John Ridley Quotes

We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.

We have a lot of work we need to do to make sure all of our children have a better understanding of this diverse and wonderful and beautiful world.

There are only two positions, either you support multiculturalism in American education, or you support the maintenance of white supremacy.

I feel that when a white child goes to school only with white children, unconsciously that child grows up in many instances devoid of a world perspective. There is an unconscious provincialism, and it can develop into an unconscious superiority complex just as a Negro develops an unconscious inferiority complex.

I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

I grew up in a neighborhood with blacks and Puerto Ricans and Italians, the whole gamut, so conveying unity has always meant a lot to me.

Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that. It has such an impact on kids and their values and how they view black people.

If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist.

Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own - and I realized that there was another world. That's why I'm concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds.

Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world's peoples.

well-meaning programs celebrating multiculturalism … might aggravate more than educate, might intensify rather than diminish, intolerance.

We had representatives of most every ethnic group in the public school, and I always felt that this gave me a sense of balance about those ethnic problems that was useful to me in later life, and particularly in political life.

Going to an interracial high school shaped my understanding of social justice and racial inequality.

We need to educate our audience. It's so important to have diversity. Let's not fear different voices.

Diversity is strength. Our cinema and our art forms need to diversify so that it tells all stories, all perspectives.

I think it is so beneficial to English and British football when youngsters see different cultures and environments.

The mission of the Ruby Bridges Foundation is to create educational opportunities like science camp that allow children from different racial, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds to build lasting relationships.

All of our schools should be good enough to attract a healthy racial mix, which, I believe, leads to the most effective learning for everybody.

Administrations and administrative faculty work very hard to see that schools are diverse as much as possible.

Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity.

We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian of this area, but at the same time, just as we have the Haitian room, we will always have room for another exhibit.

I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry.

While I started out with a vague understanding that diversity would be important, my own observations have led me to realize that achieving greater levels of diversity is in fact vital to our long-term success.

I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.

It's not even about black and white anymore, because so many people are from mixed backgrounds and mixed ethnicities, and it's just a great time to be able to pull all that together.