“In any discussion of diversity, over time the probability of mention of restaurants becomes one.”
“Oh yes! I'll do this - force you together and invite conflict - because I want you to think about what the world would be like if we all worked to understand people who are different than we are.”
Source: One for the Murphys
“When truly brothers, men don't sing in unison, but in harmony.”
“Consider different viewpoints and you will discover endless ways of doing things.”
Source: Discover Cultural Intelligence: Your New Superpower
“Discover yourself in your diversity.”
“The mantra of ‘diversity and inclusion’ can be understood as part of a normative project that seeks to present the superficial appearance of racial diversity while leaving white supremacist institutions and structures fundamentally unchallenged (Ahmed 2012).”
Source: Looking like a Language, Sounding like a Race: Raciolinguistic Ideologies and the Learning of Latinidad
“We want the same happiness and comfort and love and security that will make our lives, however long or short, something that we feel was well-lived. We must first help our neighbors, friends, family, and even strangers before we can help ourselves. We cannot be selective or feel that we are better than anyone else in this world where we all want the same things. Only then, will we be able to leave this Earth with the peace of knowing that we gave ourselves to help others, and doing that, we helped ourselves, and doing that, we made this world a little better.”
Source: The Ascension of Mary
“if the diversity is from one community, is it really diverse?”
Source: Representation Matters: Becoming an anti-racist educator
“Equality is the planning committee.
Diversity is being invited to the party
Inclusion is being invited to the dance
Belonging is choosing a song”
Source: Representation Matters: Becoming an anti-racist educator
“If there's one person in the world you should be with, there must be one person in the world you shouldn't be with.”
Source: This Is Where the World Ends