Quotes About Representation

Now, there are more and more Asian models and opportunities to understand Asian beauty.

I'm just hoping that as I get older, and as more and more movies get made by female directors, what we start to see is how, in the same way good male directors get a shot at creating interesting male and female characters, women do as well.

I think, more and more in fashion now, diversity is so important because that's what the customer is.

I really am enjoying the fact that I feel like women are having more and more say in Hollywood, in television particular.

I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.

We don't really compare ourselves to the men's game or what they do. For us, it's about trying to get more people involved in the women's games.

Democrats believe that when more people vote, it's not just good for our party; it's good for democracy.

We absolutely need more role models. I think we need more people to come forward and be proud of who they are.

I'm seeing more and more people of color do what I do as showrunners, and that's so great. I would love to get to the point where we don't have to talk about it anymore.

The idea of red-washing or blue-washing an entire county because a few more people vote one way or the other does a disservice to the people who live there.

I set up the KC Academy to get more people from a black background into cycling.

I started my cycling academy to try and get more people from a BAME background into cycling.

More than anything, I want fans to take away an understanding of trans people that we can be anybody.

I can't say I'm a Bond girl because I'm too mature to be a Bond girl. I say Bond lady; Bond woman. But I'm proud to be a Bond lady, because actually, Bond is the most amazing man.

There are very few women in the Senate and very few mothers.

If someone like Jennifer Lopez, who is the mother of two children, can still play strong, independent roles, why can't Indian heroines who are mothers be treated the same way.

My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.

Latino people have come up to me and said they were motivated to become a lawyer because they saw me play one on TV - and you can't discount how great it is when they tell me I was the first.

Out of 160 physicians in Nigeria in the early 1950s, 76 were Yorubas, 49 were Ibos and only one was Hausa-Fulani.

should also be noted that the Constitution's distinction in counting people for representation in Congress was between slave and free, not black and white. Free blacks were counted the same as whites—and free blacks existed before the Constitution existed.

Until the sixteenth century, men—priests, academics, judges, merchants, princes, and many others—wore skirts, or robes. For men, the skirt was a 'sign of leisure and a symbol of dignity,' writes Quentin Bell. This is still true for men in high positions. After all, can you imagine the Pope, or Professor Dumbledore, wearing trousers? Have you ever seen a depiction of God wearing pants?

we should ask who is missing from the data we're being shown, and whether our conclusions might differ if they were included.

the diagram "is to affect thro' the Eyes what we may fail to convey to the brains of the public through their word-proof eyes.

But this, too, was a performance.