Quotes About Diversity

If there's any message, it is ultimately that it's okay to be different; that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.

Genetically, I'm pure Greek. Psychologically, environmentally, culturally, by choice, I'm a member of the black community.

trust that you now perceive the same act may wear as many different hues of right or wrong as the rainbow, according to the atmosphere in which it is done.

Unity not uniformity must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated not annihilated not absorbed.

The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.

My activism did not spring from being black...The racial injustice that was present in this country during my youth was a challenge to my belief in the oneness of the human family.

When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience.

Nine different people gathered and became like a family. To me, it is a very meaningful tie.

I'm a professional cook. I've worked with other cooks from all over the world, but my family is not that way - they're always lived within 25 miles of my hometown!

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.

My whole family was Muslim, and most of the people I knew were Muslim.

World Refugee Day is a reminder that there is no 'us' and 'them.' There is only us, one human family, connected in ways we sometimes forget.

I have a lot of LGBT friends and family members and I've always supported the community, not only as a child but as an adult, and I think it's important to voice that.

We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.

Head Start is designed to ensure that all children - regardless of their family's income, race, or ethnic background - are able to enter kindergarten ready to learn.

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.

We may be different races and religions but we are all part of the same human family

You can't hide behind race any more. You can't hide behind class structure any more. You can't hide behind family. You need to produce.

The family is changing not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.

My family never told me like you have to be one thing. What do you want to be when you grow up? They think it's the most ridiculous question. You can be many, many things.

The peoples of the earth are one family.

It's actually kind of nice to have a 'patchwork family.'

The European family may well be anything but perfect.