Sentence examples for disadvantaged yet from inspiring English sources

Before any such policy is proposed, it's important to ask, "Are we facing a situation where we're dealing with an imperfect but reasonably just social structure or are we dealing with a society that has serious injustices running through it?" When confronting structural injustice, policymakers must take due care to respect those who are unjustly disadvantaged, yet this isn't always done.

Its black owner can be worth $750,000 excluding his home and business and still be deemed "economically disadvantaged".Yet many blacks feel alienated in a way that is "vastly disproportionate to real-life stimulus," frets Mr McWhorter.

Most of our students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, yet we are expected to do more with fewer resources.

Arizona's application for CSP grants includes the objective of "improving the academic outcomes of educationally disadvantaged students," yet an ACLU study found a wide pattern or "illegal and exclusionary" practices to keep those students out of charter schools.

It is a staple of most programs aimed at helping disadvantaged kids, yet its success often lies not in the field trips, study sessions and counseling that mentors provide, but in the intimate unfolding of two very different lives.

At Masterman, minorities comprise 57% of the student body and 39% come from economically disadvantaged families; yet the school boasts a 100% graduation rate with all students gaining acceptance to four-year universities if they so choose.

Research indicated that mental health complications are more prevalent in women from disadvantaged communities, yet women from these communities often experience barriers to accessing treatments and interventions.

The foundation provides scholarships to gifted yet financially disadvantaged Indonesian students to pursue graduate degrees nationally or overseas.

Consumers are pressuring companies to produce products with superior sustainability performance, yet educators are disadvantaged in training students about sustainable engineering and many engineers are often not well-positioned to perform product sustainability assessments.

Younger people are increasingly relatively disadvantaged compared with their elders, yet at the same time they have high amounts of cultural and social capital, and their resentment is likely to be increasingly acute.

"I did that," and "you get me" are more rewarding emotionally, over the long term than "I was entertained". By the same token, cultivating a sense of personal control is often identified as a key component in achieving better equity and opportunity for persons and groups who may yet still be disadvantaged by social conventions or stereotypes.