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‘provincial notions of respectability’
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‘teaching offered both social respectability and an opportunity to earn a living.
’‘it describes the way the lower castes tend to imitate the customs and rituals of the upper layers in order to gain social respectability. ’‘what they seemed to entirely be missing in their analysis is the notion of respectability. ’.
It's a straight line, it's just that it's put in a different kind of context that gives it a kind of air of respectability. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the cambridge dictionary editors or of cambridge university press or its licensors.
Culture is important in the black community. Everything from hair to language and so much in between can — and often does — have a cultural meaning of some sort. But in america, black people are often criticized for our culture. At mystic valley regional charter school , north of boston, a high-profile example of this occurred.
Twins mya and deana cook, two young black girls, were given detention, banned from prom, prevented from participating in extracurricular activities and threatened with suspension simply because they were wearing hair extensions in their braids.
Leah donnella, “where does the ‘pull up your pants’ school of black politics come from?†npr, october 22, 2015. Http://www. Npr. Org/sections/codeswitch/2015/10/22/450821244/where-does-the-pull-up-your-pants-school-of-black-politics-come-from (accessed april 19, 2016). Ellis cose, the rage of a privileged class, 1st ed. (new york: harpercollins, 1993); joe r. Feagin, “the continuing significance of race—antiblack discrimination in public places,†american sociological review 56 (1991): 101–16; feagin and sikes, living with racism; jennifer lee, “the salience of race in everyday life - black customers’ shopping experiences in black and white neighborhoods,†work and occupations 27 (2000): 353–76; amani nuru-jeter, tyan p. Dominguez, wizdom p. Hammond, janxin leu, marilyn skaff, susan egerter, camara p. Jones, and paula braveman, “‘it’s the skin you’re in’: african-american women talk about their experiences of racism. An exploratory study to develop measures of racism for birth outcome studies,†maternal and child health journal 13 (2009): 29–39.
Many of us remember the new yorker cover from 2008 : a cartoon michelle obama fist-bumping her turban-clad husband, her hair in an afro. She was drawn as a militant figure in combat boots and a black shirt, a machine gun slung over her shoulder. This cover illustrated the fear and racism that the soon-to-be first lady confronted on the campaign trail in 2008. While michelle obama was initially maligned for being too radical, too aggressive, or, as i interpreted it, too strong, she has since become one of the most popular figures in american politics. In a gallup poll this past august , she enjoyed a 64 percent approval rating, significantly higher than either spouse featured in the 2016 presidential campaign. (michelle polled higher on average than hillary clinton did as first lady, though, notably, lower than both laura and barbara bush. )2.
Respectability knows we are stronger and better when we are accepting, welcoming and respectful of all people. Since day one, respectability had board-approved intentional diversity and equality policies. We are a “nothing about us without us†organization. Respectability provides equal employment opportunities (eeo) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, respectability complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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