Quotes About Inclusion

You walk into the Beeb and it is very, very white. That is not anybody's fault. You can be in an oppressive institution and not be an oppressor.

I didn't think I could play in a band. It just wasn't an option - all band members were men, and bandleaders were men.

Growing up, I always wanted kids, and that was one of the things that made it hard for me to accept being gay, but now I know it's totally an option to have kids.

With an orchestra you are building citizens, better citizens for the community.

You find Jews, Irish, and Italians in every orchestra.

Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.

Muslims are ordinary members of the working public, just like you.

The whole idea of 'Secret Life of Muslims' is that we're just ordinary people. We're your neighbors; we're your coworkers. We like coffee, you know? We're everyday normal people with hopes and aspirations and fears.

I came out, as not enough of our stories are told from our perspective. 'Marie Claire' was offering the chance to be a part of a women's magazine, which often celebrates ordinary women doing extraordinary things.

There is no dogma that the organ or harmonium can be used in church, but not the drum.

Eventbrite is 50-50 male-female, and this has been accomplished organically.

I am a secular man who believes in inclusion, so balance comes across organically.

I think there is a need to have more women running companies, but you can't... appoint women just to appoint women, just to satisfy a particular condition. What you want more than anything is to develop women in the organisation who will, when they get to the top, be fully capable of delivering and doing the job effectively.

In politics, during my organisational roles, I have never seen gender bias within my organisation.

Positive leadership - conveying the idea that there is always a way forward - is so important, because that is what you are here for - to figure out how to move the organization forward. Critical to doing that is reinforcing the idea that everyone is included.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not a public democratic organization; it's a private club basically. It's like a private golf club and they decide who they're going to let in the club.

Many businesses find their culture organized around a dangerous fault line known as 'us and them,' with executives on one side and employees on the other. The divide is both real and expensive.

You have to understand when you're organizing with women of color, you can't use words like 'marginalized' and 'second-class citizen' loosely.

Those Oriental people work like dogs.

No one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation.

I'm happy to be a part of this new generation where people don't care where you come from, what your orientation is, or what your identity is. They just accept you for you.

It's true that 'Lords of the Sith' has a lesbian character. Her orientation is a characteristic in the same way as is her brunette hair. It just fit with my conception of her.

We need to ensure that no one is denied employment, housing, opportunities, or benefits because of their sexual orientation.

I don't see how you can separate human rights and the rights of all people, no matter what their sexual orientation is.