Quotes About Diversity

Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.

Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.

A car for every purse and purpose.

I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.

On the Law Which has Regulated the Introduction of Species 1855

European emigrants and their descendants are all over the place, which requires explanation.

Every corner of the globe, with its different activities, touched their hearts and minds with interest—busy, rushing life in various forms, and all going on simultaneously, at this moment—now. Life obviously was one. The strange unity was convincing. Nothing they saw was alien to themselves, for they took part in it.

However, blackness, no less than whiteness, has been and continues to be a socially constructed and therefore highly contentious racial description.

The colourblind view was grounded in the perception that blacks, whites, and non-white Hispanics now operated on a level playing field, and that no special consideration was to be given to the 'racial' background of, say, applicants for jobs or college admission.

Anthropomorphic measurements and detailed genealogies were conducted, which showed that hybrid populations resulting from 'mixture' between blacks and whites displayed a homogeneity which was even greater than that found among those of 'pure' European descent.

the concept of race simply refused to provide unambiguously different types. To put it differently, no 'pure' races could be identified.

there was only a 15 per cent genetic variation across 'racially' and geographically classified populations.

the collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin. It can be seen or detected in processes, attitudes and behaviour which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness, and racist stereotyping which disadvantage minority ethnic people.

all humans are descended from an original population in Africa.

in the Cheddar Gorge area of Somerset, revealed that these Britons were far from the light-skinned, straight- and fair-haired humans that they had been supposed to be.

The 'racial types' they posited are of relatively recent origin, having been replaced over and over by other types of populations in previous centuries.

But there are black Muslims and white Muslims, as well as Asian Muslims and Arab Muslims; Muslims are constituted by a wide variety of nationalities and ethnicities, while the religion itself is riven with sectarian conflict, especially between Shi'as and Sunnis. Muslims, in other words, cannot be considered a 'race'.

However, this is by no means an argument that prevents us from recognizing the myriad ways in which Muslims are racialized.

So, for people of colour to even make it to the point where they could be considered for college admission, or employment in managerial or professional occupations, they had to overcome obstacles that white admissions tutors and employers simply did not have to face and remained unaware of.

the election of Obama showed that America had moved beyond 'race' into a definitively post-racial era in which now even a black American could be president. The

What if . . . instead of saying, this border divides these places. We said, this border unites these places. This border holds together these two really interesting different places. What if we declared border crossings places where, listen, when you crossed them, you yourself became doubly possible.

beauty in its most completeness is never found in a single body but is something shared instead between more than one body.

What if the girl says. Instead of saying, this border divides places. We said, this border holds together two really interesting different places. What if we declared border crossings places where, listen, when you crossed them, you yourself became doubly possible.

It isn't a good enough answer, that one group of people can be in charge of the destinies of another group of people and choose whether to exclude them or include them. Human beings have to be more ingenious than this, and more generous. We've got to come up with a better answer.