racial inequality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofracialandinequality
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racial
adjective
uk/ˈreɪ.ʃəl/us/ˈreɪ.ʃəl/
based on someone's perceived race, especially in a way that is unfair or harmful; or based on policies, behaviours, rules, etc. that result in unfair or harmful treatment of people because of their ...
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inequality
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
the unfair situation in society when some people have more opportunities, money, etc. than ...
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(Definition ofracialandinequalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The resultantracialinequalityis evident in basic indicators.
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As a consequence, discrimination remains the prime factor in explainingracialinequalityin employment.
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The interpretation of indexical meanings may enact racial difference (andracialinequality) in the context of a given interaction.
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One of the manifestations of students' embracement of equality and liberty was their strong challenge to theracialinequalitypracticed by missionaries.
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He opposed multicultural race relations legislation in the name of liberalism, and as a result endorsed a situation ofracialinequality.
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If we now turn to consider policy development on local government procurement (as opposed toracialinequalityin employment), further ambiguity emerges.
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Taking a broader view, like many people she considers investment in public education to be a more effective longterm strategy for diminishingracialinequality.
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Not only the failure to join the ranks of manufacturing core countries, but evenracialinequalitywas explicitly blamed on the losers and victims themselves.
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In some cases, notably the reduction inracialinequality, we can not even be sure that the effect is not spurious.
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There are various notions aboutracialinequalitythat prove the point.
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They addressed issues ofracialinequalityand racial mixing.
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He was a proponent ofracialinequalityand segregation.
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I understand that evidence ofracialinequalityin mental health services has been available for 20 or even 30 years.
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The people there talked about their work in trying to overcome perceptions ofracialinequalityin the services.
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In particular, racial liberals may fear that expressing opposition to affirmative action might lend political support to the broader effort to weaken social policies aimed at redressingracialinequality.
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Tacklingracialinequalityin employment is therefore not just about increasing the human capital of ethnic minorities but is about confronting discrimination, and contract compliance offers one possible way forward.
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That was a very significant thing, and gave some idea of the background in which federation was being established, the background of a considerable amount ofracialinequality.
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In the last two or three years we have advanced a stage further; we have advanced to moral consensus of opinion againstracialinequalityand discrimination.
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There is quite a big issue here about how we achieve effective, speedy and patently clear adjudication on issues ofracialinequality, racial injustice and racial prejudice, and other discrimination.
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The core idea of the model that the immigrant's children would gradually assimilate and, thus, that racism andracialinequalitywould cease proved false.
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Since the mid-20th century, political and civic leaders as well as scientists have debated to what extentracialinequalityis cultural in origin.
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Churches were to involve themselves in diverse campaigns such as poll tax reform, the effects on families due to labour migration and issues ofracialinequality.
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Boas delineated previously blurred lines between race, culture, and linguistics and by doing so was able to argue against the comparative method used to support theories ofracialinequality.
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