Quotes About Representation

When NASCAR drivers blast one another with their cars out of anger it isn't symptomatic of what's wrong with white people. So please don't turn a silly NBA fight into a town hall meeting about what's wrong with African Americans - even though, unfortunately, something like this somehow winds up reflecting poorly on the entire black community.

In China, we had some buildings that looked like the White House or wine bottles. All they seemed to represent was bad taste.

I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

Most Republicans call the show 'The Left Wing.'

When I came on to 'Iron Fist,' it was really Colleen Wing that sold it for me. I thought it was a good opportunity to see a really strong female Asian American.

The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle.

That's the kind of music I want SoulBird to represent: music with intelligence and heart, music that moves people in their souls and their bodies. Music with wings.

'Switched at Birth' has an amazing cast, including an Oscar winner and two Emmy nominees. The writing is very innovative, and the show's producers have redefined U.S. TV by launching a mainstream show which includes multiple deaf cast members whose characters communicate only in ASL (American Sign Language).

I broke into acting doing Latino roles. I played a Latino casanova in 'The Winner' and a Latino character on 'Hannah Montana.'

In fact, 37 percent of all United States Nobel Prize winners in the 20th century have been representatives of the Jewish community.

Seeing Mexicans in the media is rare. Seeing role models on TV is rare. So who do we look up to? We're not seen on football fields or basketball courts. So we look up to fighters; they're Mexican. They are out there fighting, representing their people, and winning champions. We look up to them.

White Southerners created an entire cosmetics industry equating beauty with whiteness and trained a string of winning Miss Americas who embodied their racial ideal in a national representative.

We need a new leader in Congress who will represent the issues that Donald Trump ran on because they were the winning issues.

You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.

Between school, homework, tests, and play time with my friends, I have worked my butt off to create this space where black girls' stories are read and celebrated in schools and libraries.

What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.

With all due respect to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, neither of them understand Texas, nor do they understand the U.S.-Mexico border.

I don't want people to think I'm not proud to represent Texas.

I've been telling people, if we want to keep the Republican party in Texas, the Republican party in Texas needs to start looking like Texas. And I think that this is - that goes for the rest of the country as well.

When I became the first woman to represent the state of Texas in the United State Senate, it was with the help of a lot of women - and a large number of men, too.

My big break was becoming the spokesperson for Texas Instruments. Casting directors really started giving me a chance to read for projects.

I think, in Washington, getting things for the great people of Texas done is an important job.

The ability of Texas Republicans to be effective in Congress is based on having at least 218 Republicans in the House.

I don't often get Indian girl roles because I'm 'not Indian enough.' Which is true - I'm from Texas.