Racial Diversity Quotes

• The beautiful thing about having grown up in Brooklyn is, because of the rich cultural and racial diversity there, no one seemed to give too much thought to where I fit on the racial spectrum. But there were times when I would run up against someone who was interested in figuring out what race was. That would come as a surprise, and in some cases, like a slap in the face.

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  Wentworth Miller

  Beautiful   Running   Race  

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think we're at a really rich and fertile time in the zeitgeist about paying attention to diversity of all kinds - racial diversity, gender diversity, making room for a continuum that is more inclusive.

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  Sara Bareilles

  Thinking   Diversity   Attention  

  Source: www.elle.com

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• As America is transformed from a 90 percent European American nation, as it was in the 1960s, to one where we will soon be a minority, should we not ask some pertinent questions. Is this racial diversity enriching, or will it be damaging to our social fabric?

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  David Duke

  Pertinent Questions   Ku Klux Klan   America  

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• The lack of racial diversity and gender diversity and the lack of female directors - those are not fashionable issues. And they're not issues that reside solely within the film industry.

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  Cate Blanchett

  Issues   Diversity   Directors  

  "Cate Blanchett Knows You're Zooming in on Her Pores and She's Cool with It". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.marieclaire.com. February 29, 2016.

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• So many of us are hungry for stories with more racial diversity, more truth in representation, and I am anxious to help tell those stories in the future.

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  Cameron Crowe

  Diversity   Stories   Helping  

  "Cameron Crowe apologises for casting Emma Stone as 'part-Asian' in Aloha". www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2015.

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• The reason to have more racial diversity on any team is because it's helpful to have different perspectives on any issue. And I also believe that. It's easier said than done, unfortunately.

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  Megyn Kelly

  Team   Believe   Issues  

  "Megyn Kelly Can't Name Any Black Staffers On Her Show", www.mediamatters.org. December 19, 2016.

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