Quotes About Diversity

There are fewer representations of black figures in the historical record.

I went to a historically black college.

The thing about not being historically a mainstream writer is that everyone feels like you're theirs: you're their friend.

The thing people have to remember is there's nothing natural about racism as it exists in America. I mean, we know this historically. We can look at 1619, when Africans first came here, and how early African slaves intermixed pretty indiscriminately with indentured white servants.

Creating more characters that represent historically marginalized and historically disenfranchised people in television and film is certainly important.

I want to push the boundaries on the roles that have historically been given to actresses who look like me. There is so much more we can do. There always has been.

Historically, there's been a degree of sameness to animated films.

Black history is American history.

When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.

I'd always thought leadership was a CEO or president or person in a position of power. And honestly, to me, that meant a man - because that's what I was reading about in history books growing up.

Unfortunately, racism is not confined to our history books.

'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.

We didn't just want to go out and do that whole greatest hits thing.

Whether you like modern incarnations of what country radio hits are, or you like what I'm doing, or you like something really off in folk, poetry Americana land, it's all just music, man. If you like one of them, great - go buy it.

I'm pretty close to Miguel Cabrera. We are such different hitters, but at the same time, we're pretty close because we both like to hit the ball middle-away.

I tend to pick projects that give me a sense of freshness. So my filmography, especially after hitting my 30s, has become a lot more diverse.

I think people have at least two careers in them, so we decided to turn our hobbies of motorbikes, cooking and chatting into a living.

Acting was a hobby for me when I started out, or maybe it was because there weren't a lot of examples of me when I found an interest in this art form.

I drive something different every day. It's just my hobby.

If you keep marrying as I do, you learn everybody's hobby.

I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically.

I'd love to be a role model for black kids, whether they play hockey or not.

If there is hockey or football and cricket on my television, I prefer to watch hockey.

Hockey players are given as much respect as any other sportsperson in our country.