Rashida Tlaib Quotes

It's important for a young black kid to see a Mexican hero, just to know that we're all equal.

Black History in 2019 and beyond is all about inclusivity.

The only way you get to the goal of color blindness is to be color conscious along the way.

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.

Minority ethnic issues need to be mainstream issues.

Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And the great thing with comedy is that most of the time, you could be orange. It doesn't matter, as long you're funny.

For me, I want to see diversity in storytelling sources because we live in a very diverse society, and the stories are for the whole society. That's really important. For me, as a female filmmaker, when I was out on the festival circuit on 2006, I felt like such a freaking anomaly - an oddity.

I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.

Since becoming aware of the need to be inclusive, I've tried to make my stories broader and more representative of our world.

I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.

Certainly we can end racism with love. We can demand that the federal government change its emphasis on racial distinction.

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

America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live.

Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that. It has such an impact on kids and their values and how they view black people.

If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist.

In the long run, we will need many more African-American, Latino, and Native American leaders, and leaders from low-income communities, who can bring additional insight and a deeply grounded sense of urgency, and who are the most likely to inspire the necessary trust and engagement among students' parents and community leaders.

We do not believe that minorities can only be represented by minorities..

The challenge facing America in the next century will be the shaping, at long last, of a truly common public culture, one responsive to the long silenced cultures of color.

America must be a nation in which its multiracial people are partners in power.

It's not enough even to have one black Barbie... because black women are not a monolith.

In England, you feel like a member of the revolutionary guard the minute you even mention race. But I do think that the OscarsSoWhite phenomenon will have to reflect back on England. What people are essentially saying is that they want to see more diverse stories. It's not about putting three black people in the back of the shot.

Often, when you go to the movies or the theatre, you think, Jesus Christ, everybody is white. But my daughter goes to an amazing dance school called Ballet Black, and they have every colour: dark, white, mixed. It looks like the future to me.

I want to make sure we have elected people constantly looking at helping the African-American community.

I feel like fashion is making steps toward diversity, but I think they could do more.

I think Dr. King would be pleased to see the number of elected officials of color - African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and progressive whites.