Lynn Swann Quotes

I think the fact that we are trying to get as many young black and ethnic coaches involved in the game through campaigns to encourage that are important.

There has to be more opportunities for Asian or black actors.

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.

When the game is played by such a high percentage of black and ethnic minority players and we're looking at the percentage of managers and coaches, at the top level it is minimal.

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.

I feel there should be blacks in every Party.

We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.

Naturally we need black men to give this movie serious credibility.

When I do a picture and it's 90% black, like 'Bird,' I use 90% black people.

What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.

Without affirmative action I could never have attended Yale University. Without affirmative action Barack Obama would never have gotten into Colombia and Harvard Law school

I am the perfect affirmative action baby.

Poitier opened the doors to so many artists, not just black artists. There is a line that goes from black to Latin to Asian with regards to roles.

The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.

I believe that while race-neutral means are preferable, it is appropriate to use race as one factor among others in achieving a diverse student body.

I don't want to not be African. The goal is to live in a world where my race doesn't limit my access, where I can see myself represented in the highest level of society without any limitation.

When I started my pathway, black players were often considered to be good wingers, good players, but not captain or management material. It has changed since then, which is pleasing, but we still have so far to go.

All films are a challenge and they are a harder challenge when dealing with characters of color.

I'm the only tenured black faculty in the sciences at Columbia, in the middle of Harlem.

You draw a district for that particular minority - African American, Asian, Hispanic - so those folks have the right to elect whoever they want. If they don't decide to elect someone who sounds like them or looks like them, they can pick anyone they want.

I think that most of the young officers I know are leftists and liberals and Democrats. And the reason is this: All of our soldiers, the men that work for us directly, are minorities - blacks or Latinos. And we empathize with them. Our job is to advise them and help them.

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

The number of African Americans in Silicon Valley is dismal. It's not up to one company - it's up to the entire industry to make sure that we are moving the conversation forward. Sometimes those walls of competition need to come down so we can move the entire industry forward.

It's great to go to work and your boss is a black man, one of your peers, you know?

It's rare to see a person of colour in a lead role. It does matter to a lot of people.