Forest Whitaker Quotes

Value the perspective of different cultures and recognize the cultural mores that underpin groups and appreciate why these are valued and important.

This is a country where Jews and Arabs speak without fear. Where people come from different cultures the world over. Where everyone becomes Brazilian rapidly.

We are a multicultural society in a continuous state of abrasion.

I am a first-generation Chinese-American; my husband is white. We have a little boy, so I think a lot about what it's like when people from different cultures and backgrounds start families, and how the world sees them. Most of my friends are in interracial relationships, and I just wonder what the world is going to look like for their children.

We are living in a multicultural society. Our role as leaders is to enable grappling with this situation, even when multiculturalism is difficult.

Massive immigration brings with it cultures that are sometimes in contradiction with our values.

I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material in front of non-Jews and a lot of non-Jewish material in front of Jews on the simple theory that the non-Jews are entitled to a glimpse of a Jewish world and the Jews are entitled to a glimpse of the world.

I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

The mixture of the Trinidadian people and the Indian people has caused a new culture to emerge.

I remember really bonding with the first generation kids, the Chinese Canadian kids, and in high school bonding with the Latin kids and the East Indian kids. It was very interesting because it made me open to lots of musical sounds.

I don't think you lose culture because you act different cultures.

My schools were quite diverse - those who serve their country come from every race and religion - and so the military schools I attended were a wonderful melting pot.

You have to adjust to where you are but the French are all together - the guys and the women. It's good.

It's very difficult to marry into another civilization.

I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.

It's different cultures that make the world go 'round at the end of the day.

For as long as multinational communities have existed, their weak point has always been the relations between different nations.

I believe many of our country's differences stem from the lack of genuine appreciation of the cultures and religious traditions and beliefs of our various communities.

We live in a global society today where all our cultures intermingle.

Those who stay in America should be open to society without melting.

Assimilation is what has made America great.

A constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state

The main hope of harmony in our troubled world lies rather in the plurality of our identities, which intertwine with each other and are resistant to drastic divisions

This Diversity of origins requires an infinitely firm guide, an infinitely delicate touch to manage this heterogeneous society, whose complex composition becomes destroyed, divided and dissolved with the slightest alteration.

If it is not possible for me to go somewhere and to be willing to encounter people with different views, then I'm really not doing my job.