Rico Nasty Quotes

The United States is not a nation of black and white people. Any fool can see that white people are not really white, and that black people are not black.

Colored people come in all colors.

The area where I grew up in Birmingham was very diverse - I was aware of my race but not overly aware of it - and there seemed to be an understanding that we were all very much in the same boat.

We need more diversity - we need more African-Americans on screen, Latinos, Asians, different religions. We have to be better about reflecting what our world looks like.

I have black friends, but I don't just hang out with black kids. I might pull up with Indian kids, white kids, black kids, whatever.

One of my key areas of unification is to champion multiracialism. Multiracialism is vital to unity.

Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some Chinese, Filipino, Jewish and black people - they're all here.

Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.

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.

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

Diversity doesn't mean black and white only.

London's not a white city. So why should our catwalks be so white?

It's amazing that people still feel, 'Oh my gosh, it's a black guy.' We've been here for a long time; let's get used to it. Let's get used to other cultures.

I feel like decades ago it was either you're black, white, Asian or Hispanic, or whatever, but today we see more of an acceptance for people with multi-nationalities.

Scientology is not a white religion. It is not just for white people.

I'll be truly happy when we're not counting the number of ethnically diverse models on a fashion runway or campaign, when having a representation of the entire human race is the norm and not an exception.

'College Road Trip' is colorless. It's not a black film. It's not a white film.

White people must know that they are part black; Black people must know that they are part white.

Unlike white people anywhere else in Africa, whites in South Africa belong here—this is their home. We want them to live here with us and to share power with us.

I think being biracial is a different experience. I think that, and coming from the U.K., I feel as much white as I do black. And so it's really important for me to address these issues of identity in my work. But also, you know, we're always stronger when we work on, you know, what we have in common. And I love exploring that in my work.

We're not separate races. There's only one human race.

I love black people, I love white people, I love yellow people.

Being multiracial has allowed me to feel comfortable walking in all different circles.

'The Cosby Show' was a show about black people that was fundamentally and unequivocally friendly to whiteness and to white people. The Huxtables had white friends.

Once my school was integrated, and I was there with white kids and a few black kids, it really didn't matter to us what we looked like.