Lori Lightfoot Quotes

The basis for sustainable progress is legal protections grounded in an awareness of how identity has been used to deny opportunity.

My mother has always rooted for the underdog, so to speak. She has always been in support of uplifting historically marginalized and historically disenfranchised people.

You must make sure that the majority of the people are not marginalized.

Subsection (1) does not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or groups including those that are disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability

Those fighting to be included in the ideal of equality are not being divisive; those fighting to keep those people out are.

We need more leaders speaking up for minority groups who have been marginalized and attacked.

It's not good enough to say we value diversity and then underrepresent women and minorities.

We need someone who is going to stand up, speak up, and speak out for the people who need help, for the people who have been discriminated against.

There are people in our country, in our communities who are being marginalized and discriminated against every single day. I fight for them.

It is important to me to keep fighting for the rights of those who cannot.

Education is the key solution for change, for peace, and for help in the fight against racism and discrimination in general.

The only thing that's serious to me about music is making sure marginalized people are included in the story.

I'm just about social justice. Amen to women like me!

Students and teachers should be sensitive towards the themes of empowerment of the marginalised.

We need to fight for the equal rights of citizens.

There are positive steps being taken to tackle issues that people from all walks of life, races, ethnicities, and political persuasions agree have been devastating to communities of color.

You cannot isolate a group and say you're not going to serve their needs.

It is in nobody's interest that groups should find themselves excluded from society.

If more stories are told about marginalized communities, subcultures, and minorities, the less marginalized they will be.

Diversity and inclusion are always something industries should strive for.

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

I have never wavered from my intention to advance the cause of diversity in new and more effective ways.

Labor has a proud history of tackling discrimination and introducing important social reform.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.