Quotes About Equality

Fortunately, the leadership of black immigrant communities has always been present in all black liberation movements from leaders like Marcus Garvey to Shirley Chisholm to Malcolm X and Harry Belafonte. We know this is our legacy.

Movements like Time's Up and #MeToo are putting the problems out there and creating conversations about the issues, and that's really how the healing process starts.

Just having the support from the male players is important as the women's game moves forward.

I'm always for the Indian in the cowboy movie. Always.

Why is it when a woman makes a film or a movie stars a female cast it is labeled women-centric because it is not white, male and middle-class men?

Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.

We're moving away from a credentialed society to a merit society.

I don't think there's been many chances for people to see a black, gay, pop experience and that's what I want to have with my shows moving forward.

Keep in mind that in 1975, when you became a cook, it was because you were between two things: you were between getting out of the military and... going to jail. Anybody could be a cook, just like anybody could mow the lawn.

Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.

Gay men don't have much in common with lesbians.

It doesn't seem right for anybody to get so much attention.

When '12 Years a Slave' got that much attention, everyone started to copy that. That story has to be told, but there are a lot more stories to be told than slavery.

My mom never cared if I came home dirty from playing outside with my brother. If I got my dress muddy, or my jeans were ripped, or I got blood on something. But I think a lot of girls have a different experience.

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that we should be separate, all right, but in this separate state or separate existence, the black man should be given the opportunity and the incentive to do for himself what the white man has done for himself.

I'd like to make one thing very clear: Muhammad Ali loved people, and he had white friend as well as black friends - and the only thing that he hated was discrimination and racism.

Our next black president, I think, can be more like Muhammad Ali.

And we never got the mule, let alone the forty acres.

I treat people fairly. I can't be dictatorial. We have multicultural dressing rooms and what's really important is that you have a way of working that brings the best out of everyone.

The challenge for America is: can we become a multicultural, multiracial democracy? It would be historic. It would be America's greatest contribution to human civilization.

Multiculturalism isn't about culture, it's about power.

Multiculturalism and academic feminism started disparaging works of genius on the basis of their authors' sex and race.

It is our job to ensure everyone feels included and empowered. We are living in a world that is increasingly diverse, and part of helping kids develop and be those successful leaders of tomorrow is helping them learn how to embrace multiculturalism and diversity.

In the 21st century, government efforts should focus on 'multiculturalism', including the diversity of languages.