Letitia James Quotes

While we have come a long way, we must go further if we are to ensure greater diversity and truly modern police forces that reflect the communities they serve and provide police officers able to tackle not only traditional crime but also the changing face of crime.

In a nation growing increasingly more diverse, it is imperative that the organizations tasked with keeping us informed reflect the same diversity.

Announcing a diversity initiative, or making it a cause, exerts unwanted pressure.

We want the police to be young, educated, and have a completely different outlook.

Ajax is a multicultural club, and we have found that many talented immigrant players quit when they reach puberty. So we wanted to tackle this problem with someone from the same background who had come through it. And that was Edgar Davids. During one of our fights, I pointed that out to him. But it had nothing to do with his skin colour.

I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part of the American Diaspora, the American tapestry, perhaps the way that African American and Hispanic roles have developed.

We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian of this area, but at the same time, just as we have the Haitian room, we will always have room for another exhibit.

While I started out with a vague understanding that diversity would be important, my own observations have led me to realize that achieving greater levels of diversity is in fact vital to our long-term success.

I would like to think that television would be representative of the world we live in.

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

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

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

Diversity doesn't mean black and white only.

I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.

Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

I don't think President Obama has been that revolutionary in reaching out to ethnic communities. President Reagan did a lot for the black community that people don't realize.

Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to bring in audiences of color and continue to go out to our community and create a continuous connection that extends beyond the one black show in the season.

You can't have too many books featuring people of color, just like you can't have too many books featuring white people.

The world we live in is like a Benetton ad. It's changed, and we have to appeal to a broader audience. You want younger kids of every race to be able to see themselves in the movie.

Cultivating diversity in all its forms - of our content, products, and people - is one of our most important business imperatives.

To represent the nation, you must have multiracial representation.

Why aren't there enough black cops out there? We need black cops to come in and educate some of the white cops who have issues.

The world in which we live is diverse, and I think television and film should reflect that.

The multiculturalism of Britain is one of our greatest strengths in music, literature, and visual art, but the TV and film industry doesn't tap into the multicultural talent pool in the U.K. as much as they do in the U.S.