Condoleezza Rice Quotes

But even race-neutral policies and recruitment efforts designed to achieve greater diversity are, in the end, not race neutral.

You can't have too many books featuring people of color, just like you can't have too many books featuring white people.

I am the perfect affirmative action baby.

There needs to be more film directors of colour. They bandy about the word 'diversity' a lot, but when I say 'of colour,' I mean Asian, black - I mean people of all colour. We need to have those voices given the opportunity, not told that their films will not be distributed or will not sell well abroad.

If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling interest by the Supreme Court.

I feel there should be blacks in every Party.

My Uncle, of course, would have been pleased to see someone with brown skin holding the office of president.

I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.

Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some other approach.

If giving points to some students to achieve greater diversity is a quota system in violation of the Constitution, how can the awarding of points to the children of a less diverse alumni be upheld?

I am an affirmative action hire.

Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.

I've never excluded myself because of color. It's never been part of the radar, when I look at anything I do. The majority of the roles that I've played have had very little to do with being black. It doesn't matter what color you are.

You are responsible for the participation of all racial groups in FHA programs.

Colored people come in all colors.

The big challenge we’ve been confronting over the last two years is, how do we get women and people of color to join the F.B.I. ? That’s been our big trouble, and I’ve described it as a crisis.

I know I'm a black actor, but really, I'm an actor who happens to be black.

For a long time, the Court has moved toward outlawing all forms of racial preference, including affirmative action, and Obama seems accepting, even supportive, of the change.

I knew there were calls for diversity in children's lit, but you always wonder as a person of color, how diverse is too diverse?

My work has never been about me, and I've never made a big deal about my race. I've actually tried hard to avoid ever making a big deal out of it and have, instead, simply tried to do good work that matters.

I grew up figure skating, and in figure skating there is only a handful of black people at the time figure skating with me.

I understand the Rooney Rule and I understand why it is critical in America. I certainly think there are differences between the American system and in American football, there is such a large percentage of players who are of ethnic backgrounds. I think there is a difference here... I don't think its appropriate here.

I'm not for having to support everything that's black, because I definitely don't. But I do feel like it is imperative for us to see that we are not a monolithic people.

Come on, we would be foolish to say that there's never been African-American leads in some capacity, people of color in some capacity, leading shows or what have you. But it hasn't happened enough and in a manner that is an accurate reflection of the world that we live in.

I agree with the (Supreme Court's) holding that racial discrimination in higher education admissions will be illegal in 25 years. They are illegal now.