Quotes About Inclusion

I feel like in 10 or 15 years' time our children are going to look back and say, 'What? You were around when gay people weren't allowed to get married?'

The way I look at it is everybody should have the right to get married, if they so choose.

Whatever you are, you have the right to get married.

If somebody says, 'I am a gay person, and I want to get married,' is their own family going to deny them that? Are our own fellow citizens going to deny them that?

Let gay people get married.

I think sports can help any country get together.

I think the race situation is getting better as far as people respecting each other goes. I think the race situation with entertainment is not that much better.

We don't want to create a literary ghetto in which black writers are only allowed to write black characters and women writers are put on 'girl books.'

When people come to my gigs, they feel accepted as they are and they feel part of this family.

What helped was that my mother, even though we didn't have a lot of money... allowed me to take part in the Girl Scouts.

We like to say we hope to be like the Girl Scouts of technology, having many different chapters in many different states as well as many different countries.

Our family loves Girl Scout cookies and I don't think allowing a boy in the Girl Scouts is a good thing.

I was maybe one of two black kids in the drama department. It was, 'Well, you can't play this role because that guy has a white girlfriend or a white cousin or whatever.'

Far too often, I read a script where the girls are the girlfriend or the set dressing.

How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us.

I believe black characters in fiction are still revolutionary, given our long history of erasure.

I am glad that people have become more accepting of female characters.

I am really glad to be a part of Srijit Mukherji's 'Nirbaak.'

I like the fact that glass ceilings are breaking all over.

It's all right to have black captains and mixed-race in the under-18s and under-21s, but not for the full national side. There is a ceiling and although no one has ever said it, I believe it's made of glass.

BAME kids get discouraged - too many glass ceilings to break through.

When I was playing, wearing glasses was second nature to me. It was an accepted part of life.

The truth of the matter is, there were shows that depicted black characters that were on in the '90s, and they gave everybody a glimpse into the black experience. And then they disappeared.

Everyone has a role, no matter where you are on the globe.