Quotes About Diversity

I think my parents felt us being a minority a little bit more than I did, and they tried to shelter me from that so I didn't feel it at all.

What I crave, and what I want to see on television, is when you see a minority character, not to have it being about them being black or Asian or Latino. If you watch 'Friends,' for example, it's not about a group of people being white. It's about a group of people being friends, you know? You should just let the characters exist.

A lot of times when I play a show, I'm the only girl on the bill. We're a minority, for sure.

Minority ethnic issues need to be mainstream issues.

I've spent my entire adult life encouraging minority communities to get involved in mainstream society, civic society.

I have always included minority characters in my stories, often as heroes.

Women are a minority the same way gay people are.

I felt like I wasn't considered for minority or Caucasian male lead roles. There aren't really a lot of roles written for me, and I mean me and who I am in real life.

I grew up in a lower-middle-class environment, usually the lone minority among my classmates.

I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent. We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.

I know personally that being a conservative minority is a test of character. Identity, after all, is an integral and cherished part of the self.

Most of my friends were white. I grew up really the only minority in my school, along with my sister.

Increasing postsecondary enrollment and success, particularly among first-generation, low-income, and minority students, is good for students and our state's economy.

Instead of minority and majority politics, if we try and give the same rights to all, it is not polarisation. This is the core value of our Constitution.

At the start of the 21st century, Britain is caught in a confusing riptide of anxiety. Of course racism still exists, but things have improved to a point where many ethnic minority Britons do not experience it as a regular feature in their lives.

India is a land of minorities. Everyone belongs to some minority.

I am in a small minority as a black female with a disability. But I've shown that even with conditions like MS, it's not the setback that it has to be.

The numbers speak for themselves as far as the hiring, firing and the lack of opportunities for minority and Black head coaches and executives in the National Football League, and we need the change.

People shouldn't feel that advice has to come from people who look like them. Because if that happens, then the converse is true: where when an ethnic minority is speaking people might feel well this person is only speaking for their sub-group.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor.

It was better for me when I was joined at the court by a second woman. When I was there alone, there was too much media focus on the one woman, and the minute we got another woman, that changed.

To me, religious life is life. I do not see any reason to spend one's whole life tasting just one kind of fruit.

ALTHOUGH I DON'T PROFESS TO BE NORMAL, I AM HUMAN AS ARE ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE I WORK WITH, AND SOMETIMES EVEN I FORGET THAT. -Violent Crimes Investigator Flagstaff Arizona