Quotes About Diversity

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In the early sixties, the notion that racism was not acceptable even in certain regions or certain clubs or certain circumstances—the notion that it could not be treated with moderation—was a notion largely confined to black people.

Long Island is the single most segregated suburban area in the United States.

Our eyes see different things, I thought. They always have. Even when we're looking in the same direction, standing side by side.

A single voice and yet a chorus.

An odd duck in a sea of well dressed swans.

People. Say what you like, but life would be boring without them.

My advice, as in everything, is to read widely and think for yourself We need more dissent and less dogma.

A person who isn't reminded several times a day about the implications of the color of her skin has time to consider the implications of other things.

Gradually, that first year in middle school, he began to understand—there were many ways to be a freak. Amy had no choice, but other people did. If you worked hard and concentrated, you could hide your freakish thoughts.

Freakishness could happen to anyone at any time.

It surprised me because she put it as well (or better) than I could have and made a simple point she didn't even intend: being disabled wasn't the main thing about her.

He has dark skin," she said to Rux, jumping right to her point, "because God is an astounding artist, and like you, he loves to paint with many different colors.

if every story ended with a handsome prince, there wouldn't be anybody left in the kingdom to stand around and cheer.

I don't get it. I just don't get it. If Art is supposed to imitate Life, why do they want all the actors to be thin? There are fat people in the world. Shouldn't there be a few of us actors to represent them?

Mariko had given her notorious sweet tooth full rein. Lex stared at the table of food and could already feel the sugar eating cavities into her enamel. Banana nut bread, sesame-crusted Chinese doughnuts, almond cookies, fruit cocktail and almond custard, steamed egg cake, even honey walnut prawns. On the non-Asian side was rum cake, blueberry pecan muffins, strawberry almond rolls, and croissants.

Uniqueness and limitation are synonymous

An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.

Individual differences—It is important to recognise that students with dyslexia are individuals and their individual learning preferences and differences need to be acknowledged.

Sometimes I did feel like I came from a different tribe. I was not like my outgoing, ironic dad or my tough-chick mom. And as if to seal the deal, instead of learning to play electric guitar, I'd gone and chosen the cello.

Everyone loves New York City for all these different reasons. The culture. The mix of people. The pace. The food. But for me, it's like one epic Easter egg hunt. You're always finding these little surprises around every corner.

En cuántos idiomas te has manchado?

I look at Ben now. And again I wonder how it is that we can feel so many of the same things and be so utterly different.

He looks at me and then, reverting to the voice he'd used with Kendra, says, 'If homegirls wanna see me as ghetto trash'--he stops and switches to his lispy, sassy voice--'or big-ass queer'--now he switches to his deepest Shakespeare voice--'I shall not take it upon myself to disabuse them.