Quotes About Diversity

I consider protecting all students, including LGBTQ students, not only a key priority for the Department, but for every school in America.

There will be gay couples; it will exist. It is not very nice that people who are married - who divorce in three seconds - don't want protection for the others. The legal system should protect everyone, not just the few people who think they are above everybody else because they are married.

Equal protection under the law - for race, religion, gender or sexual orientation - should not be subject to the most popular sentiments of the day.

I support making sure that there are legal protects for everyone.

We talk too much of black art when we should be talking about art, just art. Black composers must be free to write rondos and fugues, not only protest songs.

Someone who wanted to challenge Orthodoxy would not be able to locate a building to hold a protest march in front of. The faith is too diffused.

You go to a protest, and you've got all these different groups saying things you don't necessarily agree with. If I went to a protest, my placard would have to be very long, explaining the ins and outs of my position.

As you know, I am neither Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopalian, nor Presbyterian, nor am I an Irishman.

I was baptized a Baptist, but I'm just Christian, as far as I'm concerned. I could go in any church, doesn't matter if it's Baptist, Protestant, Episcopal, or Catholic.

The reality of life in Northern Ireland is that if you were Protestant, you learned British history, and if you were Catholic, you learned Irish history in school.

I grew up Catholic. My mother is from El Salvador, so my family on her side is Roman Catholic. My father is Protestant, and while he was spiritual, he wasn't much of a churchgoing person. I think it's fairly common for families to be brought up in the mother's religion.

My parents were extremely liberal. They didn't believe in being Catholic or Protestant, and that was a big deal at the time.

Growing up, I saw Mum as being so celebratory of our culture. So I was surprised to hear - during discussions sparked by the Black Lives Matter protests - about the racism she experienced growing up, and the shame she once felt about being black.

Be proud to be Latino and never lose that pride!

We are a multicultural country - always have been, and to our credit, always will be. It is something that we should be very proud of and embrace.

I am proud of the fact that we live in a country where all festivals are celebrated with the same energy.

The diversity of India, of our civilization, is actually a thing of beauty, which is something we are extremely proud of.

If we want to be proud to be from a country like America and all the things that we hang our hats on, like diversity, equality, land of the free and home of the brave, it's everybody's responsibility to ensure that everyone in the country is being afforded the same rights.

I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed.

I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.

I'm very proud of the Italian heritage of my great-grandparents, who came here from Italy, and how they helped be a part of the American Dream, and that's something we want to continue to make available to everybody who wants to come here.

A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.

I am proud to be an African.

I'm a proud Cuban-Mexican immigrant.