Quotes About Equality

There's no job in show business that's harder than any other job outside show business.

I think it's really important to show people that there's nothing different about us; especially as athletes - we train as hard as the Olympians.

I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.

I'm showing the people that a Negro can run for office.

Our interest is in showing that homophobia is not part of the agenda for a new Africa.

I love dominating in what's been considered man's world and showing them that women are equal talent.

There's nothing antifeminist about showing a lovely body; it's part of the person you are.

I feel like it's important for young African-American girls - and all people - to read books that tell our stories and watch movies that tell our stories and do the research on our own, too, because sometimes that's not being told, and we're not being seen and shown.

Black women's lives have never been shown any value in America.

Why cannot a woman be shown working out of choice, the way men do? Can't a woman work because she enjoys it and is capable of doing it? Why should they be shown leaving home for employment as a sacrifice for the family?

For years now boxing and MMA have shown it's not the size of the guy in the fight.

I love math and science, and also, my mom is a doctor. I grew up not even having an awareness that women were not supposed to be good at science.

I hope that I am helping to create an understanding and an awareness of what happened to the Aboriginal people.

I want to raise awareness about evils perpetuated on American citizens by other American citizens.

I never really am in awe of people because we are just equal at the end of the day.

I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them.

One kid's old, used-up equipment is another kid's brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.

I think it's awesome when a woman is in control of everything she's doing, especially in an industry like this where people think that doesn't happen often, but it really does - well, from my knowledge and how I manage my own project.

It's awesome to be part of a gay family.

It must be awful, being a homophobe.

It's pretty awful being told you're a racist.

I learned that a person of color might be afraid to let their children go drive a car, which is awful.

I would love 'Awkward Black Girl' to be on television, with the right team of people who understand and get it. If 'Awkward Black Girl' could make it to HBO starring a dark-skinned black girl, that would be revolutionary.

When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started.