The return of many white, upper - middle - class, educated parents — and their young children — to city centers has caused some urban districts, like those in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston, to actively encourage these families to send their children to local district schools.

But if the loudest and most active (read: white upper - middle - class suburban) parents think standardized tests are just an annual annoyance, if these parents and other activist voters choose to disbelieve the results in the fact - free era of modern political discourse, then accountability will be diluted down to the posting of test results and the annual finger wagging of the local news media.

The reaction of the principal in a gentrifying neighborhood's school to the arrival of more - demanding parents largely determined whether the white, upper - middle - class families stayed at the school in spite of the yelling and other incidents, or left.

Many upper - middle - class parents are willing to have their children be «the first» white kids in a school and are comfortable with the idea of their child being a superminority.

After interviewing more than 50 of these gentrifiers about their school - choice process, I concluded that it is the substantive differences in parenting styles between the white, upper - middle - class parents and the nonwhite, less - affluent parents that are hindering school integration, as these parenting styles directly affect school culture and expectations.

The teachers in predominantly poor, minority schools, who are reportedly mostly black and have adopted the more teacher - centered, authoritarian style of instruction that they view as appropriate for their students, are turning off white, upper - middle - class parents who want school climates similar to their own progressive homes, where problems are discussed.

The cultural differences between the newcomers and the old - timers in gentrifying neighborhoods can be easily, though inadequately, summarized: white, upper - middle - class families prefer a progressive and discursive style of interaction with their children, both at home and in school, and lower - income, nonwhite families prefer a traditional or authoritarian style of interaction with their children in these same venues.