Quotes About Inclusion

I'm representing my country whether they like me or not.

Sometimes, when you are one of only a couple of girls in an engineering class, you feel like you are representing women in general. That is a large burden to bear.

In drama school, they do these big shows and period dramas, and I felt that none of those shows were representing me as a person, and I knew I wouldn't be cast in any of those when I left school. I decided to write my own one-woman show, and that was called 'Chewing Gum Dreams.'

I get reached out to by a lot of people who just thank me for representing them and their friends. Just showing people like them on TV. It's just really awesome to hear from them.

Representing young black girls and giving them hope and the light and letting them know that they can do anything is important to me as a little black girl, too.

I am representing my community, in a sense, especially given the fact that there are not as many Latino actors out there.

Huge props to Brian Michael Bendis for sort of shaking up the Marvel universe and just saying 'there need to be people of colour in these comics otherwise it's not representing the true world the way it should be.'

We all have to contribute in any way we can to telling stories that include everyone; that's our jobs, to speak out and make sure we're representing people.

New Brown America represents a whole generation of kids that are descendants of either immigrants or immigrants themselves, that are coming to America, enriching what it means to be an American.

I believe accurately remembering - and honoring - our whole past is the first step in governing in a way that effectively represents the whole America.

Cyborg represents not just people who are differently abled: he is also a representation of the black community and people of colour within the Justice League. Being able to don both those mantles with the integrity which that character would need to be portrayed and was adhered to was something that was very important.

I really just prefer to be exactly who I am, and black is really the closest race and cultural category that represents the essence of who I am.

Whenever the Congress represents the increasing diversity of the United States, that's a good thing.

Sport represents a union of diversity.

Nothing will ever outshine, for me, the countless children whose eyes and imaginations I've seen light up when meeting Black Santa and understanding that there's a character of pure good out there that represents them.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica.

When I was living in the Dominican Republic, the local kids became a part of my family.

The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all.

Prejudice has no hold in this Republic.

It certainly seems to me we would like to bring in the best and the brightest individuals here to participate in this republic.

Go down to the Republican headquarters. They ain't got a single black working there. Not one.

The Republican Party just isn't held in high repute in the black community. Under Bill Brock we were reaching out to broaden the base of the party. We have to go back to that.

So I'm in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with everyone else.