Quotes About Multiculturalism

It was as if, because of the very strangeness of my heritage and the worlds I straddled, I was from everywhere and nowhere at once, a combination of ill-fitting parts, like a platypus or some imaginary beast, confined to a fragile habitat, unsure of where I belonged. And I sensed, without fully understanding why or how, that unless I could stitch my life together and situate myself along some firm axis, I might end up in some basic way living my life alone.

Carl Sandburg poem come to life. There were inner-city kids jostling one another on a field trip, well-coiffed bankers working their flip phones, farmers in seed caps looking to widen the locks that allowed industrial barges to take their crops to market. You'd see Latina moms looking to fund a new day-care center and middle-aged biker crews, complete with muttonchops and leather jackets, trying to stop yet another legislative effort to make them wear helmets.

My American and Japanese personalities are distinct, and I carry myself differently depending on which language I'm using and which mode I'm in.

America is a collection of people from different races, religions, and backgrounds - that is part of what makes us great. But a common language is what brings all of those people together to form a community.

We need more diversity - we need more African-Americans on screen, Latinos, Asians, different religions. We have to be better about reflecting what our world looks like.

My head is in India, yet my body remains in Britain. I straddle the world like a colossus. Like a 5ft. 7in. colossus.

I think it's important to be reminded that that's what this country is comprised of - people from other countries.

From 'Fonejacker,' multiculturalism has been a big part of my repertoire.

There is a struggle when you do represent so many countries within you, but that makes you who you are.

New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.

I hope that we always have diversity, that we have equality and representation every step of the way.

Whenever the Congress represents the increasing diversity of the United States, that's a good thing.

American literature has always been immigrant.

The U.S. is a complex country. It has a high predominance of immigrants who have been eminently successful.

Successful immigrants assimilate or become bi-cultural.

I am as pro-immigrant as you can get, I believe America needs immigrants. But I also believe in strong borders.

Immigration is important. We're a nation of immigrants.

World cross-fertilization is fantastic. Immigration across the world has led to all kinds of fantastic new and exciting kinds of food being available. And there's all kinds of different kinds of restaurants.

What I have always thought is that there should be a proper national conversation about what kind of immigration policies we have.

'The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears' is very much about America - it just happens to have African and Ethiopian characters, and in fact, it happens to have more characters who are not Ethiopian than who are.

You can't ignore the Asian and Hispanic populations in L.A. We can let audiences know independent film is not just about white men.

There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all.

I want to see more Asian. I want to see more Latin. I want more Indian. There's more than Mindy Kaling out there, guys! There's more than Bai Ling.

Our diversity is our strength. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same.