Dinah Jane Quotes

I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.

I'm looking forward to it, to be able to represent the black culture... but I'm doing my best at managing it, keeping it behind me, and that's the best thing I can do.

It means the world to me to represent the Hispanic community.

Unfortunately, I don't look as Latin as I am. I get called a white guy a lot, but I am very proud of my heritage. I try my hardest to bring honor to my Mexican roots. Latin people are very passionate and loyal, and I will always remember who I am and where I come from.

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'

It's an honor to represent a Latin culture.

I am a writer who has written about the life of my people, the character of my people. What I can say is that the greatest hero of the Brazilian novel is the Brazilian people.

I know I'm representing the Library of Congress, all the people of the United States and, of course, the Latinos and Latinas as well.

There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.

The pride I feel in representing my people, no matter where I am, is never going to diminish. I could be in Hong Kong, Singapore, Egypt or even Las Vegas, I'll always be representing my people.

When you talk about me as a fighter, I like being known as a Mexican fighter. I think 'Mexican' or 'Hispanic' should be mentioned.

I want to show every part of me and every color of me. And I think, growing up Albanian, I wanted to bring that to light.

Chinese people need to be aware of their present and ask, 'What's our culture? What can we bring to the world?' I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

I want to represent my color and ethnicity. To be proud of our heritages is really cool.

I think my Latino culture has equipped me with a different point of view than the rest of my counterparts, and seeing things from a different angle has helped me a lot. I feel very proud of my culture, of my Latino heritage.

I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.

The reactions haven't differed; the concerns have been different. When I read for a predominantly Indian audience, there are more questions that are based on issues of identity and representation.

As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.

You have to want to be Chicano to be Chicano.

People look at me and they don't see what they think is a typical Aboriginal.

I'm not trying to represent the whole Latino community. There are too many different cultures, and Latinos will always say, 'My family doesn't do that.'

In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.

I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed.

Our culture, language, history, and values are vital to uniting us as a nation.