Quotes About Diversity

Whenever you can relate to the population of the team that you play for, I think it makes it that much more special.

I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with ease. And then along came Obama.

I'm very proud to be black, but I'm just as much black as I am white. But I want tell stories that everybody can relate to, so I don't care who's opposite me.

People always want to think that because you're not from a certain circumstance, you can't relate. That's ridiculous.

I understand why it's hard to pin me down because I really relate to so many things. Like, for example, when people ask me what's my favorite music, I can't tell them. I love everything.

I wasn't able to relate to anyone on TV growing up, so I wanted to bring my own experiences to the screen.

I decided to host a couple of the 'In The Life' programs. And I did that really as a result of meeting a lot of young gay people in the Midwest who really had nothing to relate to. At least I felt this program is presenting them with some options.

People don't watch TV only to relate to stuff. They also watch to find out about a world they can't relate to.

I relate to both my Caucasian side and my African side, and I love that.

We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.

I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.

I have my own past and my own personality. I'm going to relate to the material in a completely different way than somebody else might.

The black community wants to buy things and want to see themselves portrayed in a certain way. And if they don't like what they see, then they won't spend their money. Everyone's not gonna always relate to Captain America; everyone is not going to always relate to Thor. A lot of characters just don't speak to them.

If you talk about language in the Caribbean, you must relate it to history.

The people who relate to Playboy, both readers and people who produce it, are not the way the critics think they are.

My mom is African-American, Native-American, Irish, and Creole, and my father is of Jewish, Russian, and Polish descent. It's made me who I am. Because of my diverse background, I think I can relate to many different people, different stories, and different communities.

People are people, regardless of who they love or what gender they relate to.

I think it doesn't matter, the color of your skin; it doesn't matter where you are from. It matters how you relate to people, how you connect with people, and the open-mindedness with which you approach the subject. That's to me what matters when you are making a film, not who you are or where you are from.

As a kid, I just felt like I didn't really have anyone to look up to that I felt like I could really relate to, someone that was out and gay and also competing in sports and finding success.

It's weird because I see black gay characters on television all the time, but do I relate to them? Not always, because they're set pieces.

I want girls to be able to relate to me, and I think that's why a lot of commercial clients like me: because I'm just like everyone else.

I'm very proudly European. I love that we have stories to tell of a place where we come from and we can relate to.

When I write a team book, it's all about how they relate to each other and what they bring to the team and the book. Whether it's Black Canary and Huntress or Bane and Scandal, I look for a relationship that people can believe in, that they want to follow and learn more about.

I am an 'other.' As a queer, biracial man who occupies and embodies many different intersections of 'otherness,' I've spent my entire life seeking reflections of myself in the world around me to connect and relate to.