Quotes About Equality

A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society.

If the feminist program goes to pieces on the arrival of the first baby, it's false and useless.

The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.

It's really important to note that Bumble VIBee isn't about weeding anyone out of the equation. Everyone is still allowed to use Bumble. If you're an active, engaging user, we reward you with VIBee status, and you can stand out in the app.

As more and more people reach the Internet by mobile phone, we should make sure users are getting the open access they believe they're paying for.

There's an assumption that women don't start companies that earn more than X amount of dollars, or that have more than X amount of users, and Bumble is now really growing into one of the main players if you look at all the mainstream social-media platforms.

I want to preserve the free and open Internet - the experience that most users and entrepreneurs have come to expect and enjoy today and that has unleashed impressive innovation, job creation, and investment.

Many people still regard many users of public services as undeserving.

We make every one of our users sign a pledge when they sign up that they will not discriminate, that they will not exhibit hatred. Whenever we become aware of such an example, they're permanently banned.

The Internet eco-system should be such that users should not pay for Internet connection, content, or anything that is basic.

The real question is whether or not the communities that rule the Internet can make their spaces safer for users, especially women and minorities.

I'm on the board of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, which is run by Dr. Stacy Smith - she conceived of the inclusion rider. What I love about the inclusion rider is it uses the fact that Hollywood is based on hierarchies, and it knows that these key players have persuasive power.

Neither the University of Michigan nor its law school uses a quota system.

Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.

I think people are a lot more sensitive than they used to be, and quite rightly so. I don't think we should be using racial jokes and things like that.

There's nothing that's more unfair or unjust than people using their power to try to make other people feel small, to tell them who they are or what they are capable of, to say their identity doesn't belong.

There is no excuse for using someone's mental health as a stick with which to beat them.

I think in some cases busing did improve the situation in some areas; in some cases it didn't. We had busing in St. Louis, and it has been ended and we are using other methods of trying to better integrate the schools.

I was like, 'I want us to stop using that term. I'm not a 'girl gamer.' I'm just a gamer.' The reasons I love gaming are the same reasons everyone loves gaming.

'Me Too' is about letting - using the power of empathy to stomp out shame.

Using a public bathroom is an incredibly embarrassing experience. I enter the stall but can't reach the lock on the door.

It's interesting to play a female character who's not ever using feminine wiles to get things done.

We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that is the same high quality everywhere.

Using the word 'bossy' for girls can be quite harmful. What is that saying - that being focused, being assertive, being the boss has a negative attribute? And I have heard that term associated more with women than with men. 'He's so bossy' - you don't hear that. It's a very subtle thing.