Quotes About Diversity

There was so much racism when I was a kid, but it was also ignorant.

There are ignorant individuals in every city.

I would be ignorant to say colorism doesn't exist; it's gross and disgusting.

I was not aware of alopecia before 'Gone Kesh,' and when I heard the synopsis, read the script, I realized how ignorant we are about people's lifestyles and their issues.

When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you.

I want to expand and not ignore the late 20th-century additions to filmed entertainment.

I know what it's like to be ignored; when I got to L.A., I longed for somebody who looked like me to show me the ropes.

I found out that I was illegal when I was 16. I'm gay. I'm Filipino.

My family was one of the few South Asian families in my community in Illinois. Growing up in the '80s, I remember going to the K-Mart with my mom, when she was wearing her sari, and she'd get made fun of. People would ask my mother, 'Were you born with that dot on your head?'

The biggest challenge I have with Washingtonians is they think Illinois is exclusively a Democratic state.

Well, you can't say you are lucky to live in Champaign, but I was lucky to be at the University of Illinois. It's a very international cosmopolitan community. That's very helpful.

When I was born, the wisdom was that homosexuality was an illness; that it was caused largely by somebody's mother, and a distorted relationship with the mother. And now, as I live my life - married to a husband, with kids - it's an identity.

I wasn't put on the cover of 'Sports Illustrated' as a plus-size model; I was put on the cover of 'Sports Illustrated' as a model, as a rookie, as Ashley Graham.

It's not just Ethiopia, but Africa in general - most of the media concentrates on what's not going well. But there is so much beauty there. When you go, it changes everything. It changes you, your life, and the way you see things. The challenge is changing the image of Africa that's been anchored in people for years now.

I wanted to play a domestic help all my life... Because I wanted to break my image.

It is dreadful to see actors reproducing the same image constantly.

I am a black woman who has been given this character called Hermione to play on the stage. But actually, we've all grown up with the books, with Emma Watson playing her in the films. Imagery is so strong.

Growing up, I loved the imagery I saw from America as it celebrated being the land of the free and home of the brave.

Here I come with these images of black and white people, and a lot of people got angry at me.

No, I don't go along with everything they say or do. For example, I'm probably the only one in the band who loves funky rock n' roll, trashy music and R&B. And I don't agree with some of our images either. But Don and Glenn have it covered.

I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.

People have really strong images of what church is, and it's almost certainly not the same as mine.

I want more girls to be able to see themselves behind the camera creating images we all enjoy, and I want to call attention to the fact that women directors are here all over the world.

It's so important for women to create images of women - or any group, at that.