Quotes About Inclusion

Can we really mobilize support, even of friends, when we tell them that if you are not with us you are against us?

When I came out, initially, I faced some mocking. For the first 10-15 days, sometimes when I was out in public, people would shout things like 'lesbian.'

I would have loved to play Atticus in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' There's no music in it, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't want to do it!

With L'Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.

There's definitely been times when I've been on sets and I was the bigger model in the room, where they're casting girls.

When I first started in modeling, I went back to England, and it was really hard, because I would go around to the agencies and they would be like, 'We already have one mixed-race black girl.'

I didn't see a lot of role models or women who looked like me on screen when I was growing up. For me, one thing that changed all of that was seeing Keke Palmer in 'Akeelah and The Bee.' That film made me realize that I wasn't an alien.

I was used to being the only woman in everything... I didn't even think about it. Men were my role models - there's nothing wrong with that.

When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth.

Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.

Where I grew up, we had light-skinned models but not dark. Every time I would talk about being a model with my friends, they would start laughing out loud.

Some Korean models may be seen in European Fashion Week, but it is hard to find them in New York.

We need a lot more positive Latin role models in movies and in television. They exist! It's not fiction.

I didn't grow up with a lot of role models necessarily when I started out - there weren't many people who looked like me on TV. Not in England.

You know, we never grew up with Asian American role models in the entertainment industry, unfortunately. I'd never seen an Asian face singing on TV.

People who were gay were pitied and ridiculed by my parents - they had no modern sense of people being allowed to be who they were.

We must treat access to the Internet similar to the way we treat access to all of our utilities because in the modern world lack of Internet access means people are held back from advancing economically, and it can even put their own health at risk.

You should never be put into a mold based on your gender.

The concept of 'family' has changed so much. It's not just 'mom and dad' anymore. It's 'mom and mom' and 'dad and dad,' and it's kind of beautiful.

I've always been 'ethnic friend,' without any serious moments, all jokes.

I'm curious when I look across the dial Monday through Friday, you know, where are the other female black anchors?

Acceptance at home is fundamental, yes, but frankly, it's just not enough. Trans youth, like most young people, spend the majority of their time at school. If you spent Monday to Friday from 8 to 3 being told that you weren't okay, that you were wrong, how are you meant to think otherwise?

The first MLB game I did was a Monday Night game, and no one really knew I was doing it. So walking into the clubhouse, I tried to introduce myself to people like, 'Hey, I'm in the booth.' And they were kind of confused, like, 'You're a female, I don't understand.'

Labour doesn't have a monopoly on non-white people.