Quotes About Inclusion

I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.

As a society, we haven't spent as much time building the citizen Internet.

If you are going to vote in this country, you should be a citizen. To be a citizen in this country, you should know English.

I am a citizen of the world, or no world at all!

We don't want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.

A move to decide citizenship on the basis of religion amounts to rejecting the Constitution.

Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today.

No civil rights movement has gotten anywhere without the help of white liberals.

The civil rights movement was about access to public space. We had to fight for public space.

Who does get to claim Americanness? You know, my brother was born in this country. And is he seen as American? So, I mean, it brings up a lot of interesting questions.

For me, playing a chubby or fat superhero was so special because I would go and watch these movies with my friends and would never see anyone like me. I am excited to be that for other kids who look like me.

Black writers seldom get the opportunity to write superhero stories.

I want to be in everything, but that's because I haven't seen someone who looks like me in everything. I want to play a superhero. I want to be the love interest. I want to write my own stuff and create my own projects. I want to be in French films.

I thought, 'Oh, this is great,' because maybe someone who does look like me will watch 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' and realize that they can be an actor if they want to be, or they can be a superhero. They can have a hero that looks like them as well.

I'm proud that I can represent, within Cyborg, a couple of different groups. One being people of color, but also, Cyborg is a superhero that is in many ways disabled. So, being able to give representation from that end as well is something that's really powerful to me.

At age 10, or even 15, it would have meant the world to me to see a Pakistani girl portrayed positively, let alone as a comic book superhero.

When I asked myself what I'd want to see in a comic about a Pakistani superhero, the first word that came to mind was 'relatable.'

It seems only fitting that we have a trans superhero for trans kids to look up to. I wish there was a trans superhero when I was little.

There isn't just one kind of person that can play a superhero.

I would love to see an Asian American superhero.

I hope in my lifetime we will get to see an Indian superhero for sure.

Just because there's one Asian American superhero in the MCU, it does not by any means imply that our fight is finished right there.

The first time I tried on Shang-Chi's superhero suit - Marvel has never had an Asian lead, so that was such a rare and impactful moment, for me as an actor but also for people who look like me. I nearly cried. It was so emotional.

These superhero movies are starting to give more love to not only black characters but also to more female characters, which is necessary because you have boys and girls of all colors who are looking at these superheroes saying, 'I want to be that. I want to look like that. Show me somebody that I can automatically connect with.'