Quotes About Inclusion

I have always been proud and happy to wear France's colours. I have always been respectful of the team. But I need people to prove they really want me to play.

There are two or three ways to combat homophobia - one is through humor. The second is to put a face on it.

I think a lot of people, when they don't quite fit in in the world, use humor to combat that and to find their place in society.

As a disabled comedian, often my hecklers are also disabled.

I think comedians see themselves as people among people.

You don't get white comedians being asked to talk about their race in their shows. I should be given the same agency to talk about what I want to talk about.

There are a lot of great disabled comedians.

Any comedic roles that I've gone out for usually end up going to a white woman or a gay man instead.

I think that art, and making music or comedy, is a way of positing yourself on the map and then trying to find other people out there with you.

Not everybody is comfortable with my ethnicity. When I first came along in the business, they didn't really like the idea of my name being Raquel.

I want to show there's an edgier side of people who love comic books. And there are people who don't look like you and me who do read comic books and who love artists.

Dwayne McDuffie was one of my favorite writers. When I was growing up, he was one of the few African Americans working in American comics.

It doesn't matter where you grow up, what color you are, what religion you are. It's just a bunch of guys that come together for a common cause. Let's go win this game. It's called team.

No, I don't belong to a retirement community.

I really, really need community.

What should be driving the conversation is: What's the story? What's the movie about? Is it a compelling story? And if it is, then you make it regardless of the color of the people behind or in front of the camera.

I do believe, as a person of color, the disparities are great. A lot of the roles that were sent to me were 'Gangbanger No. 1.' And when a role did come up that I felt carried and represented my community in the best ways, I wasn't the only one that knew it existed. So I'd have to compete.

If I was to turn around now and say that motorsport should be segregated, then my whole career would have been for nothing. Every result that I have achieved on my own would stand for nothing, if I couldn't compete against male drivers.

When I'm in the car, if you didn't know my story and just saw me driving, you wouldn't know the difference between me and any of the other drivers. I'm just out there competing.

There's no religious test in our country, and there shouldn't be. We're an open, competitive society.

I do not have a competitive advantage when fighting another woman.

I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.

I'm a black, gay man, and I should be able to live in a world where I'm able to live in the complexity of my identity in a way that is safe and secure, like everyone else.

It's hard in America as a writer of color, an actor of color, not to get caught up in race and culture. But you're also supposed to be able to write characters and scenes in a way where it's just a matter of fact, a component.