Quotes About Diversity

The mutating virus of multiculturalism has escaped its breeding ground in elite universities and is now running rampant across popular culture, entertainment, and politics.

There are many different types of racism from people of different colours and nationalities. There is no vaccine to fight this and no antibiotics to take. It's a dangerous and infectious virus which is strengthened by indifference and inaction.

I'm not interested in replicating 'Hedwig' like a virus.

The current diversity visa program does a disservice to our immigration policy and to those immigrants who have moved through the more traditional process that allows them to lawfully reside in this country.

Hiring foreigners is more expensive and more difficult than hiring locals, because of the visa fees and long lead times for visa processing. And companies face a backlash by anti-immigrant groups for hiring foreigners. So they do it only because they have to.

'Til such time that the U.S. produces a continuous supply of home-grown talent, I want U.S. visa programs that support people from abroad come into the country.

I worked as a restaurant hostess and tutored English-as-a-second-language without a formal work visa.

I was surprised by the attention and visibility on me as a black woman CEO. I look forward to the day when this is the norm and not the exception.

Only a straight white person would have no concept of what visibility is. They've never contended with anything but visibility.

I've been called a race traitor, prejudiced about white people. It's ridiculous... I have a really, really diverse crowd. Most comedy clubs appeal to white audiences. I have a very mixed crowd. I have a lot of visibility in the black audience.

I think people who are not from here think the Inner Harbor is the only center for culture or fun in the city, and there's so much more to Baltimore. The Harbor's a beautiful place, but there are so many gems embedded in other communities that don't get as much visibility.

Drag Race' is giving visibility to our community. It's on TV and you can see RuPaul, who is a black, queer, powerful figure who has run this empire for years, and I think that's an amazing thing.

I think the first step towards exploring the unexplored side of the LGBTQ community is to show them on screen, to create a visibility.

I can remember when there were storylines with gay characters on shows like 'Family' and 'Dynasty' and thinking, I have something in common with that person. This was way before the Internet and all the visibility that has brought with it.

I hope that in 50 years I can look back and say I made my most fervent efforts to provide visibility for the unseen.

As far as being a plus-size woman, I play a plus-size character by default, and for me, the visibility - that, I think, is key.

We need a lot more visibility of queer people in public life. People gotta get used to it.

There's so much visibility for trans people, for gay men and lesbians, but there's still not a lot for bisexual people.

Founded in 1994 by the Anita Borg Institute and growing every year, the Grace Hopper Celebration is bringing needed network connections, skill building, and visibility for women computer scientists who work at all levels of our industry.

I think there is much more queer visibility than there was when I was a kid. There is marriage, more trans visibility, and many more celebrities who are open about the sexuality. This was so not the case when I was a kid.

I think it's so important to have visibility and to break down stereotypes and stigmas and everything that people are so attached to.

Having transgender characters leads to more visibility, which creates education. Education can hopefully lead to everyone treating our community with acceptance and love.

I love a company that puts their money where their mouth is when it comes to LGBTQIA visibility.

We don't want to categorize our music. Some people say you need a definite musical direction to give a group visibility.