Alexandra Shipp Quotes

It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance.

We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.

I think everyone should be happy. I think a fool is going to go against same sex marriage at this point. Look how long it took him [Obama] to say he was for same sex marriages. You understand? I'm up for it. If everyone else is for it, then hey, to each his own. I don't have personal feelings towards it because I'm not involved in that lifestyle. I want people to be happy. It makes for everything to be better

The hardest thing to attain... is the appreciation of difference without insisting on superiority.

If you're talking about coexisting and tolerance then you have to live by example, and you can't have shiny people all the time everywhere, which is what breeds that sort of thinking - this is better than this, that is better than that.

I want a better world, I want love and harmony amongst people no matter what color you are, what race or what background you come from or sexual orientation.

Exclusion is always dangerous. Inclusion is the only safety if we are to have a peaceful world.

The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences.

I don't think the idea of homosexuality is really taboo any more. Our culture is evolving. This is an exciting time to be living.

Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

We can be more inclusive.

It's no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it's gonna get better. We have to make it better now.

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

We've never slammed people over the head or made 'The Flash' an after-school special. With us, it's always been presenting the world in which we live. The world in which we live, men and women work together; different races work together, and you have gay friends, and people have relationships. We just try to show that.

Somebody had to shock the world and let people know how great we could be if we only put our biases aside.

Education, Love & Acceptance are the First Steps to Breaking Down Barriers

Diversity is crucial.

If we want to change this culture of hate and bigotry, every one of us must stand up and speak with one voice to condemn it, because an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.

My dear compatriots, I'm not interested in your race, your origin, your sexual orientation. What interests me is your happiness.

Tolerance says I am just going to stomach your right to be different. That if you disappear from the face of the earth, I am no better or worse off. But love - love knows that every American has worth and value, no matter what their background, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

I believe in people, and you don't need to be a feminist for that.

Each generation gets more accepting which is great.

We should always be having a conversation about if we could make this country more inclusive and what we can do to do that.

I think millennials are the most woke generation because they understand that differences are just in the fabric of who we are.