Brian Tyree Henry Quotes

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.

Houston's one of the most diverse urban areas in the entire country, and most people here are really proud of that.

Here's an idea: How about just 'Americans?' That has a nice ring to it, if you ask me. Placing undue emphasis on our 'separateness' is a step backward. Bring back the melting pot.

From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.

America's a melting pot, all races, cultures, religious choices.

If America is an idea, which it is - we're not a nation of ethnic groups that say we're Americans because we have American blood; we have the blood of every nation in our veins - and there's something really beautiful about that, but it means that we are an idea and that we all have to buy into this idea.

We want to gather everyone together as one, transcending any barrier of language and culture.

I was so fortunate to play my club cricket at Moseley Ashfield. We had loads of Asians, white players, black players. You grow up from that knowing it just doesn't matter what religion or culture people are into, everyone is different.

One of my key areas of unification is to champion multiracialism. Multiracialism is vital to unity.

I never think of people's nationality too much. I always look at everybody the same. It's impossible for me to just say one group of people over separate groups of people. Maybe it's because I was raised in New York City which is this melting pot. Everybody was always the same and the whole point of my whole film existence was to say that we're just one race.

Music is the universal language no matter the country we are born in or the color of our skin. Bring us all together.

I hope we can all overcome any differences of culture, race, and language.

When people are like, 'Why are these white people walking around this black hood?' I'm like, 'Why aren't they?' If it ain't bothering nobody, they can do whatever they want! They're in the hood to make it better.

If America is a melting pot, then to me India is a thali--a selection of sumptuous dishes in different bowls. Each tastes different, and does not necessarily mix with the next but they belong together on the same plate, and they complement each other in making the meal a satisfying repast.

We tend to gravitate towards our tribes; the challenge is to understand the people of other tribes.

I believe that it is of the utmost importance that we all should feel and inculcate among the people and circulate amongst them what I call a sense of compatriotism. We should all feel that we are all nationals of one country, whatever our race, colour, creed, or sect.

Unity among the different races and the different religions of India is indispensable to the birth of national life.

Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole.

We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.

The unity in diversity of the United States is one of the country's greatest strengths.

To me, America is a symbol of all different views, different types of people coming together.

I'm black, so, you know, I'm again with black folk, but it's a love that spills over to vanilla suburbs and red reservations and brown barrios and yellow slices.

What is needed is a spirit of boundary dissolution, between individuals, between classes, sexual orientations, rich and poor, man and woman, intellectual and feeling toned types. If this can happen, then we will make a new world. And if this doesn't happen, nature is fairly pitiless and has a place for us in the shale of this planet, where so many have preceded us.

We're all brothers and sisters. It doesn't matter what language you speak or what color your skin is.

Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not be used to divide us.