Sentence examples for as a disenfranchised from inspiring English sources

It is not common to regard the Alawites as a disenfranchised minority detached from the regime, but that is increasingly how they view themselves.

As chief of staff to Representative Steve Israel of New York, and as a disenfranchised resident of Washington, I feel that this substantive action by the G.O.P. would be much more meaningful than defensive rhetoric and platitudes.

At the time, commentators did not cast him as a disenfranchised victim of circumstance, or drag up historical events to demonstrate how Norway had done this to itself.

Bloome, 44, a food manager of a truck stop, shares one characteristic with many other Santa Muerte followers: She sees herself as a "disenfranchised Catholic".

Kirill: Generally speaking, you have a gay teen being seen as a "disenfranchised deviant" in the eyes of society and the state.

There is a common sentiment among gay men that boils down to this: "As a disenfranchised minority, of course I'm not racist or sexist or classist or blah, blah, blah".

Our preservation as the writer of the 16th Psalm declared is not hinging upon the election but is in the reminder even when we as a people were disenfranchised believed in a God that heard the cries of oppressed people of faith in changing the tides of political persuasion.

As in the Philippines, a disenfranchised elite may fight back to hold on to influence and wealth.

As a group, they constitute a disenfranchised class.

In the eyes of American blacks, the Cubans were as disenfranchised as they were, even though they were not rejected by white society; hence it was advantageous to be associated with them.

Activists now fear that huge numbers of Americans overseas - both military and civilian - may be as disenfranchised as they were in 2000, when anywhere from 10 to 40% of overseas ballots, depending on the county, just plain never showed up.