Ray Fisher Quotes

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.

I believe in diversity in thought, in culture, and all sort of things.

What I loved the most about Oakland was that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas, and religions as there are people on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so different and yet so much alike!

In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.

This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.

Learning to live with offence is the price of living in a diverse society.

Assimilation was never the goal of the diverse ethnic groups in America. Inclusion without discomfort is now, and ever will be, the goal.

Tolerance is common sense in a pluralistic society.

I'm from San Jose, CA, which is very diverse, and I grew up around a lot of different types of people.

Companies and football teams have become successful precisely because of how diverse they are.

As a person who grew up in Los Angeles - that's a very diverse place - I've always felt like that diversity is a blessing. It's not a problem to be solved: it's a gift to be thankful for.

Multiculturalism is a bed of beautiful roses that has some thorns, so we just have to be careful not to get pricked or to prick one another.

No matter if someone has personal feelings about my sexuality or how they view me, it's all of our job to continue to show up in spaces where we can say, 'You know what? I can figure out how to try to work with you.'

Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity.

I have no problem being with people of different nationalities.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

This country isn't a melting pot. Think of this country as a stir fry. That's what this country should be. A place where people are appreciated for who they are.

I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn't specific to a religion. I think it's a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else.

The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx.

I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

Tolerance is forced on people in London.

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.