Quotes About Diversity

the American cowboy was born of Reconstruction and carried all the hallmarks of the strife of the immediate postwar years: he was a hardworking white man who started from nothing, asked for nothing, and could rise on his own. The reality was that about a third of all cowboys were men of color—black or Mexican, and sometimes Indian—and that few rose to prosperity.

We should also not expect that men and women will make identical choices, or be driven to excel at identical things, or even, perhaps, be motivated by the same goals. To ignore our differences and demand uniformity is a different kind of sexism. Differences between the sexes are a reality, and while they can be cause for concern, they are also very often a strength, and we ignore them at our peril.

we are all distinct—what will work for one person may not work for another; this variation between individuals is perhaps the most fundamental of evolutionary observations.

It is no accident that, in every human culture known, there is language that distinguishes male from female. It's a human universal.

Sir, you are gainfully employed and a good man who appreciates we are a great human family." "Most certainly, sir," Mark promised. "Alas, many of us foolishly learned the hard way, but you see, once death claims us, a human soul has no color. We are one, and alive and dead, we are beautiful in all that we are.

that was New York for you, always changing. New groups of people came in on a daily basis. Some people liked it, some people continued to hate foreigners, even though they themselves had been the foreigners of a previous decade or century.

All paths lead to God, and it doesn't matter if you call him Jehovah, Allah, Buddha, or even if you believe that he is a she.

Let's hope that very soon it won't matter whether we're red, black, tan, yellow, white…male or female. Or whether we believe in the White Buffalo Woman, the teachings of Buddha, Allah or God.

There are idiots in every crowd.

We're called to speak to people to whom we often don't feel like speaking; to refrain from surrounding ourselves with people "just like us," whose thoughts, ideas, and actions we can more or less manage and control; to share not just with the poor, but with the rich, the mediocre, the irritating, the Republicans, the Democrats, because we never know who the poor are. We never know whose heart is hemorrhaging. We never know who needs a kind work, a smile, a helping hand.

We can discover that of the rough material we've been given, every single thread of what we'll eventually contribute back to the tapestry of all humanity is every bit as important, needed, wanted, and cherished as every and any other scrap and thread.

spoken by Brigid** "The divine endeavors to course through all peoples and religions, Decius. It is only in Christianity that it has best found its home.

Math is "maths," an elevator is a "lift," a truck is a "lorry," a flashlight is a "torch," and "crisps" are what they call potato chips, while "chips" over here means French fries. Just as riding the double-decker buses thrills me, I get a thrill out of hearing people talk.

A community is like a family," she told him, "and every family has a few odd ducks. The important thing to remember is that they're still family.

Football means soccer, squash is soda, bonkers is nuts—I'm going to need an interpreter or something.

I support legal immigration.

You're a witch?- I shake my head. -I don't believe in organized religion. Why limit body, mind, and spirit in just one way?

People are people,"..."You can fall in love with either sex- it's the *person* who makes the difference. His or her spectacular insides.

I wish for my child, for all our children, a world where they can be who they are and become their most loved, blessed, appreciated selves.

Wider ranges of normal make the world a better place for everyone.

For my child, for all our children, I want more options, more paths through the woods, wider ranges of normal, and unconditional love.

You have to help him see that if he's disappearing from the world, that's too high a price to pay for fitting in. He has to see how 'You shouldn't push even though you want to' isn't the same as 'You shouldn't wear a dress even though you want to.

I've lived life. I know what's important. I've seen it all by now. You think he's the first boy I ever saw in a bikini? He's not. You think your generation invented kids who are different?

lots of fish switch genders?" Her parents had no idea. "They switch or they're both. Both at once, or first one then the other. Clown fish all start as boys, but some of them become girls later. Parrot fish are all girls, so then one of them has to become a boy—she changes color and everything—but then if another boy comes along, she might go back to being a girl again.