Quotes About Inclusion

The white pastors who opposed the civil rights movement, and even those who ignored it, were indeed disobeying Paul's theological proclamation that, in Christ, there is no Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female; but all are one in Christ Jesus.

Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception.

I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is no distinction in God's eyes between men and women, slaves and masters, Jews and non-Jews - everybody is created equally in the eyes of God.

We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

Naquele lugar existia uma mulher, por nome Maria Mutema, pessoa igual às outras, sem nenhuma diversidade.

Seguramente não é essa massa rude, de iletrados, enfermiços, encarquilhados, impaludados, mestiços e negros. A isso não se pode chamar um povo, não era isso o que mostraríamos a um estrangeiro como exemplo do nosso povo.

Mas, no que depender de mim, e tenho certeza de que dos senhores também, o Brasil jamais se tornará um país de negros, pardos e bugres, não se transformará num valhacouto de inferiores, desprezível e desprezado pelas verdadeiras civilizações.

Before Sonia Sotomayor's appointment, a total of 110 justices had been named to the United States Supreme Court since its 1789 creation. All but 4 of these justices were white men, reflecting the traditional power base of the nation. Beginning with African American Thurgood Marshall in 1967, the groundbreakers navigated the public expectations and internal rituals of a tradition bound institution.

Sonia Sotomayor's] opinion echoed with her personal story: 'Race matters because of the slights, the snickers, the silent judgments that reinforce that most crippling of thoughts: 'I do not belong here.

The message to the stranger is clear: come right in and disturb our perfect lives. You are the Christ for us today.

No one inside will ever disappear. We're all real. We all matter.

She knew perfectly well that things like parties and best friends and going to tea with people were fine for everyone else, because everyone else was "inside"--inside some sort of invisible magic circle. But Anna herself was outside. And so these things had nothing to do with her. It was as simple as that.

She was, after all, at home on D ward, more than she had ever been anywhere, and for the first time as a recognizable and defined thing—one of the nuts. She would have a banner under which to stand.

This book is a labor of love. It is dedicated to people who have cried themselves to sleep because they were 'different'. It is also a celebration of the 'inner outcast' in all of us, and a humble attempt to inspire tolerance, understanding, and acceptance." the intro from the author

People say I'm not much of a girl either," Tiger Lily said. She thought of Tik Tok, who was fond of saying that people were all bits of each thing, boy and girl.

life's better with girls. boys need girls.

Here is where I become more than an observer and enter the story in my own right.

Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do.

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.

There's one more thing I want to say. It's a touchy subject. Black beauty. Black sensuality. We live in a culture where the beauty of black people isn't always as celebrated as other types. I'd like to help change that if I can!