Sentence examples for minorities standing from inspiring English sources

But Labour have just two new visible minorities standing in held seats: Kate Osamor, Tulip Siddiq, with Naz Shah standing in the seat held by Respect MP George Galloway.

"It is a shame we have no women running, as it is a shame that there are not any students from ethnic minorities standing," says Shane Chowen, one of that gang of four, and a candidate seen by many as a moderate and effective operator.

Three-quarters of embassies in London do so, with a "stubborn minority" standing firm on the issue "despite our representations through diplomatic channels", the spokesman said.

His political party, the Conservatives, has just won a "minority" standing in the last federal election in October.

Slavery was for centuries socially-permissible (in spite of the fact that there was always a minority standing firmly against it).

Almost 900 million people belong to groups that experience disadvantages as a result of their minority standing.

Millions of Hungarian minorities are standing up and asking to be free to have self-government and their own cultural autonomy, and to have their church and university properties returned.

In Scotland, where about 4% of the 5.2 million population are from ethnic minorities, there are 17 ethnic minority candidates standing, 2.86% of the total.

I did not see any coverage of the rally I had in London the week before when we had four dozen of our black and ethnic minority candidates standing there saying we believe in Ukip.

But political experts did not see such minority views standing in the president's way as he pursued what they called a strategic effort to begin mobilizing voter support.

Are the low income and minority students standing with their peers at graduation or simply being counted during freshmen orientation?