Sentences with phrase «with racial injustice»

That's now obviously elevated, but even early on artists were talking to us about their concerns with racial injustice and violence and the like.»

By bridging the past and present, With Drawn Arms will resonate powerfully in the current moment of reckoning with racial injustice in America.

She felt the book is particularly relevant in the US today, with the news filed with racial injustice and unrest.

Juba's passion, determination, and optimism — and position as a free man — during a time rife with racial injustice make his story unique.

The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) voted 684 — 46 during this year's general assembly to defer action on a resolution that apologizes for «involvement in and complicity with racial injustice» during the civil rights era.

He highlights six specific events in the last couple of years that he calls a «inexplicable, catastrophic constellation of sorrows,» that, he says, demonstrate the Reformed movement's failure to engage with racial injustice in American culture.

Not exact matches

In the course of her research into adolescent spiritual development, Almeda Wright has heard numerous stories and testimonies from young African Americans experimenting with new ways of relating spirituality to their protests against racial injustice.

In the face of arguments that say we should move away from talk of privilege, I simply ask this: If exposure to the developing world and poverty can create a greater sense of moral perspective and responsibility, can't a deeper interaction with the historic and contemporary forms of racial injustice in our country also lead to a deepened moral perspective and greater sense of stewardship and responsibility?

Indeed, it was Fosdick's influence, along with that of Walter Rauschenbusch and other advocates of the social gospel, that led me to experience considerable alienation from the evangelical community during my years of graduate study on secular campuses in the 1960s, when I joined protests against racial injustice and marched against the Vietnam war.

If the Church wants to reach young people, we must stand in solidarity with victims of racial injustice

By 1962, he had been instrumental in the founding of Umkhonto we Sizwe (the spear of the nation), the military wing of the ANC, charged with leading an armed struggle against the Apartheid government which had institutionalised South Africa's long history of racial injustice and taken it to new and bloody depths.

We have enough trouble with gangs, racial injustices, illegals, crazy mental people, and right - wing conservatives.

Along with enveloping - pushing musical collaborations, the album features thoughtful lyrics that examines historic, racial injustice, faith and even love.

Especially with recent events, the conversation around racial injustice has grown heated.

of faith, as well as the patriotism, allow King to frame his unequivocal «no» to racial injustice with a larger «yes.»

The messaging galvanized many owners to kneel or stand elbows locked with their players against a common enemy: The President of the United States, and not racial injustice, the thing that kneeling was initially supposed to protest against.

According to Dr. Ledwidge, the concept of «race neutrality» or «colour blindness» is «off the mark — what appears to be neutral is [actually] regressive and harmful because historical injustices have created such an unequal environment that initial material deficits [along racial lines] must be recognized before they are able to be dealt with.»

In recent years, there have been several examples of what I would call racial injustice with regards to the criminal justice system in the United States, and how certain legal policies, such as Arizona's immigration law SB1070, have specifically targeted non-whites.

I'm proud of my role as Miranda, and if the popularity of the series will help me to raise awareness of the critical problems I'm running to fix in New York — like inequality, underfunded public schools, mass incarceration, and racial injustice — then I'm comfortable with that.

«Government needs to take genuine steps to address racially discriminatory practices and racial injustice within the education system and to secure compliance with existing legal duties under the Equality Act 2010.

Yet it also resonates today, speaking to the many social and racial injustices and questions we continue to grapple with.

The themes of racial injustice alone would make this movie «important,» but what she's done with her film makes it an epic.

I wept, and sobbed, and sniffled, and wailed through the bittersweet adventures of two immigrants - a bear from Peru in London, and an improvised sushi chef from Syria in Helsinki in Paddington 2 (truly a work of comedic wonder, which also made me cry tears of joy) and The Other Side of Hope; the dredged up pain of Folsom Prison inmates in The Work; the anger of racial injustice and prejudice exposed through James Baldwin's words in I Am Not Your Negro - and the blow of that Kendrick Lamar song that comes with the end credits; the disconnection of fathers and daughters in the corporate capitalist world who discover they can still duet by the piano in Toni Erdmann; the pangs of the teenage heart with the real girls of All this Panic.

«Detroit» details a five - day uprising in 1967 in protest of racial injustices, which resulted in hundreds of injuries and 43 deaths, and began with a police raid of an after - hours nightclub.

Release Date: Since her excellent 2010 debut I Will Follow, DuVernay has become an impressive force to be reckoned with, challenging herself across a dizzying number of projects and platforms (including the short film The Door, which went to Venice 2013, television projects such as a compelling portrait of Venus Williams with Venus Vs. for ESPN's «Nine for IX» series, and «Scandal,» plus she unveiled a surprise documentary project this year with The 13th, an excellent portrait of the troubling history of racial injustice within the criminal justice system — and also the first documentary to open the New York Film Festival).

It's a love story set against the backdrop of racial injustice in 1970s Harlem, with Jenkins saying it possesses a «huge relevance» to what's happening in America right now.

And Brown only required the states to implement school desegregation «with all deliberate speed,» something less than a clarion call for immediately rectifying the effects of racial injustice.

While many people may celebrate students» choices to protest racial injustice, others will disagree with students who take a knee, viewing the students» choice as disrespectful.

We strongly believe that if the legislature had the ability to assess the likelihood of racial injustices in potential legislation, Connecticut would make better public policy decisions that would positively impact both our members and the children they work with everyday.

Milwaukee, WI - November 18, 2014 Over 100 people attended a community meeting with Chicago organizers Jitu Brown at Bethesda Baptist Church to talk about education, racial injustice and the need for community schools.

It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»

Through his personal experiences growing up in Harlem, and his encounters with Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in Chicago, Baldwin presents a searing indictment of American racial injustice.

He is accustomed to the racial injustices of the time, and he feels fortunate (in some ways) to have escaped the mines, to be reunited with his family, to be alive.

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes Little, Brown • April 17 Rhodes joins the conversation surrounding police brutality and racial injustice with a story that follows a 12 - year - old boy named Jerome who is shot and killed by an officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real weapon.

The exhibition presents a selection of images from «Segregation Story,» his evocative series depicting the family's perseverance and dignity despite daily encounters with racial and economic injustice.

In her own act of resistance, Walker's The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin showcases the artist's signature satire and sardonic imagery to directly address the history of oppression and injustice experienced by Black Americans in the South with the persistence of racial and gender stereotypes and ongoing efforts to advance equality in America.

As African Americans in that part of the United States still coping with stubborn traces of the Confederacy, they bear first - hand witness to racial injustice and overt discrimination.

Working with veterans, military, and civilian communities, the company will also continue to broaden programs focused on veterans» affairs, police and community relations, racial injustice, gun violence, and mental health.

United by a shared goal of addressing racial injustices, they brought Ellison's now classic novel to life with a series of haunting scenes, such as Invisible Man Retreat, Harlem, New York.

«Racial injustice is something that every American contends with, either consciously or unconsciously, and it's so deeply embedded in the fabric of our nation -LSB-...] The word «racism» is sort of like a trigger word; you know, it can shut people's ears off, shut people down, bring people's defense mechanisms up.

In the work, Walker uses caustic, satirical imagery to reconcile the history of oppression and injustice experienced by African - Americans in the South with the persistence of racial and gender stereotypes and ongoing efforts to advance equality in America.

The rest of the list also encompasses many other politically engaged practitioners with the notable inclusion of David Hammons (19), Theaster Gates (23), Kara Walker (56), and Arthur Jafa (81) each of whom — in very various ways - grapples with racial prejudice and social injustice within American culture.

Instead Cave takes us inside the belly of one of his iconic sculptures with an immersive environment populated by a dazzling array of found objects, echoing some of Cave's and America's most confounding dilemmas: gun violence, racial inequality, injustice within our cities» police departments, and death.

Affiliated with Columbia University, the groundbreaking Eta chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity was established in 1911 to assist African American college students facing racial injustice.

Bradford's art is concerned with cities (and maps thereof), racial identity, history and injustice.

People can read about it at theleap.org, which is really about connecting the dots between racial injustice, climate change, austerity, migration justice, and developing a holistic, transformative agenda, which I think is most urgent — the most urgent project for progressives with or without climate change.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,