Quotes About Inclusion

I'm proud of being Hispanic.

When I was a little kid, I don't remember looking up and seeing so many Hispanic athletes out there.

Having someone from Washington, California, or Chicago come in as a verifier, it shows the Hispanic community that Hispanic leaders support me.

I feel like decades ago it was either you're black, white, Asian or Hispanic, or whatever, but today we see more of an acceptance for people with multi-nationalities.

My children don't look Hispanic.

A lot of my friends who are white are like, 'Dude, I can't get an audition; it's all Hispanic and black.' It's about time.

As a Hispanic American, this country has done a lot for me, and I think that people have to be more grateful for what they have in this country.

I'm full Hispanic.

I can't tell you how many resumes we get from business schools across the country from black women and black men and Hispanic women, men, etcetera, who say I'm interested in working for your company because they can see someone at the top who looks like them.

I'm very proud of the fact that I am of Hispanic descent.

I've seen very few Hispanics and blacks who have been able to work their way into the advertising end of business.

As one of the very few black historians who, from time to time, appears on TV, my daily life is a constant, open-air focus group.

When our Founding Fathers wrote the historic words 'all men are created equal,' they probably didn't have people like me in mind.

There are fewer representations of black figures in the historical record.

Creating more characters that represent historically marginalized and historically disenfranchised people in television and film is certainly important.

Currently, many job seekers must check a box on their applications indicating whether they have a criminal history. These boxes are often used as proxies for job fitness, and job-seekers with criminal histories frequently find themselves screened out of contention. As a matter of basic fairness and also economic sense, it's time to ban the box.

Black history is American history.

I didn't have a lot of homies in school when I was young because I was gay and weird and mean, so I went to theater class because I was like, 'Yo, I need a hobby.'

I'd love to be a role model for black kids, whether they play hockey or not.

Hockey players are given as much respect as any other sportsperson in our country.

Where I grew up, hockey was the sport that 90 per cent of black kids at school played.

I never look at myself as a black player. I think of myself as a hockey player that wants to be the best player in the league.

Like, you can't tell a certain race, like, 'You're supposed to act this way, and you're not supposed to act this way because of what color you are,' like, that's just holding everybody back, you know what I'm saying?

A politics that defines itself by difference holds no appeal for me.