Sentence examples for upholding systems from inspiring English sources

While Ryan Lochte is an easy target, his actions are emblematic of a larger colonial mindset that has a long history of "white privilege" and upholding systems that support Anglo-conformity and the blanquemiento (whitening) of American society.

In South Carolina, white residents have long perfected the bless-your-heart two-step of praying for your black soul so you can join them in Heaven in the afterlife, while upholding systems that threaten your black body in the here and now.

"It is our responsibility to make sure we have the right systems in place - and the right people in the organisation upholding those systems".

"The tax defier is someone who rejects the legal foundation of the tax system, despite decades of legal precedent upholding the system's constitutional and statutory validity, and who takes specific and concrete action to violate the law," the department's statement said.

"They know that if they don't hang together in this sensitive transition time and protect their own vested interest in upholding the system, they might hang separately," Mr. Chang said.

Mr Meles accuses the emperor of upholding a system which allowed the feudal class to lead a life of luxury at the expense of the "toiling masses", while he amassed a huge personal fortune and deposited it in foreign banks.

Mr. Bush was questioned in the context of a 2003 Supreme Court decision that preserved affirmative action in college admissions by upholding the system of the University of Michigan's law school, which considered race as only one factor in admissions.

They were singularly focused on the economy and upholding the system that supported their families.

"We must respect the role of the legislature and take care not to undo what it has done," Roberts said in upholding its system of insurance subsidies.

By default, all White people are on the spectrum of complicity in upholding a system of White supremacy, but we only give the negative label of "White supremacists" to the really hateful people at the far end.

Complementary approaches to antiretroviral therapy, aimed at upholding immune system function through immunotherapies, are likely needed to transform HIV infection into a chronic, life-lasting, treatable condition.