Inclusive Practices Quotes

Move beyond the old assumptions, practices, and language that can be barriers to equal access.

It's important to reach out to people who are marginalized.

Leadership is failing. And Donald Trump is going to take a holistic approach to how we focus on these things, and he's not going to allow disparate activities in the communities to define everything.

A full commitment to integration means taking all reasonable steps to dismantle these barriers, even if this necessitates reforming long established practices that were not imposed with the intent to disadvantage the racial minorities but do so nonetheless.

The demographic complexity of this country should be reflected not only at the end of the chain, but since the beginning, in order that more of these people can be excited and integrated.

The purpose of affirmative action is to give our nation a way to finally address the systemic exclusion of individuals of talent on the basis of their gender, or race from opportunities to develop, perform, achieve and contribute. Affirmative action is an effort to develop systematic approach to open the doors of education, employment, and business development opportunities to qualified individuals who happen to be members of groups that have experienced long-standing and persistent discrimination.

Any sort of political correctness needs to be swept out of the way

There's no doubt that many of the mainstream white institutions tend to be cosmetic and symbolic when it comes to including African-Americans, whereas we black folk tend to be much more sensitive about embracing others, and we have a long history of that.

To be inclusive you must accommodate different levels of sophistication.

Typical Christmas observances in schools tend toward indoctrination and degenerate into meaningless ritual…. Public schools need not ignore Christmas. They do not lack the imagination to utilize legitimate curricular … means to turn a troublesome event into a valuable educational experience.

Actually creating a positive school climate, particularly in schools that are in communities that are themselves not calm and orderly, is hard work.

[I] can't actually imagine a time in which the need for more diversity would ever cease. Affirmative action has been an issue since segregation practices. The question is not when does it end, but when does it begin [..] When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are entitled?

We want to see companies making a good faith effort and putting some tangible initiatives behind their pledge for diversity.

We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.

We really pride ourselves on the notion that what makes our program special is that we really do our very best to make sure that everything we do is culturally responsive and relevant.

My impression is that the Academy is really sincere about moving toward a more inclusive and representative Hollywood.

There are things that you can do on an individual level, even as you continue to fight oppression systemically, that make things a little bit better for an identifiable group.

The meditation traditions I started and have continued practicing have all emphasized inclusivity: anyone can do this who is interested.

You have to give access to people with disabilities but there is no requirement to hire them. What I mean by affirmative obligation is that producers must take the necessary steps to include opportunities for people with disabilities and a vast majority of them do.