Quotes About Diversity

Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers?

As an international sportsman, I am very lucky to be supported by people all over the world, many of who treat me as one of their own, no matter what their nationality, or indeed mine. This is the way sport should be.

You don't want to treat any one person as oracular.

In New York, a Jew is a Jew, an Italian is an Italian, a Muslim is a Muslim: Nobody's going out of his way to treat you in a special way.

It's wrong to treat Muslims as if they will never find their John Stuart Mill. Christianity and Judaism show people can be very dogmatic and then open up.

I got into acting for the chance to be many different people and many different characters. I love hiding in a role and doing the research. If there is an opportunity to change my body, I will change my body. I'll slip in and disguise myself in a role. That is a really big treat for me.

Writers who aren't from rural states in the Midwest or the West often treat such people as if they were the Waltons or the Beverly Hillbillies.

We want to be treated equally and not judged off our skin color.

Jurgen Klopp will change Liverpool. He is a great coach and in the end his results will prove it. Every moment I had with him is a good memory. He treated me so well, taught so much, even though I was from Japan and not at all famous.

No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.

Speaking out is important for me because everyone should be treated equally.

Churches, synagogues, and mosques should be treated the same.

I don't think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race. The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly. We can't force them to think that way.

I don't care if you're Christian, you're Muslim, you're gay, you're straight - I am here to fight for your equality. Because I believe that we are all born equal, but we are not treated equally, and that is why we must fight.

I am treated no different than the other girls.

If you don't have respect for immigrants, or you don't have respect for minorities, or you don't have respect for women, it's gonna be very difficult for you to understand why the other side needs to be treated fairly.

Adults who loved and knew me, on many occasions sat me down and told me that I was black. As you could imagine, this had a profound impact on me and soon became my truth. Every friend I had was black; my girlfriends were black. I was seen as black, treated as black, and endured constant overt racism as a young black teenager.

I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect.

In Holland, homosexuality is treated the same way as heterosexuality. In what Islamic country does that happen?

I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period.

All I want for my career is I want to work with the best directors and I want to be treated like a Caucasian man would be.

Gay relationships have historically not been treated the same as straight relationships.

We've made some incredible progress, but there are still steps we need to take to ensure LGBT Americans are treated as equal citizens.

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.