Tony Cardenas Quotes

For my part, I plan to work out a fair and adequate redistribution of city services to all city neighborhoods.

Communities need to feel that they can accommodate people. Rather than feeling that it's not possible to integrate and that the stress and strain on housing and public services is too great.

Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.

Our aim is a totally new and just constitutional dispension in which every inhabitant will enjoy equal rights, treatment and opportunity in every sphere of endeavour—constitutional, social and economic.

We seek ... not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and as a result.

We [Chicago] are known as the city that works. You gotta make sure it works for everybody and not just a few.

Diversity and inclusion of women and underrepresented minorities in science should not affect the way education is handled or research is carried out. So diversity should not be a problem but rather an opportunity to involve a large talent pool.

I know our country can remain forward-thinking by ensuring young women and minorities are given equal opportunity.

A new model of business and economic development must ensure everybody's sons and daughters are treated as we would expect for our own.

Diversity matters. You want your city departments to look like the city.

It's so refreshing when I walk in and see a bunch of Asian actresses all competing for the same role because it makes me feel like I have a genuine shot.

I think the minority students that we admit to Harvard are every bit as meritorious as the white students that we admit.

When it comes to meritocracy and diversity, the symbolic is real. And that means that simple actions that reduce bias, such as blind resume or application screening, are a double win: they reduce implicit bias and they help communicate our commitment to meritocracy.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

Perhaps McCain has opposed affirmative action for so long that he doesn't know it's about inviting more people to meet standards, not lowering them.

Cultivating more leaders who reflect our heterogeneous society depends on universities' transparent use of race as one of many factors in an admissions process that is accessible to all.

If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

Our work to provide equal opportunities for all Americans should be a year-round mission.

If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?

Our workforce and our entire economy are strongest when we embrace diversity to its fullest, and that means opening doors of opportunity to everyone and recognizing that the American Dream excludes no one.

As somebody who has been an executive producer on a television series, I can tell you that increasing director diversity is as simple as hiring more women and more people of color.

In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team.

All children should have equal opportunities.

I have no fears that on a purely merit basis, we will have an embarrassment of riches from which to choose in order to reach gender parity.