Quotes About Inclusion

The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.

We were sent outside to our backyard to play sports together all the time - no boy and girl differentiation, just two teams playing.

When the national team plays, everyone feels a part of it. Everyone comes together. And when Italians come together, we tend to do well.

Honestly, what Jesus was about was laying his life down for the marginalized who didn't have it all together.

I will, from this day strive to forge togetherness out of our differences.

I'm always excited when I make it on anyone's list - even if it's for affirmative action. My attitude is, 'Am I the token woman on this list? Because I'll take it.'

I often find myself in situations where I am the token black person. It can feel like this enormous weight.

I'm not a token black guy.

I'm not just a token Muslim.

So many times, you get sent scripts where it's, like, the token chick, where the woman is just there to serve the man in the film.

I sat down with CBS, and we talked about me developing a show for them. At the time, I was meeting with a lot of networks. And I told them, 'I don't want to be acting on your show as the token black guy. I want to do something that will change a network and will change the way people view African-Americans on TV.'

Usually when you're Asian and you're on set, you're the only Asian there. Either you're the token Asian or you're the Asian sidekick.

The idea of the beauty of diversity came from just growing up where I grew up. Los Angeles is a very big city - there's Little Ethiopia, Little Armenia, Little Tokyo, Chinatown, there's African-Americans, Latinos, Europeans.

Prior to 'Tokyo Drift,' the iconic perception of Asians in Hollywood films has been either the Kung Fu guy, the Yakuza guy or some technical genius. It used to be such a joke, to be laughed at rather than with.

Tolerance, diversity, and inclusion are not political opinions. They are non-negotiable human rights - hard fought and secured in America.

America's commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional.

Don't tell me about tolerance. Don't tell me about acceptance. Look at me as the woman that I am and respect that.

Queens is famous throughout the world for diversity and tolerance. But really it's what we have in common that makes our neighborhoods work, our students succeed, and our families able to care for children and grandparents as they can.

It was just normal for me growing up with a family member with severe Down Syndrome. It was completely normal. She was just Auntie Linda. I loved her and she loved me. She had a spirit that was just positive. For me it taught me tolerance and acceptance of all human beings.

Tolerance is the value that was selected to put on here, and tolerance is as American as apple pie.

No civilization has a monopoly on tolerance; each is capable of bigotry.

The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx.

Tolerance is forced on people in London.

The American experiment has always depended on a measure of tolerance and good sense.