Quotes About Underrepresented

I feel that, as a person of color, I've always been interested in the stories that are quiet and the stories that often get overlooked.

It's no secret that Mississippians - especially Black Mississippians - are overlooked. We are overlooked by Washington, by the Democratic Party, by the media, by national political prognosticators.

Should the frenzied quest for access to power and wealth be regarded as serving a social good simply because those who were historically underrepresented in the past are now filling roles that involve replicating inequality?

It seems to me that women have made an awful lot of progress, but they probably remain underrepresented at the highest levels of most organizations, for a variety of reasons. And it's probably going to take a long time to change that.

The people we need to hear from most are the ones who make themselves heard least - except, of course, on Election Day.

I'm interested in people who are dwelling outside the mainstream. And very often, those people happen to be woman of color.

Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us.

Finding an Irish-American in the law enforcement profession is like finding hay in a haystack...