Charles Evers Quotes

My Uncle, of course, would have been pleased to see someone with brown skin holding the office of president.

In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics.

Minority ethnic issues need to be mainstream issues.

There needs to be more film directors of colour. They bandy about the word 'diversity' a lot, but when I say 'of colour,' I mean Asian, black - I mean people of all colour. We need to have those voices given the opportunity, not told that their films will not be distributed or will not sell well abroad.

This country is just that great that the opportunities are there for a Hispanic president, a black president or any other race for a president, yes.

America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live.

The party of Lincoln should be reaching out to blacks, Hispanics gays and so forth and so on.

I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.

The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con - and there are always a lot of attendants of color. And I think some people believe that black people or people of color are not into science fiction or hero shows or genre shows.

If we are going to have a bicameral parliament, I think there should always be a reserved place for people whose background and experience are critical to the welfare of the nation.

I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.

No change in the balance of political parties can alter the general determination that no class should be excluded from contributing to and sharing responsibility for the state.

We come from a very mixed family. We're a bunch of different races, my family. So it's very normal for us. I don't know why we're accepted. Are all of us accepted or just me?

I will be the first black James Bond.

In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team.

Simultaneously, the movie business now experiments with a colorblind approach to casting.

I'll be truly happy when we're not counting the number of ethnically diverse models on a fashion runway or campaign, when having a representation of the entire human race is the norm and not an exception.

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

I've never excluded myself because of color. It's never been part of the radar, when I look at anything I do. The majority of the roles that I've played have had very little to do with being black. It doesn't matter what color you are.

There are only two positions, either you support multiculturalism in American education, or you support the maintenance of white supremacy.

You are responsible for the participation of all racial groups in FHA programs.

It's not enough even to have one black Barbie... because black women are not a monolith.

I would like to attract more minorities into the game. But it's extremely important that this golf look like - that golf look like America.

You will always have politics being pushed towards multiracial politics because you have to field a team.

Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.