Quotes About Inclusion

Most girls spend most of their time at school. If real change comes from hearing our voices, it has to start in school, but school is a place where black girls tend to experience microaggressions. Microaggressions are not always obvious, ugly, or terrible things, but they make you feel as though your voice does not matter.

Having diverse leadership means there are more voices in the room, and there are more different points of entry for people who are being bullied or abused at work. There are more points of entry for them to complain to.

A lot of times in comedy, and also in podcasting and television, there are different kinds of voices that can be celebrated. So you can have 'Insecure' exist, you can have a '2 Dope Queens' exist, you can have 'The Mindy Project' exist - very distinct, funny voices from women and from people of color.

I just see that there's a lot that I can do as far as sparking change and helping amplify the voices of marginalized people.

The sad reality of it is, as black artists in the industry, we still have to work 10 times harder to get our voices out there.

There are tons of talented people out there, and we just don't get a chance to get into this system. I want to be a part of that. I want to help these young, diverse, unique voices tell stories.

I'm interested in stories being told by marginalized voices and, specifically, people of color.

There are so many voices that tell people, especially queer people, that they don't have importance and regality.

We find it very interesting to call upon different voices as though they were different instruments.

It doesn't matter how many women we get into game production. If the only people evaluating the work we do continue to be men, women's voices will never be heard.

Women's voices need to be in politics, and shaping politics from the very beginning, not serve as an afterthought.

It's 2015. And I just want to get to the point where we're hearing female voices as much as we're hearing men's.

To say a democracy prospers only if one set of voices is heard would be untrue.

I'm just trying to humanise situations and represent voices that aren't being represented.

Womens' voices are very important.

Politics is not about a certain type or breed of people. It is a representation of the different voices we have in society.

We need to make sure we're bringing in diverse voices and not expecting everyone to be a representation of their ethnicity or their age or their gender, but judge them individually and make sure that we're figuring out who the person is and not just checking a box.

We have seen a lot more black and minority ethnic coaches at grass-roots level, academy level, development level, but of course at senior level there is a massive void. That is something that has to be addressed and there has to be a pathway for them.

To me, politics is culture. I became a journalist, and later a filmmaker, to get to know my new country and my volatile place in it as a gay, undocumented Filipino-American.

The voices of women need to be heard. The volume needs to be turned up.

I think 'I Spy,' still when you look at it, speaks volumes in terms of propaganda for equality. It's just magnificent.

Most black British people who have come to our shores were not brought here in chains, but came voluntarily due to their connections to the U.K. and in search of a better life. I should know: I am one of them.

We've gotta stand up against hate. If you're able to give money, give to Black Lives Matter. If you're able to protest, protest. If you're able to volunteer, volunteer.

Underrepresented employees already have to overcome discriminatory barriers in their careers; they shouldn't be expected to volunteer their time to help their companies do the same.