Quotes About Inclusion

I won't change myself and compromise myself, but I will make my music to be in the conversation with everyone else's.

We need to get back to the concept of taking the community with us.

Racism should be a core concern for all Americans in every area of our lives.

No one man can rise above the masses or the condition of his people.

Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition! That's what change looks like.

Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition!

We have to show respect for that woman who has cerebral palsy and had no choice in her condition, that needs help, and we should help.

I can't be in an environment that is not conducive to me as a black woman.

Let us walk into the conference room as equals and not second class citizens.

For all the banging from the Left that, you know, 'They don't care about people with pre-existing conditions' - There was never a day where our conference was willing to leave people out in the cold.

As an ethnically Asian Muslim, born and bred in this country, I am British. I have never felt a conflict between my country, my religion, and my background.

I went to an Arts High School, so everyone there was kind of anti-clique, though they still happened. I guess I was in the theatre-dork clique. Not to be confused with the musical-theatre-dork clique.

It's challenging to find self-love when there's confusion and you're living in a world that's seemingly very binary and black and white.

I grew up with white parents, and until after college, it was a lot of confusion, especially because I grew up in an all-white area. So I never looked around and saw anyone who looked like me.

All I can really say is to encourage anybody who's in the closet to come out, and congratulate anyone who has.

I want more Internet. I want every one of the 6 billion people on the planet to be able to connect to the Internet - I think they will add things to it that will really benefit us all.

I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection.

I am quite proud that I managed to prove that you don't have to be able to afford drama school or have the right connections to do well.

There are many people still ashamed of their roots because of the negative connotations that come with being an 'African.' That sentiment exists many places around the world - in England, in the U.S., everywhere.

I'm conscious of my race and ethnicity in the legislature - it's hard not to be.

People don't know how to place me in their consciousness. They think, 'Oh, you must be here to make me look good. That's what gay guys are, right? You're an accessory for my straight life.' Just because your limited view is that everyone's there to serve you and that you're the only person in the world. It doesn't work that way.

Has there ever been a crisper expression of the consequences of 'intersectionality' than a ban on Jewish lesbians from a Dyke March?

There are conservative people in all colours in America.

My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.