race relations

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race relations

the social relations between ethnic or racial groups.
the academic study of these social relations.

In sociology, ‘race relations’ has focused upon the effects of DISCRIMINATION and RACISM on groups which have been singled out for such treatment, and also on the political struggle against racism. However, the use of the term ‘race relations’ is controversial on two main grounds. First, some sociologists argue that the term lends credence to the biological conception of race, which has no clear scientific foundation. Secondly, it can be argued that ‘race relations’ is not a distinctive area of social relations but can only be understood within the wider context of political and ideological processes and social relations in general.

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They added: "In the past five years the department has received one application from the East Belfast Community Development Agency which included a request to fund a race relations co-ordinator.

RACE FUNDING ROW; PUP Cllr slams Stormont over lack of support

Dr Shukla is now 84 and awarded an MBE, OBE and CBE for his work on race relations.

How Newcastle overcame race hate and inspired other cities - a new book tells the story; Written by race relations veteran Dr Hari Shukla, it details the transformation since he arrived in the city in 1974

But the survey also found that concern over political discord appears to outpace worries over race relations.

Poll: Most Americans Believe Race Relations Souring Under Donald Trump's Presidency

Economy, Social 'Change,' Race Relations Discussed In Pew Research Center Report

Worries About Race Relations At Record High

It was superseded by the Race Relations Act (1976).

Some race relations history

A Pew Research Center poll taken in August 2014, shortly after a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, shot and killed Michael Brown, a black teenager, found 44% of people believed race relations were bad.

Most Americans believe racism is a serious problem: Poll

Concern about race relations over the past two years has increased among Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, and blacks and whites.

U.S. Worries About Race Relations Reach a New High

This was Wilson's first statement of intent to pass legislation on the issue of race relations.

A moral crusader who made political weather

Originally released in 2006, Forret's study of race relations in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia tackles the traditional racist stereotypes pertaining to poor whites that have dominated slavery scholarship for decades.

Race Relations at the Margins: Slaves and Poor Whites in the Antebellum Southern Countryside

25 (ANI): Fewer Americans believe race relations have improved under Barack Obama, the country's first black president, than two years ago, according to a new Gallup survey.

Fewer Americans see race relations improving under Obama

Some 45% of likely voters say race relations have worsened over the two years that Barack Obama has been president, while 13% see an improvement, and 37% feel there is no difference, according to an interactive poll by Zogby International.

Has Obama triggered worse race relations?

STRATFORD racecourse has had to scrap a scheme to offer free entry to Irish residents at its pre-Cheltenham meeting on Monday, March 15, because it could have breached race relations legislation, writes Howard Wright.