Quotes About Inclusion

Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names.

I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.

People would beat me up after school; they would throw names at me. Children are brutal... Being different when you're a child is always a challenge.

I do not want to name any individual names, but I felt like when I was working in Hollywood, there were some fellow colleagues of mine who didn't even look me in the eyes because I was Asian.

I remember, growing up, it wasn't sexy to be African. We got called names.

I'm the first transsexual fighter in MMA. Like, ever. It's always going to be part of the narrative, but I'll deal with it. I'll try my best to use it to my advantage.

We don't have a lot of narrative on TV or film, mainstream film, of brown queers. Latina queers, I can't think of that many.

Separation in culture and arts does nobody any favors except for the people in power. That's just it... So I feel like I'm in the business of challenging that narrative.

Women often get ignored from main narrative, especially in films.

We have been, obviously both in Maine and nationally, enmeshed in this false narrative that's based on a fear of immigrants, when in fact we are country founded by immigrants.

When we get to a point when trans folks are included in the creative process, the narrative will be much more authentic. Trans actors playing trans roles is a key part of that. But some of the trans talent is not even making it into the audition room, let's be honest.

Even though I read voraciously as a child, I never saw myself in books. Without narratives to expand my ideas of who I could be, I accepted the stories others told me about myself, stories which diminished and belittled me and people like me. I want to write against that.

There are very very few narratives in mainstream that are actually about the woman.

We need new narratives in culture, and to do a better job of showing more diversity.

Floyd Thompson, a white man, desegregated NASA. Period.

It's definitely a great honor to be the first Asian-American to win a NASCAR Cup Series Championship. It's not something that I set out to accomplish in that way, but now that I have, I know that I hold a much bigger role in the Asian community.

As the only African American NASCAR driver in over 40 years, we have been honored to support Bubba Wallace.

I think our sport is much better off with a successful female driver in NASCAR.

No nation is immune to anti-Semitism and xenophobia.

If you believe you're a nation, then I accept you as a nation.

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character.

Trans issues are also environmental issues. They're also healthcare issues. They're also national security issues.

It's not always easy to come to the national team and be on the bench.

Any player playing at a high level is available for consideration to the women's national team.