Quotes About Diversity

It's patently impossible for a Muslim character to represent 'all Muslims.'

I am a woman. I go on set, and I'll be who I am, and I'll represent who I am. I think it comes with age.

Politically, the ultraorthodox represent a small portion of the Israeli society.

We're not really trying to do anything besides represent where we come from, and that's New Orleans.

You cannot collectively, as a society, decide that you are only going to represent one part of a minority. It's like saying you've represented black people on television because you aired an episode of the 'Cosbys.'

I think to be Miss U.S.A., first of all, you need to represent everybody, all of us here.

Just because I take my music international doesn't mean I have to sing in English. I will continue to sing in Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati, and Tamil. I want to represent my own country through its own languages.

I don't see it as pressure at all. I see it as such an honor to just in some sort of way represent Puerto Rico and Hispanics and all the girls out there.

I am not one to go for traditional female roles, because I don't think traditionally female characters are very interesting, and I don't think they represent real life.

If I'm privileged to be elected, I'd be blessed to represent a diverse district, including South Asians and Indian Americans.

I felt that pop music didn't represent me. And that's why I made my own.

Since girls and women represent 50 percent of the world population, enabling them to participate in their local economies helps broaden the employment pool.

I want to represent my color and ethnicity. To be proud of our heritages is really cool.

There is a struggle when you do represent so many countries within you, but that makes you who you are.

I'm trying to have Wakanda represent all of Africa.

Those who promote hatred, bigotry, and fear do not represent America and do not represent us.

I'll always represent Canada. I was born here, and my parents chose to immigrate here. There are so many things I don't see in other countries, I see here. I love having the Maple Leaf behind me.

My parents are super excited that they've produced an Olympian. I don't think they ever would have imagined this would happen in a million years, so I hope I represent not only Team U.S.A., but the Japanese-American culture and my family as well.

The Olympics is a cool opportunity to represent our country, which is amazing. But I have another community I am competing for, and that is the LGBT community.

I think the people that we hire in government should be just as diverse as the communities we represent.

Shouldn't you be able to tell your stories from your point of view? We're dealing with that with 'Looking' where some queers are like, 'These guys are so boring! They don't represent me!' But no show can represent everything, so is it OK for us, in 'Looking,' to write about these three men and their world?

When I speak, I don't speak for myself; I don't have the luxury of a Caucasian to be able to speak for myself. I speak for a whole community, and I represent so many different communities that that felt like a lot of pressure.

That's the biggest thing I struggle with. We could never hope to represent every gay person in America. There will be people who will say, 'Well, my experience of being gay isn't like that,' to which I can only say, 'That's fine.'

I've been fat since fourth grade and bullied for it, but I still knew I couldn't represent every kids' experience.