Quotes About Inclusion

We have so much discrimination in this world - colour, race, creed, all of these things - and there is an issue here that the right of marriage in the civil law is not extended to same-sex couples.

I've always made the case that a baseball locker room is simply an extension of society. Every type of person you have in your large office environment is also represented in an MLB clubhouse.

The extent to which all people in our society are made to count, and believe that they count, is not just a measure of decency; it makes sound economic sense.

If people are coming into the country to add an extra dimension, to bring skills and expertise with them, we have always been open to that.

You don't play extra guys just to play them. You play 'em because they can help you in some way.

To see the difference between when I came to Britain in 1955 with what it is today, to see how the sub-continent has been embraced, it is quite extraordinary.

I know so many extraordinary women who I never get to see represented on screen, and that's shameful.

The more eyeballs there are on the sport, it will get more diverse.

Being a lesbian is part of the very fabric of my being.

Part of the fabric of America is that we have people from different countries who've come here and they are American, and yet they embrace their home ancestral culture. And this is their new home. And that's part of what makes this country unique in the history of human beings on this earth.

The problems faced by writers of color are analogous to the problems face by women writers.

I had a funny last name, and I didn't look like everybody else, and I got faced with a lot of racism.

I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones that many Americans are alert to.

I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.

Growing up, I didn't think it would be possible to be an actress - I didn't see a lot of Latina faces on TV or in movies. But that didn't stop me from trying. I realized early that anything I really wanted was worth working for.

In this industry, people like to look at different faces on their screens - even I do.

That makes a difference when you have all these Asian faces running then getting elected. You have some 30 people, many of them Democrats, running for Congress. When the community sees the other faces who look like them can run and win, I think it encourages them.

All the events that have made up the character and fabric of British culture and everything that has happened to make up the fabric of America culture - art and music - includes the faces and the colours of a lot of people.

American Sign Language is a language. It's fun to learn, and it's different from other languages because you use your hands, you use your face, your facial expressions, and there is also an incredible culture that comes with it and an amazing community too, and through that, we can support each other.

When we address the disparities facing black people, we get a lot closer to a true democracy where all lives matter.

Administrations and administrative faculty work very hard to see that schools are diverse as much as possible.

We need autocracies and failing democracies alike to understand that they cannot scapegoat LGBT citizens to distract from their own shortcomings.

I think where policy fails cinema can help to bring people together.

How do you make things fair?