Quotes About Inclusivity

I was astounded nobody had thought of making a rainbow flag before because it seemed like such an obvious symbol for us.

Establishing the two Eids as official holidays will carry important practical and symbolic significance.

Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that way, but the more genuine and sympathetic you are to different points of view and situations, the more real the story is.

We believe that every child has a right to learn without fear, that every parent has a right to hug their beautiful little babies when they come home from school, and that all of us, we have a right to dance at a concert, laugh at the theater, pray at a synagogue, at a church, and at a mosque.

Restrictiveness is not synonymous with food.

Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.

It's a totally different spiel when I talk at Morehouse. But when I'm talking at MIT? At the University of Cincinnati? I'm telling white people, in order to stop systemic racism, you must first befriend, become a colleague of, get to know intimately, put yourself culturally in the framework of someone who doesn't look like you.

No, I don't think there's systemic racism.

Like feminism, I want to create systems and structures for the equity for all people, especially girls and women.

coming to terms with things as they are, with an awareness of how they have been, in order to feel, think, speak, and behave in ways that are increasingly inclusive, integrated, and balanced.

I'm just really thankful to have the chance to portray a character you don't see every day.

Nor all America can claim him now: Forevermore he is Mankind's and God's.

Ik erken geen werkelijkheid die vooral voordeel biedt aan net die helft van de mensheid waartoe ik niet behoor. Die houding kan ik iedereen aanbevelen. Voor mij is het niet nodig, de werkelijkheid te begrijpen of te bezweren. Het is nodig, er korte metten mee te maken. Al het andere is capitulatie – collaboratie zelfs.

The feminist movement has helped open minds and kitchens to the notion that men can be at home on the range.

You can't change the way people are. You have to accept them just like you want them to accept you.

For decades I've been told by my adversaries in the Religious Right that they only seek a "place at the table" for their Christian worldview—well, their version of Christianity, that is. But evidence has mounted recently that what they really want is something else entirely: to own the table, determine what goes on it, and force-feed everyone the same gruel they consume.

When I consider myself superior to anyone, as I frequently do, I need a better reason than his skin.

I do not like dogs that assume you're guilty until you prove you're innocent. I like democratic dogs.

The ideal human agreement is one in which distinctions of race and color and religion are totally disregarded;

Beloved ones of God, you may belong to any race, cast, creed, or nation, still you are all impartially beloved by God. You may be a believer or an unbeliever in the supreme Being, but He cares not. His mercy and grace flow through all His powers, without distinction of friend or foe.

Compassion is the new thigh gap

The best among all is one who possesses God's love no matter what religion he belongs to.

thog no girly-orc, thog manly-orc who just happens to like figure skating!

Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in your beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken.