Quotes About Representation

When I started writing, most of the police department in New York City, especially above the rank of detective, were Irish, Irish-American. I thought it would be more interesting... to use the actual ethnic background in New York City at the time.

For eight years, I've served on the Indian Affairs committee, two years as the ranking member. I've been on that committee since Day One. I will stay on the committee for as long as I'm in the Senate because of my commitment to making a difference for Alaska Natives.

We need more enlightened women in senior ranks, and we have to insist that companies are more diverse.

I believe in female rap.

I don't like the fact that there are so few women in rap.

Moms in fiction and memoir get a bad rap.

There just hasn't been a voice for that normal dude when it comes to rap.

When I came up in hip hop, there was no such thing as a Puerto Rican rapper doing hip hop for many mainstream people, so I was the ship, the captain, and the crew.

As a female, we always have to be labeled this new female rapper. It's never like, 'I heard this rapper Tink.' It's always, 'I heard a female rapper.'

I don't want to be considered 'the Latino rapper.'

When people ask me what I call myself, I am not going to say 'Christian rapper,' because what they think of when they hear Christian rap is something very different from what I do.

I don't want to be boxed in or looked at a certain way, as in, 'Yo, he's an Asian rapper.'

I enjoy female rappers, not because they're female but because I can connect to them more.

Female rappers get it the hardest. You have to be a girl, yet you have to be just as hard as the guys. I think some female rappers get scared out of the business before they can make it.

It's not nice to say it - I know female musicians, but not so many rappers. I can't think of one I idolize, which is sad, but I'm hoping that will change.

We opened the door for women rappers.

Rappers are definitely role models and definitely should get involved. They're involved in politics whether they like it or not.

You don't have a lot of women doing things for women, so when I'm rapping I gotta talk all this mess so the women can feel as confident and empowered as the men.

Prem Kumar Dhumal has thrice represented Hamirpur parliamentary constituency and has amazing rapport throughout the constituency.

It's very rare that Black actors get an opportunity to do period pieces and to have a breadth of characters to choose from in their work.

It's rare to see a person of colour in a lead role. It does matter to a lot of people.

It's so rare to have an ensemble cast of women.

Growing up, a black face on TV was really rare.

I think it's very rare that you see girl friendships on television. It's always cattiness and all that drama.